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- Title
Script choice among the Miao in China.
- Authors
Enwall, Joakim
- Abstract
The present article aims at analyzing script choice among the Miao in China from the perspective of sociolinguistic aspects of script choice presented by Unseth (2005). The history of script choice among the Miao in China presents a microcosm encompassing most of the relevant factors for script choice listed by Unseth, and this gives ample opportunities for studying this phenomenon in settings that share some common traits including geography, ethnic composition, historical development, and a political system. Factors explaining the relative success of the many scripts devised for various varieties of Miao are explored. The general decreasing use of Miao scripts during the last decades must also be viewed within the context of increasing assimilation and China's rapid changes.
- Subjects
CHINA; SOCIOLINGUISTICS; HMONG (Asian people); WRITTEN communication; ASSIMILATION (Sociology); LANGUAGES in China
- Publication
International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 2008, Vol 2008, Issue 192, p153
- ISSN
0165-2516
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/IJSL.2008.041