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1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgments V
3. Contents VII
4. List of Figures XXIII
5. List of Tables XXV
6. Part 1: Overview
7. Chapter 1 The social language situation in China 3
8. Chapter 2 Requiring Putonghua as the common language and encouraging ethnolinguistic diversity: The development of language policy in China 23
9. Part 2: Language life
10. Chapter 3 The composition of the bilingual population in China 55
11. Chapter 4 Language, ethnicity, and identity in China 66
12. Chapter 5 The language situation of ethnic group in the transborder regions of China 77
13. Chapter 6 An investigation into bilingualism in Dehong Dai 94
14. Chapter 7 Language change and economic and social transition: The case of the Gin in China 107
15. Part 3: Language variation and change
16. Chapter 8 Overview of language variation 117
17. Chapter 9 The categories of language variation 125
18. Chapter 10 Variation of kinship terms in Dai 137
19. Chapter 11 Hierarchical structures and social functions of personal names in the Dai ethnic group 163
20. Part 4: Language maintenance
21. Chapter 12 Language loss and language maintenance: The example of Tungus 191
22. Part 5: Language policies and practices
23. Chapter 13 Language policies and practices for ethnic groups introduced by the Kuomintang and the Communist Party of China during the National Government period (1927–1949) 199
24. Chapter 14 Ethnic language policies and their implementation during the reform and opening-up period 217
25. Chapter 15 Comparison of language laws in Tibet and Xinjiang 241
26. Chapter 16 Challenges and opportunities for ethnic minority languages in a time of social transformation 260
27. Part 6: Innovation in and reform of writing systems
28. Chapter 17 The creation of writing systems and nation-building 277
29. Chapter 18 The creation and trial implementation of the Eastern Guizhou Miao writing system 293
30. Chapter 19 Three major reforms of writing systems in Xinjiang and Mongolia 322
31. Chapter 20 Assessment of the theory and practice of the standardization of the Yi writing system 335
32. Part 7: Bilingual education and motivations for second language acquisition
33. Chapter 21 The development and problems of bilingual education in China 347
34. Chapter 22 Types of bilingual education in China 360
35. Chapter 23 A report on transitions between bilingual teaching models in China 378
36. Chapter 24 Three transitions in ethnic minority language teaching models 391
37. Chapter 25 Comparison of the motivations for second language acquisition among ethnic children 404
38. Part 8: Conclusion
39. Chapter 26 Constructing a harmonious language life 427
40. References 431
41. Index 443