{"product_id":"chinese-sociolinguistics-9781032382425","title":"Chinese Sociolinguistics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eChinese Sociolinguistics\u003c\/em\u003e examines the ways in which language contributes to shaping social, cultural, and ethnic identities in Greater China. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is the first textbook to be exclusively devoted to the issues of language, society, and identity in mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and overseas Chinese communities (the Greater China). The book includes topics on the role of language in Chinese culture; the linguistic indexing of socioeconomic class; dialects and regional language variation; the impacts of state policies; linguistic borrowings; bilingualism and bicultural identity; and language shift and attrition. The emergence of new forms of language as influenced by modern technologies and possible future developments is also discussed in this book. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will appeal to undergraduate and graduate students taking courses in Chinese sociolinguistics, particularly with a focus on language, identity, and society in Greater China. This book will also be of interest to members of the Chinese Language Teachers Association and the American Council of Teaching Foreign Languages (ACTFL). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1 Laying the Foundation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2 Chinese Languages: Past, Present and Future\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3 Naming and Proper Name Planning in China\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4 Language Planning, Policy and Attitudes in China\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5 Language Use, Policy, and Attitudes in Hong Kong and Macao\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6 Language Policy, Use, and Attitudes in Taiwan and Singapore\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7 Gender and Identity in Chinese Language\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8 Language and Rural\/Urban Identity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 9 Identity and Language Maintenance among the Chinese Diaspora\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 10 The Linguistic Landscape of Greater China\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 11 Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language and its Role as a Lingua Franca\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 12 English Education in China\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 13 Emerging Chinese Language Forms\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 14 Face, Politeness, and Responses to Compliments in Chinese\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019019288919,"sku":"9781032382425","price":35.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032382425.jpg?v=1750779054","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/chinese-sociolinguistics-9781032382425","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}