Overview of the Sociolinguistic Context of the Dongxiang Language

Julie P.M. Lefort is a Associate Professor at Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales in Paris. She received her education at the Ecole des Hautes études en sciences sociales of Paris. Her research has focused on Sino-Mongolian contact language, the Dongxiang language, and the Chinese hybrid languages of the Gansu-Qinghai area.

• Table of contentsDedication * Table of contents *List of figures, maps and photos *List of tables *preface *Acknowledgment *Notes on the transcriptions *List of abbreviations *1. Introduction *2. General Context *2.1 Historical context and origin of the Dongxiang group *2.2 Modern context *3. The dongxiang language and its linguistic Context *3.1. The speakers of the other Mongolic languages of Gansu-Qinghai and their origin *3.2 The Dongxiang language and the Mongolic languages of Gansu-Qinghai *3.3 The region’s “hybrid” Chinese languages and Linxia *4. The Dongxiang linguistic community *4.1. Identity representations: the perception of self and other *4.2 The languages and their names *4.3. The Dongxiang Linguistic Community *5. Language Relationships and Linguistic Representations *5.1. Dongxiang’s galaxy of languages *5.2. Roles and domains of language use *5.3 Linguistic Representations *5.4 Linguistic insecurity and diglossia *6. Overview of contact induced change and code-mixing phenomena *6.1 Phonological changes *6.2 Lexical borrowings *6.3 Morphological changes *6.4 Function words *6.5 Grammatical borrowings *6.6 At the edge between Borrowing and Code-switching *7. Conclusion *References *Appendix *Index *