Language planning in China: Bibliography

A bibliography on
Language Planning and Language Policy in China
(Materials in English)

Bibliographies Pinyin and Romanisation Mandarin or Putonghua

Dialects Characters and Written Chinese Literacy

Minority Nationalities Planning and Policy Bilingualism and Multilingualism

Language Attitudes Foreign Language Education The Chinese Language and the Information Age

Others Alphabetical Order

Bibliographies:

Barnes, Dayle (1977a). Review article: Rosaline Kwan-wai Chiu, Language contact and language planning in China (1900-1967): A selected bibliography. Linguistics 198, 127-130.
Parker, Franklin & Parker, Betty June (1987). Chinese language reform and language teaching in the People's Republic of China: Annotated bibliography. Journal of Chinese Linguistics 15(1), 191-198.
Yang, Winston, Chiu, Rosaline Kwan-wai (1971). Language contact and language planning in China-- A sleeted bibliography. Journal of Chinese Language Teachers Association 6(3), 113.
Zhou, Qingsheng (1992b). Aspects of Chinese ethnosociolinguistic studies: A report on the literature. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 97, 59-73.

Pinyin and Romanisation:

Balbin, Julius (1988). Esperanto as the catalyst of the Romantization of Chinese. Geolinguistics 14, 125-140.
Barnes, Dayle (1974a). Language planning in Mainland China: A sociolinguistic study of P’u-T’ung-Hua and P’in-Yin. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Graduate School, Georgetown University.
DeFrancis, John (1990). The why of Pinyin grapheme selection. Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association;, 25(3), 1-14.
Milsky, C. (1973). New developments in language reform. The China Quarterly, 53, 98-133.
Watson, Andrew (1973). Comment: Is Pinyin dead? The China Quarterly 54, 368-370.

Mandarin or Putonghua:

Bai, Jianhua. 1994. Language attitude and the spread of standard Chinese in China. Language Problems and Language Planning 18, 2. 128-138.
Barnes, Dayle (1974a). Language planning in Mainland China: A sociolinguistic study of P’u-T’ung-Hua and P’in-Yin. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Graduate School, Georgetown University.
Barnes, Dayle (1974b). Language planning in Mainland China: Standardization. In J.A. Fishman (Ed.), Advances in language planning (pp.457-477). The Hague: Mouton.
Barnes, Dayle (1977). To er or not to er. Journal of Chinese Linguistics 5(2), 211-236.
Barnes, Dayle (1982). Nationalism and the Mandarin movement: The first half-century. In R.L. Cooper (Ed.). Language spread: Studies in diffusion and social change. Bloomington; Washington DC: Indiana UP; Center for Applied Linguistics.
Yin, Bo & Baldauf, R. B., Jr. (1990). Language reform of spoken Chinese. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 11(4), 279-289.

Dialects:

Bai, Jianhua. 1994. Language attitude and the spread of standard Chinese in China. Language Problems and Language Planning 18, 2. 128-138.
Erbaugh, Mary S. (1995). Southern Chinese dialects as a medium for reconciliation within Greater China. Language in Society 24, 79-94.
Norman, J. (1988). Chinese. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Chinese Characters and Written Chinese:

Chen, Ping (1993). Modern written Chinese in development. Language in Society 22, 505-537.
Chen, Ping (1996) Toward a phonographic writing system of Chinese: A case study in writing reform. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 122.
Cheng, Chin-Chuan (1978). Simplified versus complex characters: Socio-political considerations. Journal of Chinese Linguistics 6(2), 272-286.
Cheng, Chin-Chuan (1979). Language reform in China in the seventies. Word 30, 1-2.
Ching, Nora C. (1978). Trends of the written language reform as seen in the newly simplified characters. Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association 13(1), 37-48.
DeFrancis, John (1984). The Chinese language: Fact and fantasy. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.
DeFrancis, John (1989). Visible speech: The diverse oneness of writing systems. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.
Milsky, C. (1973). New developments in language reform. The China Quarterly, 53, 98-133.
Norman, J. (1988). Chinese. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Seybolt, P. & Chiang, G.K.K. (Eds.) (1979). Language reform in China: Documents and commentary. White Plains, NY: M.E. Sharpe, Inc.

Literacy:

Hong, Yongfan (1982). Continuing literacy work in China. Prospects 12(2), 185-191.
Scribner, S. (1982). Observations on literacy education in China. Linguistic Reporter 25(3), 1-4.
Sheridan, E.M. (1981). Literacy and language reform in the People's Republic of China. Reading Teacher 34(7), 804-808.

Minority Nationalities:

Blakely, Mary M. (1991). Minority education in rural China: Guizhou. ORTESOL Journal: Journal of the Oregon Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages 12, 1-16.
Feurer, H. (1996). Bilingual education among minority nationalities in China: A study of the Naxi pilot project at Yilong, Yunnan. RELC Journal 27, 1-22.
Fu, Maoji (1985). Language policies toward national minorities in China. Anthropological Linguistics 27(2), 214-221.
Hu, Tan (1983). China's national minorities and their languages. Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association 18(3), 53-61.
Lin, Jing (1997). Policies and practices of bilingual education for the minorities in China. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 18(3), 193-205.
Sun, Hongkai (1988b). Minorities and language planning in China: An outline (Contd.). New Language Planning Newsletter 3(2), 1-6.
Sun,Hungkai (1989). Sketch of China's developing language planning. Journal of Chinese Linguistics, 17(1), 1-49
Sun, Hongkai (1992). Language recognition and nationality. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 97, 9-22.
Svantesson, J. O. (1991). Tradition and reform in China's minority languages. International Journal of Applied Linguistics 1(1), 70-88.
White, Dob (1992). The position and role of minority languages and their writing systems in China. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 97, 47-57.
Xu, Shixuan (1993). Multiple written forms of some languages in China. In A. Crochetiere, J.C. Boulanger & C. Ouellon (Eds.), Endangered Languages: Proceedings of the XVth International Congress of Linguists, Quebec, Universite Laval, 9-14 August 1992. Sainte-Foy: PU Laval.
Yin, Binyong (1987). The language planning of Chinese minor-nationalities. New Language Planning Newsletter 2(1), 2-4.
Zhou, Qingsheng (1992). Aspects of Chinese ethnosociolinguistic studies: A report on the literature. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 97, 59-73.

Planning and Policy

Barnes, Dayle (1974a). Language planning in Mainland China: A sociolinguistic study of P’u-T’ung-Hua and P’in-Yin. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Graduate School, Georgetown University.
Barnes, Dayle (1974b). Language planning in Mainland China: Standardization. In J.A. Fishman (Ed.), Advances in language planning (pp.457-477). The Hague: Mouton.
Barnes, Dayle (1982). Nationalism and the Mandarin movement: The first half-century. In R.L. Cooper (Ed.). Language spread: Studies in diffusion and social change. Bloomington; Washington DC: Indiana UP; Center for Applied Linguistics.
Barnes, Dayle (1983). The implementation of language planning in China. In J. Cobarrubias & J. A. Fishman (Eds.), Progress in language planning (pp.291-308). New York: Moulton.
Chen, Eileen Shuhui (1988). Functional theoretical perspectives on the "modernization" of the Chinese language. Journal of Chinese Linguistics 16(1), 125-150.
Chen, Yuan (1990). Thoughts on sociolinguistic studies in China. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 81, 15-19.
Cheng, Chin-Chuan (1979). Language reform in China in the seventies. Word 30, 1-2.
DeFrancis, John (1975). Language planning in China. Language Planning Newsletter 1, 2, 5.
Harrell, Stevan (1993). Linguistics and hegemony in China. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 103, 97-114.
Hsu, Vivian (1979). The current state of language reform and the teaching of language and literature in the PRC. Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association 14(3), 61-89.
Hu, Tan (1986). Comment: Language rights and language policies. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 60, 115-116.
Jackson, R.& T'Sou, B.K.Y. (1979). Language problems and language reform in the People's Republic of China. Modern Languages 60(2), 78-88.
Jernudd, Bjorn H. (Ed. & introd.) (1986). Chinese language planning: Perspectives from China and abroad. International Journal of the Sociology of Language, Spec. iss., 59
Kao, Diana L. (1993). Language reform in China: History, reform, problems, and prospects. In J. Levitt, L.R.N. Ashley, K.H. Rogers (Eds.). Language in contemporary society. New York : American Society of Geolinguisitcs.
Lehmann, W. P. (Ed.) (1975). Language and linguistics in the People’s Republic of China. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press.
Lin, Shouying (1977). Changes and reform in the language of the new China. Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association 12(3), 210-214.
Liu, Yongquan (1986). Terminological development and organization in China. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 59, 33-46.
Milsky, C. (1973). New developments in language reform. The China Quarterly, 53, 98-133.
Norman, J. (1988). Chinese. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Parker, Franklin & Parker, Betty June (1987). Chinese language reform and language teaching in the People's Republic of China: Annotated bibliography. Journal of Chinese Linguistics 15(1), 191-198.
Ren,Yifei & Huang,Xing (1993). The language status planning and corpus planning of China. In A. Crochetiere, J.C. Boulanger, & C. Ouellon (Eds.). Endangered languages: Proceedings of the XVth international congress of linguists, Quebec, Universite Laval, 9-14 August 1992. Sainte-Foy: PU Laval.
Seybolt, P. & Chiang, G.K.K. (Eds.) (1979). Language reform in China: Documents and commentary. White Plains, NY: M.E. Sharpe, Inc.
Sun,Hungkai (1989). Sketch of China's developing language planning. Journal of Chinese Linguistics, 17(1), 1-49
Tseng, Paochien (1985). Language and national unity: China. In W.R. Beer & J.E. Jacob (Eds.), Language Policy and National Unity. Totowa, NJ: Rowman & Allanheld.
Wang, Jun (1996). On the modernization of the Chinese language: Bilingualism and digraphia in China. Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association 31(3), 10-14.
Zhao, Shikai (1990). Variation and normalization. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 81, 43-49.
Zhou, Qingsheng (1992). Aspects of Chinese ethnosociolinguistic studies: A report on the literature. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 97, 59-73.
Zhou,Youguang; Allison,Mark (tr.) (1992). Language planning in China: Understanding and Misunderstanding. Journal of Macrolinguistics 1, 57-64.

Bilingualism and Multilingualism:

Cheng, Chin-Chuan (1976). Chauvinism, egalitarianism, and multilingualism: China's linguistic experience. Studies in Language Learning 1(2), 41-58.
Feurer, H. (1996). Bilingual education among minority nationalities in China: A study of the Naxi pilot project at Yilong, Yunnan. RELC Journal 27, 1-22.
Lin, Jing (1997). Policies and practices of bilingual education for the minorities in China. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 18(3), 193-205.
Lum, J. B. (1976). Bilingual policies in the People's Republic of China. Studies in Comparative International Development 11(1), 88-98.
Wang, Jun (1996). On the modernization of the Chinese language: Bilingualism and digraphia in China. Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association 31(3), 10-14.
Zhao, Y. (1992). Bilingualism and bilingual education in China. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 97, 37-46.
Zhou, Qingsheng (1992). Aspects of Chinese ethnosociolinguistic studies: A report on the literature. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 97, 59-73.

Language Attitudes:

Bai, Jianhua. 1994. Language attitude and the spread of standard Chinese in China. Language Problems and Language Planning 18, 2. 128-138.
Kalmar, Ivan , Zhong, Yong, & Xiao Hong (1987). Language attitudes in Guangzhou, China. Language in Society 16, 499-508.

Foreign Language Education:

Balbin, Julius (1988). Esperanto as the catalyst of the Romantization of Chinese. Geolinguistics 14, 125-140.
Hertling, James (1996). China embraces the English language. Chronicle of Higher Education. 42(17): A49, A51.
Ross, Heidi (1993). China learns English: Language teaching and social change in the People's Republic. Yale University Press.
Wang, Jun (1996). On the modernization of the Chinese language: Bilingualism and digraphia in China. Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association 31(3), 10-14.
Wu, Tieping (1982). The development of Russian linguistic research in the People's Republic of China. Slavic and East European Journal 26(1), 86-91.

The Chinese Language and the Information Age:

Grabe, William; Kaplan, Robert B. (1986). Science, technology, language, and information: Implications for language and language-in-education planning. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 59, 47-71.
Mathias, Jim & Kennedy, Thomas L. (Eds.) (1980). Computers, language reform, and lexicography in China; A report by the C(hinese) E(nglish) T(ranslation) A(ssistance) Delegation. Pullman: Washington State UP

Others:

Ferguson, C.A. (1975). Applied linguistics in China. Linguistic Reporter 17(4), 3, 10.
Freeman, N. H., & Habermann, G. M. (1996). Linguistic socialisation: A Chinese perspective. In M. H. Bond (Ed.), Handbook of Chinese psychology (pp. 79-92). Hong Kong: Oxford University Press.
Light, T. (1978). U.S. applied linguistics delegation to the Peoples Republic of China: A report. Linguistic Reporter 20(7), 4-5, 8.

Alphabetical Order:

Bai, Jianhua. 1994. Language attitude and the spread of standard Chinese in China. Language Problems and Language Planning 18, 2. 128-138.
Balbin, Julius (1988). Esperanto as the catalyst of the Romantization of Chinese. Geolinguistics 14, 125-140.
Barnes, Dayle (1974a). Language planning in Mainland China: A sociolinguistic study of P’u-T’ung-Hua and P’in-Yin. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Graduate School, Georgetown University.
Barnes, Dayle (1974b). Language planning in Mainland China: Standardization. In J.A. Fishman (Ed.), Advances in language planning (pp.457-477). The Hague: Mouton.
Barnes, Dayle (1977a). Review article: Rosaline Kwan-wai Chiu, Language contact and language planning in China (1900-1967): A selected bibliography. Linguistics 198, 127-130.
Barnes, Dayle (1977b). To er or not to er. Journal of Chinese Linguistics 5(2), 211-236.
Barnes, Dayle (1982). Nationalism and the Mandarin movement: The first half-century. In R.L. Cooper (Ed.). Language spread: Studies in diffusion and social change. Bloomington; Washington DC: Indiana UP; Center for Applied Linguistics.
Barnes, Dayle (1983). The implementation of language planning in China. In J. Cobarrubias & J. A. Fishman (Eds.), Progress in language planning (pp.291-308). New York: Moulton.
Blakely, Mary M. (1991). Minority education in rural China: Guizhou. ORTESOL Journal: Journal of the Oregon Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages 12, 1-16.
Chen, Eileen Shuhui (1988). Functional theoretical perspectives on the "modernization" of the Chinese language. Journal of Chinese Linguistics 16(1), 125-150.
Chen, Ping (1993). Modern written Chinese in development. Language in Society 22, 505-537.
Chen, Ping (1996) Toward a phonographic writing system of Chinese: A case study in writing reform. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 122.
Chen, Yuan (1990). Thoughts on sociolinguistic studies in China. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 81, 15-19.
Cheng, Chin-Chuan (1976). Chauvinism, egalitarianism, and multilingualism: China's linguistic experience. Studies in Language Learning 1(2), 41-58.
Cheng, Chin-Chuan (1978). Simplified versus complex characters: Socio-political considerations. Journal of Chinese Linguistics 6(2), 272-286.
Cheng, Chin-Chuan (1979). Language reform in China in the seventies. Word 30, 1-2.
Ching, Nora C. (1978). Trends of the written language reform as seen in the newly simplified characters. Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association 13(1), 37-48.
DeFrancis, John (1975). Language planning in China. Language Planning Newsletter 1, 2, 5.
DeFrancis, John (1984). The Chinese language: Fact and fantasy. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.
DeFrancis, John (1989). Visible speech: The diverse oneness of writing systems. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.
DeFrancis, John (1990). The why of Pinyin grapheme selection. Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association;, 25(3), 1-14.
Erbaugh, Mary S. (1995). Southern Chinese dialects as a medium for reconciliation within Greater China. Language in Society 24, 79-94.
Feurer, H. (1996). Bilingual education among minority nationalities in China: A study of the Naxi pilot project at Yilong, Yunnan. RELC Journal 27, 1-22.
Ferguson, C.A. (1975). Applied linguistics in China. Linguistic Reporter 17(4), 3, 10.
Freeman, N. H., & Habermann, G. M. (1996). Linguistic socialisation: A Chinese perspective. In M. H. Bond (Ed.), Handbook of Chinese psychology (pp. 79-92). Hong Kong: Oxford University Press.
Fu, Maoji (1985). Language policies toward national minorities in China. Anthropological Linguistics 27(2), 214-221.
Grabe, William; Kaplan, Robert B. (1986). Science, technology, language, and information: Implications for language and language-in-education planning. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 59, 47-71.
Harrell, Stevan (1993). Linguistics and hegemony in China. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 103, 97-114.
Hertling, James (1996). China embraces the English language. Chronicle of Higher Education. 42(17): A49, A51.
Hong, Yongfan (1982). Continuing literacy work in China. Prospects 12(2), 185-191.
Hsu, Vivian (1979). The current state of language reform and the teaching of language and literature in the PRC. Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association 14(3), 61-89.
Hu, Tan (1983). China's national minorities and their languages. Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association 18(3), 53-61.
Hu, Tan (1986). Comment: Language rights and language policies. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 60, 115-116.
Jackson, R.& T'Sou, B.K.Y. (1979). Language problems and language reform in the People's Republic of China. Modern Languages 60(2), 78-88.
Jernudd, Bjorn H. (Ed. & introd.) (1986). Chinese language planning: Perspectives from China and abroad. International Journal of the Sociology of Language, Spec. iss., 59
Kalmar, Ivan , Zhong, Yong, & Xiao Hong (1987). Language attitudes in Guangzhou, China. Language in Society 16, 499-508.
Kao, Diana L. (1993). Language reform in China: History, reform, problems, and prospects. In J. Levitt, L.R.N. Ashley, K.H. Rogers (Eds.). Language in contemporary society. New York : American Society of Geolinguisitcs.
Lehmann, W. P. (Ed.) (1975). Language and linguistics in the People’s Republic of China. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press.
Light, T. (1978). U.S. applied linguistics delegation to the Peoples Republic of China: A report. Linguistic Reporter 20(7), 4-5, 8.
Lin, Jing (1997). Policies and practices of bilingual education for the minorities in China. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 18(3), 193-205.
Lin, Shouying (1977). Changes and reform in the language of the new China. Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association 12(3), 210-214.
Liu, Yongquan (1986). Terminological development and organization in China. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 59, 33-46.
Lum, J. B. (1976). Bilingual policies in the People's Republic of China. Studies in Comparative International Development 11(1), 88-98.
Mathias, Jim & Kennedy, Thomas L. (Eds.) (1980). Computers, language reform, and lexicography in China; A report by the C(hinese) E(nglish) T(ranslation) A(ssistance) Delegation. Pullman: Washington State UP
Milsky, C. (1973). New developments in language reform. The China Quarterly, 53, 98-133.
Norman, J. (1988). Chinese. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Parker, Franklin & Parker, Betty June (1987). Chinese language reform and language teaching in the People's Republic of China: Annotated bibliography. Journal of Chinese Linguistics 15(1), 191-198.
Ren,Yifei & Huang,Xing (1993). The language status planning and corpus planning of China. In A. Crochetiere, J.C. Boulanger, & C. Ouellon (Eds.). Endangered languages: Proceedings of the XVth international congress of linguists, Quebec, Universite Laval, 9-14 August 1992. Sainte-Foy: PU Laval.
Ross, Heidi (1993). China learns English: Language teaching and social change in the People's Republic. Yale University Press.
Scribner, S. (1982). Observations on literacy education in China. Linguistic Reporter 25(3), 1-4.
Seybolt, P. & Chiang, G.K.K. (Eds.) (1979). Language reform in China: Documents and commentary. White Plains, NY: M.E. Sharpe, Inc.
Sheridan, E.M. (1981). Literacy and language reform in the People's Republic of China. Reading Teacher 34(7), 804-808.
Sun, Hongkai (1988a). Minorities and language planning in China: An outline. New Language Planning Newsletter 3(1), 1-5.
Sun, Hongkai (1988b). Minorities and language planning in China: An outline (Contd.). New Language Planning Newsletter 3(2), 1-6.
Sun,Hungkai (1989). Sketch of China's developing language planning. Journal of Chinese Linguistics, 17(1), 1-49
Sun, Hongkai (1992). Language recognition and nationality. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 97, 9-22.
Svantesson, J. O. (1991). Tradition and reform in China's minority languages. International Journal of Applied Linguistics 1(1), 70-88.
Tseng, Paochien (1985). Language and national unity: China. In W.R. Beer & J.E. Jacob (Eds.), Language Policy and National Unity. Totowa, NJ: Rowman & Allanheld.
Wang, Jun (1996). On the modernization of the Chinese language: Bilingualism and digraphia in China. Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association 31(3), 10-14.
Watson, Andrew (1973). Comment: Is Pinyin dead? The China Quarterly 54, 368-370.
White, Dob (1992). The position and role of minority languages and their writing systems in China. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 97, 47-57.
Wu, Tieping (1982). The development of Russian linguistic research in the People's Republic of China. Slavic and East European Journal 26(1), 86-91.
Xu, Shixuan (1993). Multiple written forms of some languages in China. In A. Crochetiere, J.C. Boulanger & C. Ouellon (Eds.), Endangered Languages: Proceedings of the XVth International Congress of Linguists, Quebec, Universite Laval, 9-14 August 1992. Sainte-Foy: PU Laval.
Yang, Winston, Chiu, Rosaline Kwan-wai (1971). Language contact and language planning in China-- A sleeted bibliography. Journal of Chinese Language Teachers Association 6(3), 113.
Yin, Binyong (1987). The language planning of Chinese minor-nationalities. New Language Planning Newsletter 2(1), 2-4.
Yin, Bo & Baldauf, R. B., Jr. (1990). Language reform of spoken Chinese. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 11(4), 279-289.
Zhao, Shikai (1990). Variation and normalization. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 81, 43-49.
Zhao, Y. (1992). Bilingualism and bilingual education in China. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 97, 37-46.
Zhou, Qingsheng (1992a). A selected bibliograpy of Chinese ethnosociolinguistics 1890-1990. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 97, 97-118.
Zhou, Qingsheng (1992b). Aspects of Chinese ethnosociolinguistic studies: A report on the literature. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 97, 59-73.
Zhou,Youguang; Allison,Mark (tr.) (1992). Language planning in China: Understanding and Misunderstanding. Journal of Macrolinguistics 1, 57-64.

This bibliography is compiled by Peter Yongqi Gu (petergu@ln.edu.hk) at the Department of English of Lingnan College, Hong Kong. Please come back for further updates.

Last modified: 7 Dec. 1997

Bibliographies	Pinyin and Romanisation	Mandarin or Putonghua
Dialects	Characters and Written Chinese	Literacy
Minority Nationalities	Planning and Policy	Bilingualism and Multilingualism
Language Attitudes	Foreign Language Education	The Chinese Language and the Information Age
Others		Alphabetical Order