Chineses in the Diaspora by Feiyang Tian
Challenges simplified discourses that describe Chinese as the next global language. This book analyzes the multilingual and multidialectal practices of Chinese Americans in Los Angeles, a city with a Chinese diasporic population of around 500,000. It describes the contact between different Chineses in a diasporic setting, illustrating how non-Putonghua features are made use of to form distinct identities and speech communities. It demonstrates that localized conceptions of 'Chineseness' hold greater sociolinguistic significance than the transnational narratives of a unified global Chinese. The author argues that a homogeneous global Chinese is unlikely to arise as, analogous to ‘World Englishes’, different degrees of divergence are found in Chineses around the world. This book will appeal to scholars interested in Chinese language variation, translanguaging practices, language ideology and identity.
Global variation in the Chinese language has attracted considerable attention in recent yearsHowever, this monograph stands out for its comprehensive examination of a Chinese variety within a concentrated field site (Los Angeles), its meticulous fieldwork and data collection, and its insightful analysis of emerging trends in diaspora language varieties in contact. This work should appeal to a wide range of readers interested in the Chinese language in a global context. * Hongyin Tao, University of California, Los Angeles, USA *
The main aim of a sociolinguistics of globalization is to understand the complexity that emerges when people make meaning in times of mobility and change. Feiyang Tian’s meticulous analysis of the multilingual reality in the superdiverse Chinese population of Los Angels convincingly shows how sociolinguistic patterns correlate with geopolitical and social transformations and how they index diaspora discourses and identities. * Sjaak Kroon, Tilburg University, The Netherlands *
The main aim of a sociolinguistics of globalization is to understand the complexity that emerges when people make meaning in times of mobility and change. Feiyang Tian’s meticulous analysis of the multilingual reality in the superdiverse Chinese population of Los Angels convincingly shows how sociolinguistic patterns correlate with geopolitical and social transformations and how they index diaspora discourses and identities. * Sjaak Kroon, Tilburg University, The Netherlands *
Feiyang Tian is an English Instructor at Beihang University, Beijing, China, and Adjunct Researcher with the Language and Science Laboratory of Jiangsu Normal University (Humanities and Social Sciences Laboratory of Jiangsu Province). Her research focuses on language and culture from a sociolinguistics of globalization perspective.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781800411685 |
| ISBN 10 | 1800411685 |
| Title | Chineses in the Diaspora |
| Author | Feiyang Tian |
| Series | Encounters |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Multilingual Matters |
| Year published | 2026-04-14 |
| Number of pages | 206 |
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