Kluwer Academic, Date: 2004. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,800grams, ISBN:9781402080388 2004. Kluwer Academic ISBN 1402080387 9781402080388 [GB]

Kluwer Academic 2004 2004 ed. Hard cover This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 800grams, ISBN: 9781402080388.

ISBN10: 1402080387, ISBN13: 9781402080388, [publisher: Springer Netherlands] Hardcover
[Greven, Germany] [Publication Year: 2004]
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ISBN10: 1402080387, ISBN13: 9781402080388, [publisher: Springer Netherlands] Hardcover Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Language matters in China. It is about power, identity, opportunities, and, above all, passion and nationalism. During the past five decades China's language engineering projects transformed its linguistic landscape, affecting over one billion people's lives, including both the majority and minority populations. The Han majority have been juggling between their home vernaculars and the official speech, Putonghua - a speech of no native speakers - and reading their way through a labyrinth of the traditional, simplified, and Pinyin (Roman) scripts. Moreover, the various minority groups have been struggling between their native languages and Chinese, maintaining the former for their heritages and identities and learning the latter for quality education and socioeconomic advancement. The contributors of this volume provide the first comprehensive scrutiny of this sweeping linguistic revolution from three unique perspectives. First, outside scholars critically question the parities between constitutional rights and actual practices and between policies and outcomes. Second, inside policy practitioners review their own project involvements and inside politics, pondering over missteps, undergoing soul-searching, and theorizing their personal experiences. Third, scholars of minority origin give inside views of policy implementat ...
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ISBN10: 1402080387, ISBN13: 9781402080388, [publisher: Springer Netherlands] Hardcover Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Language matters in China. It is about power, identity, opportunities, and, above all, passion and nationalism. During the past five decades China's language engineering projects transformed its linguistic landscape, affecting over one billion people's lives, including both the majority and minority populations. The Han majority have been juggling between their home vernaculars and the official speech, Putonghua - a speech of no native speakers - and reading their way through a labyrinth of the traditional, simplified, and Pinyin (Roman) scripts. Moreover, the various minority groups have been struggling between their native languages and Chinese, maintaining the former for their heritages and identities and learning the latter for quality education and socioeconomic advancement. The contributors of this volume provide the first comprehensive scrutiny of this sweeping linguistic revolution from three unique perspectives. First, outside scholars critically question the parities between constitutional rights and actual practices and between policies and outcomes. Second, inside policy practitioners review their own project involvements and inside politics, pondering over missteps, undergoing soul-searching, and theorizing their personal experiences. Third, scholars of minority origin give inside views of policy implementat ...
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Springer 2004-08-27 2004 ed. Hardcover New Size: 9x6x1; New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Springer, Date: 2004-08-27. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 2004. Springer ISBN 1402080387 9781402080388 [US]