Longago,Confucius(551-479B.C.) warned Chinese authorities it would be impossible to govern the country with-Loutcreatingclearlanguagepolicies. Heknew,asmodernsociolinguistsknow, languageexistsasasocialphenomenon. Languageispolitical.Althoughsomeone may unconsciously choose his or her linguis-tic code, each person’s choice of language createsbothintentionalandunintentional identity.