Multilingualism and policy making in Greater China: ideological and implementational spaces

• Published in: Language policy Vol. 18; no. 1; pp. 1 - 16
• Main Authors: Shen, Qi, Gao, Xuesong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 15.02.2019; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Academic Achievement; Applied Linguistics; Beliefs; Chinese; Chinese languages; Educational Policy; Ethnic Groups; Foreign Countries; Ideology; Implementation; Language diversity; Language Education; Language ideologies; Language Minorities; Language Planning; Language policy; Language Teachers; Linguistics; Mandarin Chinese; Metaphor; Minority Group Students; Multilingualism; National Standards; Negotiation; Policy Formation; Policy making; Political Science; Program Implementation; Racial Identification; Researchers; School Policy; Social Integration; Social Sciences; Sociolinguistics; Stakeholders; Standard Spoken Usage; China; Language policy and planning; Implementational space; Greater China; Ideological space

In this opening commentary, we draw on Ruiz’s (NABE J 8:15–34, 1984 ) metaphorical representations of language to outline the ideological and implementational spaces for language policy making in Greater China. In particular, we highlight how the ‘resource’ orientation allows different stakeholders...