The book outlines the evolution and role of minority languages locally and nationally; it investigates current educational language policies in minority areas; and it assesses the social and economic outcomes of language change for communities in contemporary China.

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University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Linda Tsung

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JOHN CLEVERLEY, Koori Centre, University of Sydney, Australia

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Book Title: Minority Languages, Education and Communities in China
Authors: Linda Tsung
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230234406
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Language & Linguistics Collection, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-55148-0Published: 19 March 2009
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-23440-6Published: 11 December 2015
Series ISSN: 2947-5880
Series E-ISSN: 2947-5899
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 239
Topics: Asian Literature, Asian Languages, Linguistics, general, Sociolinguistics, Cultural Studies, Language and Literature

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