This article attempts to provide an overall evaluation of policy implementation process of the formulation and promotion of national lingua franca. The national lingua franca promotion is one of basic state policies in China. In this article, I first endeavor to redefine what is the national lingua franca (Putonghua) from three dimensions, namely, corpus planning, legal status, and academic research. Second, I investigate into the historic trajectory of the developing course of national lingua franca, a framework composing of periodization, degree and scale and efficacy is proposed. Third, through application of such a working framework, I embark upon a discussion and evaluation of the planning process, milestone events and the effectiveness in promoting national lingua franca. The article closes with an exploration of the future direction based on the previous experience of national lingua franca promotion.
王 晖. 论国家通用语言及其推广的“时度效”[J]. 语言战略研究, 2016, 1(4): 14-24.
Wang Hui. On Timing, Degree and Effi cacy of National Lingua Franca and Its Promotion. , 2016, 1(4): 14-24.