Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preserving and developing language resources Foreword to The Language Situation in China: English Version, Vol. 2 (2008–2009) v
3. Contents xiii
4. I. Language Work
5. 1. An update on the use and management of standard spoken and written Chinese 3
6. 2. Information management of spoken and written languages in China: An update on the latest efforts and development 15
7. 3. An overview of ethnic language affairs 25
8. 4. A survey of sci-tech terminology work 33
9. 5. Status quo of sign language 43
10. II. Special Research
11. 6. The international dissemination of Chinese language 53
12. 7. Language use in civil aviation 65
13. 8. Language situation on the Qinghai-Tibet railway 73
14. 9. Language standardization in criminal courts 81
15. 10. Language of psychological assistance in post-earthquake services 89
16. 11. The improvement of the language environment for the Shanghai Expo 2010 101
17. 12. Language situation of the Three Gorges immigrants of the Changjiang River 111
18. 13. A survey of the language use at the migrant schools in Shanghai 121
19. 14. A survey on parents’ attitudes towards maids’ use of dialects 131
20. 15. The language situation at foreign companies: A case study of Shanghai 137
21. 16. An overview of languages used in Beijing markets catering to foreign customers: A case study of Silk Street 145
22. 17. Language situation of Zhejiang’s Yiwu Small Commodity Market 151
23. 18. Bilingual education in Altay Prefecture of Xinjiang 157
24. 19. A survey of languages used by immigrants in the Xinjiang Production and Construction Group 167
25. 20. The English translation of Chinese menus 179
26. 21. Short message language use report 187
27. 22. Buzzwords vis-á-vis social change in China from 1978 to 2008 193
28. III. Language Focuses
29. 23. Chinese elements in the Beijing Olympics and Paralympics 205
30. 24. Language issues in advertising 219
31. 25. The case of Zhao C 229
32. 26. The Internet language craze 239
33. 27. The three buzzwords: 山寨(Shanzhai), 雷(Lei), and 囧(Jiong) 249
34. 28. Chinese catchwords of the year (2007–2008) 257
35. 29. Chinese neologisms of the year (2007–2008) 263
36. IV. Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan
37. 30. New shifts in the medium of instruction policy of Hong Kong 269
38. 31. Language policy and language education for ethnic minorities in Hong Kong 281
39. 32. Legal language of Macao 295
40. 33. Language situation in Taiwan 307
41. Appendix 1. A record of major Chinese language events (2007) 319
42. Appendix 2. A record of major Chinese language events (2008) 331
43. Contents (Chinese version 2007, Volume I) 341
44. Contents (Chinese version 2008, Volume I) 345
45. Postscript 349
46. Editorial Teams of the English Edition 351
47. Index 353