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dc.contributor.authorDwyer, Arienne M.
dc.date.accessioned2011-01-30T04:34:56Z
dc.date.available2011-01-30T04:34:56Z
dc.date.issued1998
dc.identifier.citationDwyer, Arienne M. 1998. The Texture of Tongues: Languages and Power in China. In William Safran, ed., Nationalism and Ethnic Politics 4.1/2: Special Issue. Nationalism and Ethnoregional Identities in China. Frank Cass, pp. 68–85.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/7067
dc.description.abstractThe way speakers and nations use language reflects the power relationships of a society. Mandarin, canonized as the standard language, stands at the pinnacle of a metalinguistic hierarchy which mirrors the vertical basis of power in China today. State language policies establish official minority languages (and Chinese “dialects”) under the arching umbrella of the Chinese state; yet their domain, or horizontal scope, is strictly constrained through prescriptive standardization. The dynamic change and variation of spoken languages is reduced to a single text. This article explores the tension between this codifying imperative of the Chinese state and the dynamic force of speakers. It surveys Chinese language policy in theory and practice, then focuses on the expressions of power through language use.
dc.description.sponsorshipAlexander von Humboldt Foundation
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherFrank Cass
dc.relation.ispartofseriesNationalism and Ethnic Politics;4.1/2
dc.titleThe Texture of Tongues: Languages and Power in China.
dc.typeArticle
kusw.kuauthorDwyer, Arienne M.
kusw.kudepartmentAnthropology; Linguistics
kusw.oastatusfullparticipation
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8806-4409
kusw.oaversionScholarly/refereed, author accepted manuscript
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