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Peer reviewedHsiau, A-chin – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1997
Analyzes the official (Kuomintang) language policy in Taiwan, which had exalted Mandarin and suppressed other local languages, and the efforts during the last decade to revive Tai-yu, a major language in the post-war period. The dynamics of the Tai-yu language movement reveal a pressing problem facing Taiwan: how to balance national cohesion with…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Ethnic Groups, Foreign Countries, Ideology
