Script issues in Xinjiang : nationalism, commerce, computers, convenience

This thesis tests the hypothesis that the use of multiple writing systems for Uyghur language in Xinjiang is due to differences in social practices which language users rationalise within the framework of main discourses on language use in the region. Xinjiang's Uyghur language community has ex...

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Main Author: Young, Daniel Edward
Published: University of Leeds 2011
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.551264