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Chineses in the diaspora: multilingual practices and Chinese identity in Los Angeles / Feiyang Tian.

De Gruyter DG Plus PP Package 2026 Part 2 Available online

De Gruyter DG Plus PP Package 2026 Part 2

De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Complete eBook-Package 2026 Available online

De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Complete eBook-Package 2026
Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Tian, Feiyang, author.
Series:
Encounter
Encounters
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Chinese Americans--California--Los Angeles--Languages.
Chinese Americans.
Chinese language--Social aspects--California--Los Angeles.
Chinese language.
Chinese language--Dialects--California--Los Angeles.
Multilingualism--California--Los Angeles.
Multilingualism.
Chinese Americans--Ethnic identity.
Chinese diaspora.
Physical Description:
1 online resource.
Place of Publication:
Bristol ; Jackson : Multilingual Matters, 2026.
Summary:
"This book analyzes the multilingual and multidialectal practices of Chinese Americans in Los Angeles, describing the interaction of distinct Chineses in a diasporic setting. It demonstrates how ethnolinguistic repertoires are used to form localized Chinese identities and world Chineses with different degrees of divergence from standard Putonghua."-- From De Gruyter Brill.
Contents:
Chineses in Los Angeles as a sociolinguistic phenomenon
Terminology
Dialect, variety and Chineses
Mainland Mandarin vs Taiwan Mandarin
LA Chinatowns
LA Chinese immigrants
Chinese language in LA: past and present
Earlier studies of Chinese people and the Chinese language in LA
Theoretical framework
The sociolinguistics of globalization
Sociolinguistic scales and orders of indexicality
Polycentricity
Repertoire, languaging and translanguaging.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (De Gruyter Brill, viewed March 31, 2026).
Other Format:
Print version: Tian, Feiyang Chineses in the diaspora
ISBN:
9781800411739
1800411731
9781800411777
1800411774
OCLC:
1570555164
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license

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