New Immigrants and Multilingual Linguistic Landscape in Taiwan

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

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This book offers a comprehensive exploration of the multilingual linguistic landscape in Taoyuan City, Taiwan, focusing on the impact of new immigrants and the diverse range of languages they speak, across urban and peripheral areas. It examines the city's transition from a predominantly monolingual or bilingual Chinese–English signage environment to a vibrant multilingual one shaped by Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean and Southeast Asian languages. Employing ethnographic methods and geosemiotic analysis, the study investigates code preferences and writing types on public and private signage. Additionally, it delves into community perceptions of the multilingual linguistic landscape and its implications for language policy and planning, providing valuable insights into evolving linguistic dynamics. The authors move beyond theoretical exploration to deliver practical insights with implications for institutions, policymakers, researchers, educators, students and practitioners alike. Ultimately, this work aspires to enrich understanding not only of Taiwan’s linguistic landscape but also of broader global discussions on multilingualism, language policy and language planning.

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Utgivningsdatum2025-10-14
Mått156 x 234 x 15 mm
Vikt480 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieMultilingual Matters
Antal sidor198
FörlagMultilingual Matters
ISBN9781800419568

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Ching-Yu Na works as a public-school English teacher at Futai Elementary School and is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied English at Kainan University, Taiwan.Serafín M. Coronel-Molina is a Full Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the School of Education, Director of the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, and Head Coordinator of the Global Indigenous Studies Network in the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies at Indiana University Bloomington, USA.

Figures, Tables and ImagesPrefacePART 1: EXPLORING THE LINGUISTIC ECOLOGYChapter 1. Why Study Linguistic Landscapes in Taiwan?Chapter 2. Understanding Taiwan: Sociohistorical and Sociolinguistic OverviewChapter 3. Approaches to Understanding Taoyuan City’s MLLPART 2: READING THE LINGUISTIC LANDSCAPEChapter 4. Regulations and Implementations: A Geosemiotic Look at the MLLChapter 5. Exploring MLL in Diverse SpacesChapter 6. Code Preference and Multilingual Writing Types in the MLLChapter 7. Community Members’ Perceptions of the MLL in Taoyuan CityChapter 8. Bringing It All Together: What Does It All Mean?ReferencesIndex