Chinese Sociolinguistics

Chinese Sociolinguistics examines the ways in which language contributes to shaping social, cultural, and ethnic identities in Greater China.

Chunsheng Yang is an associate professor of Chinese and applied linguistics at the University of Connecticut, U.S.A. Chunsheng's main research areas are Chinese phonetics, phonology, second-language acquisition, especially with respect to second language prosody, Chinese sociolinguistics, and Chinese pedagogy. Chunsheng has published widely on the acquisition of L2 Chinese prosody and other aspects of Chinese sounds.

Acknowledgements Chapter 1 Laying the Foundation Chapter 2 Chinese Languages: Past, Present and Future Chapter 3 Naming and Proper Name Planning in China Chapter 4 Language Planning, Policy and Attitudes in China Chapter 5 Language Use, Policy, and Attitudes in Hong Kong and Macao Chapter 6 Language Policy, Use, and Attitudes in Taiwan and Singapore Chapter 7 Gender and Identity in Chinese Language Chapter 8 Language and Rural/Urban Identity Chapter 9 Identity and Language Maintenance among the Chinese Diaspora Chapter 10 The Linguistic Landscape of Greater China Chapter 11 Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language and its Role as a Lingua Franca Chapter 12 English Education in China Chapter 13 Emerging Chinese Language Forms Chapter 14 Face, Politeness, and Responses to Compliments in Chinese