Contents (Chinese version 2013)

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Scientific protection of ethnic languages V
3. Contents XI
4. Part I. Language work
5. 1. Outline of the National Mid- and Long-term Reform and Development Plan on Spoken and Written Languages (2012–2020) 1
6. 2 Twelfth Five-year Research Plan of the State Language Commission 17
7. 3. Confucius Institutes Development Plan (2012–2020) 21
8. 4. Language application management 29
9. 5. Language and information management 35
10. 6. To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the promulgation of the National Law of Standard Spoken and Written Language 43
11. 7. Raise the language awareness of society 51
12. Part II. Special research
13. 8. International dissemination of the Chinese language 59
14. 9. The United Nations Chinese Language Day 77
15. 10. China’s foreign language capacity 83
16. 11. The economic value of language in Nanjing’s service industry 95
17. 12. Society-oriented language tests 103
18. 13. Protection of the intellectual property rights of digital Chinese fonts 111
19. 14. Decline and protection of the mother tongues of the northern ethnic groups 121
20. 15. Cross-border ethnic minority languages 131
21. 16. Survey on the use of Braille 147
22. 17. Language situation of foreign residents in Xiaobei Road, Guangzhou 159
23. 18. Language use of the military 169
24. Part III. Language focuses
25. 19. Dialects protection debate 183
26. 20. A heated debate on lettered expressions in Chinese dictionaries 195
27. 21. Microblogging and its language 207
28. 22. Place-renaming fever 215
29. 23. Changes and usage of languages in different societal domains in Hong Kong 233
30. 24. Survey on the use of Putonghua in Macau 243
31. 25. Language situation in China Taiwan 257
32. 26. Analysis of the use of language through the eighth population census of China Taiwan 267
33. 27. Popular words and phrases 277
34. 28. New words and phrases in 2011–2012, and a comprehensive survey of new words and phrases in 2006–2010 287
35. Appendix
36. Memorabilia of language work in 2011 301
37. Memorabilia of language work in 2012 309
38. Notice on further regulating the use of ethnic minority languages and Chinese 317
39. Contents (Chinese version 2013) 321
40. Contents (Chinese version 2012) 325
41. Editorial Teams of the English Edition 329
42. Index 331