Study on Language Protection: A Book Review on Comparison Study on Language Protection in China and Abroad

Abstract

The book entitled Comparison study on language protection in China and abroad is written by Chunlin Yao, an associate professor in Tianjin Chengjian University. It is published by a Chinese influential press China Social Science Press. The book is composed of six chapters and describes two cases of language protection in China and abroad, respectively. At the last part the author gets his own views on language protection: language protection has little connection with protecting “language purity” and does not contradict with language change. The aforementioned views are creative and meaningful in language protection activities.