37.1451, Books: Chineses in the Diaspora: Tian (2026)

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Subject: 37.1451, Books: Chineses in the Diaspora: Tian (2026)

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Date: 15-Apr-2026
From: Flo McClelland [flo at multilingual-matters.com]
Subject: Chineses in the Diaspora: Tian (2026)


Title: Chineses in the Diaspora
Subtitle: Multilingual Practices and Chinese Identity in Los Angeles
Series Title: Encounters
Publication Year: 2026

Publisher: Multilingual Matters
           http://www.multilingual-matters.com/
Book URL:
https://multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/?K=9781800411685

Author(s): Feiyang Tian

Hbk ISBN 9781800411685 £99.95 / US$134.95 / €119.95
EPUB ISBN 9781800411739 £20.00 / US$25.00 / €23.00
PDF ISBN 9781800411777 £20.00 / US$25.00 / €23.00

Abstract:

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.

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics




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