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Publication details [#48772]

Enwall, Joakim. 2008. Script choice among the Miao in China. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 2008 (192) : 153–169.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

economics | evolution of language | script | sociolinguistics

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/IJSL/html

Annotation

This paper uses Unseth's (2005) approach of sociolinguistic aspects of script choice, to examine script choice among the Miao in China. The decreased use of Miao scripts during the last decades has to be considered within the context of expanding assimilation and China's rapid changes.