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The display of language usually transmits symbolic messages as to the legitimacy, relevance, priority and standards of languages and the people they represent. The public space is a most relevant arena to serve as a mechanism for creating de facto language policy. In this chapter, the linguistic items present in Yi communities in Sichuan and Yunnan are examined. The focus is on selected Yi-Han bilingual schools and the areas around them, exploring how this underlying mechanism transmits the dominant language ideology and affects the actual language practice of the Yi youth. The analysis is divided into two parts, the first focuses on the linguistic items found in the schools, while the second looks at the linguistic landscapes in the wider areas outside the schools.
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Data from Report of Liangshan Prefecture national economy and social development 2010. http://newht.lsz.gov.cn/3/3xxgk.aspx?id=20110408170114-524592-00-000.
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Data from Liu, Zhong (2010) Thoughts on the minority language newspapers in south Sichuan (Dui Sichuan Xibu Shaoshu Minzu Wenzi Baozhi de Sikao). News World (10):60–61.
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Data from Kang, Hua (2010) Yi Publications by the Yi in Liangshan, China. Aboriginal education world 35: 70–73.
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Zhang, L., Tsung, L. (2019). Language Used in Public Spaces. In: Bilingual Education and Minority Language Maintenance in China. Multilingual Education, vol 31. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03454-2_6
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