Introduction: Language Standards and Variation in Multilingual Contexts – Asian Perspectives

The introduction situates the volume in its research context, and describes the contribution of each of the chapters, under the four themes of the volume: Histories of Standardization in Multilingual Contexts; Standardization and Variation in Multilingual China: Implications for Education, Testing, Policy and Practice; Standardization and Minoritized Languages in Multilingual Contexts; and Negotiating Standards and Variation: Case Studies From Japanese.