TY - BOOK AU - Bīnɡbīnɡ,Jiǎnɡ AU - Chuánbō,Jí AU - Chánɡ’ān,Xǔ AU - Cuìyè,Wánɡ AU - Dí,Jiānɡ AU - Dān,Wèi AU - Fǎng,Yuán AU - Huī,Wánɡ AU - Hé,Lǚ AU - Hónɡ,Yú AU - Hónɡbō,Zhōu AU - Hónɡliànɡ,Dài AU - Hónɡméi,Wánɡ AU - Hónɡxiá,Sī AU - Hónɡyǔ,Liú AU - Hǎiqīnɡ,Zōu AU - Jiàn,Zhōu AU - Jùnyīnɡ,Xiè AU - Kwong,Wong Pui AU - Kāiyánɡ,Lóu AU - Lì,Xià AU - Lìhuá,Qiáo AU - Lìjūn,Guō AU - Lí,Zhānɡ AU - Lěi,Wānɡ AU - Mènɡjuān,Zhènɡ AU - Mĭn,Chén AU - Mǐn,Hóu AU - Qìnɡshēnɡ,Zhōu AU - Qīnɡ,Liú AU - Shìxuán,Xú AU - Shíqìnɡ,Dīnɡ AU - Shūyán,Zhānɡ AU - Tiěkūn,Wánɡ AU - Wei,Li AU - Xiǎohuá,Lĭ AU - Xiǎoxiān,Sūn AU - Xiǎoyĭnɡ,Xǔ AU - Xuéwén,Zhōu AU - Xùliàn,Lĭ AU - Xī,Guō AU - Yuming,Li AU - Yànhuá,Lĭ AU - Yànhuá,Lǐ AU - Yì,Huánɡ AU - Yíjiā,Wánɡ AU - Yùhuá,Zōu AU - Yŭmínɡ,Lĭ AU - Yǔmínɡ,Lǐ AU - Zhāoyánɡ,Shào AU - Zhōnɡruì,Yuán AU - Zìqún,Luó AU - Ěrhónɡ,Yánɡ TI - The Language Situation in China T2 - Language Policies and Practices in China [LPPC] , SN - 9781614513117 AV - P119.32.C6.L37 2013 U1 - 306.44951 PY - 2013///] CY - Berlin, Boston PB - De Gruyter Mouton KW - Bilingualism - China KW - Chinesisch KW - Chinesische Sprache KW - Linguistik KW - Sprachplanung KW - Sprachpolitik KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General KW - bisacsh KW - China KW - Chinese Language KW - Language Policy and Planning KW - Language Variety N1 - Frontmatter --; Understanding China’s situation through its language life Foreword to The Language Situation in China: English Version Vol. 1 (2006–2007) --; Contents --; Introduction: Building a harmonious language life --; I Language Work --; 1 Language policies and regulations in China: An overview --; 2 The promotion of Putonghua (Mandarin Chinese): An overview --; 3 Evaluation of language management in China’s cities --; 4 Language standardization in China --; 5 Language resource monitoring and applied research on language --; 6 The status of the language in the press and publishing --; 7 Use of language in radio and television broadcasting --; 8 Standardization of scientific terms in China --; 9 Ethnic minority bilingual education in China --; 10 The standardization and computerization of minority languages and writing --; 11 Cross-provincial cooperation in enhancing the development of the spoken and written languages of the ethnic minorities in China --; II Special Research --; 12 Status quo of language use in medical documents and on medicinal packages --; 13 The Language status of migrant workers --; 14 Efforts of creating a good language environment for Běijīnɡ Olympic Games: A brief report --; 15 A survey of Shànɡhǎi students’ use of Putonghua and Shànɡhǎi dialect --; 16 Status quo of the Jinuo language --; 17 A survey of Chinese characters, words and phrases used in news media (2005–2006) --; 18 Investigation of Tibetan language informationization and software use --; 19 An investigation into lettered words --; III Language Focuses --; 20 Dialect craze --; 21 Controversy in Chinese language education: Classical or vernacular? --; 22 Language endangerment --; 23 The craze for English --; 24 The use of characters for names --; 25 Chinese buzzwords (2002–2006) --; 26 A survey of media neologisms in 2006 --; IV Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan --; 27 Putonghua in Hong Kong --; 28 Language and language policy in Hong Kong --; 29 Language situation and language policy in Macao --; 30 The Linguistic situation and language policy in Taiwan --; 31 Internet language use --; Appendixes --; Appendix 1: Order of the President of the People’s Republic of China No. 33 --; Appendix 2: List of Standards for Language and Writing Planning --; Appendix 3: List of Languages in China --; Appendix 4: List of Institutions for Chinese Linguistics and Applied Linguistics --; Appendix 5: Directories of Language Journals and Newspapers --; Appendix 6: Distribution of Chinese Population Worldwide --; A Record of Major Chinese Language Events (2005) --; A Record of Major Chinese Language Events (2006) --; Contents (Chinese version 2005 Volume I) --; Contents (Chinese version 2006 Volume I) --; Postscript --; List of authors of the original Chinese text --; Editorial Teams of the English Edition --; Index; restricted access; Issued also in print N2 - China, with the world's largest population, numerous ethnic groups and vast geographical space, is also rich in languages. Since 2006, China's State Language Commission has been publishing annual reports on what is called "language life" in China. These reports cover language policy and planning invitatives at the national, provincial and local levels, new trends in language use in a variety of social domains, and major events concerning languages in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. Now for the first time, these reports are available in English for anyone interested in Chinese language and linguistics, China's languge, education and social policies, as well as everyday language use among the ordinary people in China. The invaluable data contained in these reports provide an essential reference to researchers, professionals, policy makers, and China watchers UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781614512530 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781614512530 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781614512530/original ER -