Acknowledgements

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface vii
3. Acknowledgements ix
4. Contents xi
5. List of tables xvi
6. Abbreviations and names of minorities in China xx
7. Map 1. Distribution of Minority Nationalities and Languages in China xxiii
8. Map 2 China: Autonomous regions and prefectures xxiv
9. Chapter 1. Minorities and minority languages in China 1
10. Chapter 2. The politics of minority language policy, 1949–2002 36
11. Chapter 3. The politics of the status of writing systems: Official, experimental, or unofficial 99
12. Chapter 4. Choices of scripts and theories of writing systems: East vs. West 153
13. Chapter 5. The politics of vernacular writing systems 209
14. Chapter 6. The politics of traditional and reformed writing systems 280
15. Chapter 7. Modernization: The politics and sociolinguistics of Chinese loanwords and minority language orthography 347
16. Chapter 8. Conclusion 389
17. Notes 402
18. References 407
19. Subject index 447
20. Index of (officially recognized) minority nationalities and minority languages in China 454
21. Index of names of influential persons 457