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Zhao, Hui; Liu, Hong – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2021
Despite having numerous Chinese language varieties and non-Chinese ethnic minority languages, China is often considered a monolingual nation (Liang, Sihua. 2015. "Language Attitudes and Identities in Multilingual China: A Linguistic Ethnography." London: Springer, 154). The country's strong monolingual language policy heavily promotes a…
Descriptors: Standard Spoken Usage, Mandarin Chinese, Social Media, Language Attitudes
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Wells, Naomi – Language Policy, 2019
While the idea of a named language as a separate and discrete identity is a political and social construct, in the cases of Sardinian and Asturian doubts over their respective 'languageness' have real material consequences, particularly in relation to language policy decisions at the state level. The Asturian example highlights how its lack of…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Language Minorities, Self Concept, Language Planning