Enacting Identity and Ethnicity in Transnational Spaces: Bilingual Practices and Positioning of Chinese Visiting Scholars in America

Autor/in	Han, Yanmei
Titel	Enacting Identity and Ethnicity in Transnational Spaces: Bilingual Practices and Positioning of Chinese Visiting Scholars in America
Quelle	In: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 43 (2022) 10, S.907-921 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Han, Yanmei)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0143-4632
DOI	10.1080/01434632.2020.1781871
Schlagwörter	Asians; College Faculty; Foreign Nationals; Professional Identity; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Faculty Mobility; Language Usage; Ethnography; Social Behavior; Behavior Standards; Multilingualism; Ethnicity; Self Concept; Power Structure; Foreign Countries; Mandarin Chinese; Spanish; Hispanic Americans; Parent Child Relationship; Bullying; Racism; Friendship; Code Switching (Language); Social Media; Language Proficiency; Teacher Attitudes; Context Effect; Researchers; Parent Teacher Cooperation; Neighborhoods; Work Environment; China; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate; Fakultät; Ausländer; Ausländerin; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Sprachgebrauch; Ethnografie; Social behaviour; Soziales Verhalten; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Ethnizität; Selbstkonzept; Ausland; Spanisch; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Mobbing; Rassismus; Freundschaft; Soziale Medien; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Lehrerverhalten; Researcher; Forscher; Parent teacher relation; Parent-teacher cooperation; Parent-teacher relation; Parent-teacher relationship; Parent teacher relationship; Eltern-Lehrer-Beziehung; Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Arbeitsmilieu; Kalifornien
Abstract	This study explores how a transient community of Chinese visiting scholars in the US negotiates the language norms and identity in the transnational spaces. Transient communities, being different from diasporic stable communities in terms of flexibility and fluidity of movements, are subject to continuous negotiation of social or language norms. With an ethnographic approach, I observed, documented and interviewed Chinese visiting scholars, exploring their negotiation with various groups of interactants from both the host country and the home country. It is found Chinese visiting scholars' language choices in various interactional contexts are not a priori assignment but the results of constant negotiation within and across contexts. Their multilingual practices or strategies not only enact their identity and ethnicity, but also reflect their implicit power struggle in the transnational space. The Chinese visiting scholars' language practices and their situated and iterative positioning of themselves helps maximise the benefit of their stay in the host country, thus imposing significant implication for EIL (English as International Language) research. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01