Language Ideologies in the Chinese Context

Orientations to English as a Lingua Franca

Ying Wang

• Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN:
  9781501511684
• eBook ISBN:
  9781501503702
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Linguistics
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

This book explores language ideologies in China, which encounters the unprecedented global spread of English as a lingua franca, against the backdrop of globalisation where China emerges as a rapidly developing economy with vigorous promotion of Chinese around the world. The book addresses Chinese speakers' ideologies in relation to ELF and provides insights into non-native English speakers' engagement in the development of English in the future.

Table of contents

• Acknowledgement
• Table of Contents
• 1. Introduction
• 2. China and the globalisation of English
• 3. Language ideologies: From languages to Englishes
• 4. Researching Chinese speakers’ language ideologies
• 5. Orienting to Chinese speakers’ ELF
• 6. Authority, identity and ideological struggle
• 7. Sense-making of English change among Chinese speakers
• 8. Ideologies about ChELF: China and compromised linguistic legitimacy
• Appendix A. Questionnaire design
• Appendix B. Interview design
• Appendix C. Focus group design
• Appendix D. Interview participants’ bio-data
• Appendix E. Focus group participants’ bio-data
• Appendix F. Key to transcription
• References
• Index