【Title】 The Role and Expressive Forms of Language in the Ethnic Identity
【Author】 WANG Feng（Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology; Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Beijing 100081; China）;
【keywords】 language; language attribute; language identity; ethnic identity;
【Abstract】 Language is the core element of ethnic identity and its importance has become more conspicuous in the new historical period. Both language and ethnic groups have the attributes of historical development,cultural identity and communication tool because they are closely related to each other in terms of historical,cultural and social identity. It is the reinforcement of ethnic identity that is the inner motive force for the language development of an ethnic group. The paper uses the language of the Bai nation...