Language Planning and Language Policy - East Asian Perspectives

Examines the major issues of language planning and policy in Japan, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea and Vietnam, particularly those relating to the selection of official language, script, and written language.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Language Planning and Language Policy in East Asia: An Overview, Nanette Gottlieb, Ping Chen; Chapter 2 Language Planning and Policy in Japan, Nanette Gottlieb; Chapter 3 Development and Standardization of Lexicon in Modern Written Chinese, Ping Chen; Chapter 4 Functions of Phonetic Writing in Chinese, Ping Chen; Chapter 5 Policy on the Selection and Implementation of a Standard Language as a Source of Conflict in Taiwan, Ping Chen; Chapter 6 Language Policy in Hong Kong during the Colonial Period before July 1, 1997, Ping Chen; Chapter 7 North and South Korea: Language Policies of Divergence and Convergence, Jae Jung Song; Chapter 8 Viet Nam: Quoc Ngu, Colonialism and Language Policy, Joseph Lo Bianco;

About the author

Nanette Gottlieb, Ping Chen

Summary

Highlights the shift in language planning and language change in Japan at the end of the 20th century against a background of significant socio-cultural, political, and economic change and places them in a comparative context.

Product details

• Authors: Ping Chen, Chen Ping, Nanette Gottlieb, Gottlieb Nanette
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.11.2001
• EAN: 9780700714681
• ISBN: 978-0-7007-1468-1
• No. of pages: 220
• Weight: 570 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, Japanese, Sociolinguistics, Chinese, East Asia, Far East, Korean, Historical & comparative linguistics, Historical and comparative linguistics, Vietnamese