Language Attitudes and Identities in Multilingual China A Linguistic Ethnography By: Sihua Liang Publisher: Springer Print ISBN: 9783319126180, 3319126180 eText ISBN: 9783319126197, 3319126199 Copyright year: 2015 Format: PDF Available from $ 99.00 USD SKU 9783319126197 These in-depth case studies provide novel insights in to the fast-changing language situation in multilingual China, and how it changes the meanings of language identity and language learning. This linguistic ethnographic study of language attitudes and identities in contemporary China in the era of multilingualism provides a comprehensive and critical review of the state of the art in the field of language-attitude research, and situates attitudes towards Chinese regional dialects in their social, historical as well as local contexts. The role of language policies and the links between the interactional phenomena and other contextual factors are investigated through the multi-level analysis of linguistic ethnographic data. This study captures the long-term language socialisation process and the moment-to-moment construction of language attitudes at a level of detail that is rarely seen. The narrative is presented in a highly readable style, without compromising the theoretical sophistication and sociolinguistic complexities. Download eBook Free: https://ouo.io/D8dDWK
