Transcription Conventions; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Part I; Introduction: Sociocultural and Sociolinguistic Backgrounds; 1.1 The Report and the Denial of the "Cantonese Day"; Chapter-1; Dialect Issues in Multilingual China: A Dog That Has Barked; 1.2 The Protest triggered by a Survey; References; 2.1 The Language-Dialect Issue in the Chinese Context; Chapter-2; The Politics and Sociolinguistics of Chinese Dialects; 2.2 A Historical and Sociolinguistic Overview; 2.2.1 General Introduction; 2.2.2 Nearly a National Standard?

2.2.3 Cantonese: A Dialect of Prestige and Exception2.3 Language Policies Regarding Chinese Dialects since the 1950s: an International Dimension; 2.3.1 Mainland China: A Web of Language Policies for the Promotion of Putonghua; 2.3.2 Hong Kong: Linguistic Autonomy and Dependence; 2.3.3 Singapore: The Speak Mandarin Campaign and the Redefinition of "Mother Tongues"; 2.4 Summary; References; Part II; Conceptual and Methodological Frameworks; Chapter-3; Researching Language Attitudes in Multilingual China; 3.1 Researching Language Attitudes; 3.1.1 Attitudes as Mental Constructs

3.1.2 Attitudes as Discursive Practice3.1.3 Previous Research on Chinese Dialects; 3.2 Conceptual Framework of the Current Book; 3.2.1 Basic Assumptions; 3.2.2 Empirical Foci and Analytical Concepts; 3.2.2.1 Contextualisation; 3.2.2.2 Code-Switching, Translanguaging, and Heteroglossia; 3.2.2.3 Language Preference; 3.2.2.4 Language Crossing; 3.2.2.5 Language Ideology; 3.2.3 Research Design: Linguistic Ethnography; 3.2.4 Fieldwork and Data Collection; 3.2.5 The Roles of the Ethnographer; References; Part III; Becoming Members of a Multidialectal City; "Mother Tongues" of a Multidialectal City

Chapter-44.1 Overview of the Setting and the Participants; 4.1.1 Multidialectal Guangzhou: Migration and Demographic Changes; 4.1.2 Profiles of the Two School Communities; 4.2 Who Speaks What in Guangzhou; 4.2.1 I Speak Putonghua but I am a Guangzhouer; 4.2.2 What if You Are a Half-Hunannese?; 4.2.3 A Discredited Cantonese Speaker; 4.3 Summary; References; Chapter-5; Language Socialisation in Multidialectal Households: A Case Study; 5.1 Language Shift Within the Family; 5.2 Rules of Speaking at Home; 5.3 The Importance of Being Multilingual; References; Chapter-6

Translanguaging Practices in Multidialectal Groups6.1 Mischief, Learning, and Having Fun; 6.2 Confrontations; References; Part IV; Putonghua and Regional Dialects at School; 7.1 Teachers' Mediation of Language Policies; Chapter-7; Language Socialisation in Educational Institutions; 7.1.1 The Legitimate Language; 7.1.2 Habits and Conventions; 7.2 Students: Making Sense of the Rules of Speaking at School; 7.2.1 The Explicit Ban on Dialects; 7.2.2 The Implicit Rules of Speaking: A Case Study; 7.3 Summary; References; Teachers' Attitudes Towards Dialects in School; Chapter-8