This book describes and analyzes the situation of minority languages in China.

• Acknowledgments
• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Part 1: Overview
• Chapter 1 The social language situation in China
• Chapter 2 Requiring Putonghua as the common language and encouraging ethnolinguistic diversity: The development of language policy in China
• Part 2: Language life
• Chapter 3 The composition of the bilingual population in China
• Chapter 4 Language, ethnicity, and identity in China
• Chapter 5 The language situation of ethnic group in the transborder regions of China
• Chapter 6 An investigation into bilingualism in Dehong Dai
• Chapter 7 Language change and economic and social transition: The case of the Gin in China
• Part 3: Language variation and change
• Chapter 8 Overview of language variation
• Chapter 9 The categories of language variation
• Chapter 10 Variation of kinship terms in Dai
• Chapter 11 Hierarchical structures and social functions of personal names in the Dai ethnic group
• Part 4: Language maintenance
• Chapter 12 Language loss and language maintenance: The example of Tungus
• Part 5: Language policies and practices
• Chapter 13 Language policies and practices for ethnic groups introduced by the Kuomintang and the Communist Party of China during the National Government period (1927–1949)
• Chapter 14 Ethnic language policies and their implementation during the reform and opening-up period
• Chapter 15 Comparison of language laws in Tibet and Xinjiang
• Chapter 16 Challenges and opportunities for ethnic minority languages in a time of social transformation
• Part 6: Innovation in and reform of writing systems
• Chapter 17 The creation of writing systems and nation-building
• Chapter 18 The creation and trial implementation of the Eastern Guizhou Miao writing system
• Chapter 19 Three major reforms of writing systems in Xinjiang and Mongolia
• Chapter 20 Assessment of the theory and practice of the standardization of the Yi writing system
• Part 7: Bilingual education and motivations for second language acquisition
• Chapter 21 The development and problems of bilingual education in China
• Chapter 22 Types of bilingual education in China
• Chapter 23 A report on transitions between bilingual teaching models in China
• Chapter 24 Three transitions in ethnic minority language teaching models
• Chapter 25 Comparison of the motivations for second language acquisition among ethnic children
• Part 8: Conclusion
• Chapter 26 Constructing a harmonious language life
• References
• Index