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Publication details [#50039]

Li, David C. S. 2006. Chinese as a lingua franca in greater China. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics 26 : 149–176.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

language policy | language spread | language status | lingua franca | standard1 vs. dialect2

Language as a subject

Chinese, Mandarin

Place, Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Journal WWW

journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

This study discusses current perspectives on the use and governmental promotion of Mandarin Chinese as a lingua franca among the Han peoples of broader China.