Guowen Shang
Biographic Data
| ID | 1631574 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Guowen Shang |
| GIVEN NAMES | Guowen |
| FAMILY NAME | Shang |
| SIGNATURE | SHANG G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bergen |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8025-0506 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 52 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Communication across time and space
Plurilingual family language policy of internal immigrant families in Suzhou, China
Linguistic landscaping from above in China
The sociolinguistics of mobility is one of Jan Blommaert’s significant theoretical legacies vis-à-vis language interactions in the age of globalization. This paper investigates the mobilization of English as a semiotic resource in the public space of Chinese cities to reveal how the process of linguistic landscaping rescales English in China’s layered language regime. In the three investigated cities in eastern China, the English language has bee…
Stylization of history and heritage commodification
Discourses, modes, media and meaning in an era of pandemic
Discourses, modes, media and meaning in an era of pandemic: A multimodal discourse analysis approachSabine Tan and Marissa K. L. E (eds) (2022)London and New York: Routledge. Pp. 276ISBN: 978-0-367-76707-5 (hbk)ISBN: 978-0-367-76709-9 (pbk)ISBN: 978-1-003-16819-5 (eBook)
Practicing and Managing Foreign Toponyms in China
This study examines the vogue of adopting foreign-origin place names in Chinese cities and the Chinese governments’ endeavors to regulate the toponymic landscape. The place naming practices, management, and public attitudes concerning foreign toponyms are analyzed to reveal the cultural politics and ideologies of place naming in China’s context. It is found that the foreign toponyms emplaced in urban space mostly have Western origins or roots, an…
A Norwegian Soul in a Chinese Body? Ethnic Identity and Chinese Adoptees in Norway
The ethnic identity of international adoptees has been a transdisciplinary field of inquiry over the past decades. Taking China-born adopted Norwegian citizens as research subjects, this study uses a mixed-method approach to explore how they perceive their ethnic identity and origin in the host society of Norway. We find that Chinese adoptees mainly identify as racially Chinese but culturally Norwegian, and their Chineseness lies primarily in the…
Gabrielle Hogan-Brun
The economic dynamics of multilingualism in society has long been a critical and controversial issue in applied linguistics and sociolinguistics. Some scholars have contended that multilingualism can be problematic and even endangering to people and society (e.g. Blommaert et al. 2012), and linguistic commodification for economic purpose in multilingual societies can essentially jeopardize multilingualism (Heller 2003; Heller et al. 2014). Many o…
Wrestling between English and Pinyin
This paper examines the code choice and contestations on street name signs in China to find out the dynamics of language politics and the language ideological debates. In China, Hanyu Pinyin and English compete for visibility on street signs, though only Pinyin is the legally-endorsed alphabetic form for place names. Spolsky’s (2004, 2009) tripartite language policy model is adopted to analyse the management, practice and ideologies regarding the…
Expanding the linguistic landscape
Linguistic landscape (LL) has been a key topic and approach for multilingualism researchers to tap into the social, political and cultural meanings via the deliberate languaging practices in the ur
Is “poor” English in linguistic landscape useful for EFL teaching and learning? Perspectives of EFL teachers in China
Numerous studies in linguistic landscape (LL) have shown that the languages displayed on signs in city space can provide a rich semiotic resource enabling language learning in “real‐life” situations. However, in a context where LL is often criticized for profusion of errors or substandard expressions, it is doubtful whether the LL still holds pedagogical appeals for language teachers. Taking English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers in China a…
Bottom-up multilingualism in Singapore
Characterized by a politically censorious and highly regulated society, Singapore is widely considered to be one of the most sophisticated authoritarian systems in history (Lee, 2005). As in many other public and private domains, the government, well known for its paternalistic attitude (Schiffman, 2003), usually practices an active interventional policy on linguistic life, which is extensively explored in language planning and policy study. Howe…
Standardising the Chinese language in Singapore
The selection of standards and norms constitutes the first and most important step for language standardisation. In this paper, we examine the standard establishment for Huayu (or Singapore Mandarin), a new Chinese variety that has emerged in Singapore as a result of centralised planning and inter-linguistic contact. Huayu is the officially designated mother tongue of the Chinese community and a second language in school education in Singapore. T…
Linguistic landscape in Singapore
The visibility and salience of specific languages in public spaces are important parameters of their ethnolinguistic vitality in a society. Drawing upon data from first-hand fieldwork, this paper explores the display of multiple languages in shop names presented in Singapore’s neighbourhood centres in order to reveal how local shop owners address multilingualism in this ethnically heterogeneous and linguistically hybrid society. In addition to sp…
Language planning agency in China
Prof. Baldauf was one of the first who saw the planning agency as a central issue in examining the effectiveness of language planning (LP) endeavors (e.g. Baldauf, R. B. Jr. (1982). The language situation in American Samoa: Planners, plans and planning. Language Planning Newsletter, 1(8), 1–6). This paper chooses the language academy (LA) as a representation of language agency and examines its role in Chinese LP in modern history. China does not …
Linguistic landscape in Singapore
The visibility and salience of specific languages in public spaces are important parameters of their ethnolinguistic vitality in a society. Drawing upon data from first-hand fieldwork, this paper explores the display of multiple languages in shop names presented in Singapore’s neighbourhood centres in order to reveal how local shop owners address multilingualism in this ethnically heterogeneous and linguistically hybrid society. In addition to sp…
Expanding the linguistic landscape
Linguistic landscape (LL) has been a key topic and approach for multilingualism researchers to tap into the social, political and cultural meanings via the deliberate languaging practices in the ur
Stylization of history and heritage commodification
Is “poor” English in linguistic landscape useful for EFL teaching and learning? Perspectives of EFL teachers in China
Numerous studies in linguistic landscape (LL) have shown that the languages displayed on signs in city space can provide a rich semiotic resource enabling language learning in “real‐life” situations. However, in a context where LL is often criticized for profusion of errors or substandard expressions, it is doubtful whether the LL still holds pedagogical appeals for language teachers. Taking English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers in China a…
Language planning agency in China
Prof. Baldauf was one of the first who saw the planning agency as a central issue in examining the effectiveness of language planning (LP) endeavors (e.g. Baldauf, R. B. Jr. (1982). The language situation in American Samoa: Planners, plans and planning. Language Planning Newsletter, 1(8), 1–6). This paper chooses the language academy (LA) as a representation of language agency and examines its role in Chinese LP in modern history. China does not …
Communication across time and space
Plurilingual family language policy of internal immigrant families in Suzhou, China
A Norwegian Soul in a Chinese Body? Ethnic Identity and Chinese Adoptees in Norway
The ethnic identity of international adoptees has been a transdisciplinary field of inquiry over the past decades. Taking China-born adopted Norwegian citizens as research subjects, this study uses a mixed-method approach to explore how they perceive their ethnic identity and origin in the host society of Norway. We find that Chinese adoptees mainly identify as racially Chinese but culturally Norwegian, and their Chineseness lies primarily in the…
Wrestling between English and Pinyin
This paper examines the code choice and contestations on street name signs in China to find out the dynamics of language politics and the language ideological debates. In China, Hanyu Pinyin and English compete for visibility on street signs, though only Pinyin is the legally-endorsed alphabetic form for place names. Spolsky’s (2004, 2009) tripartite language policy model is adopted to analyse the management, practice and ideologies regarding the…
Standardising the Chinese language in Singapore
The selection of standards and norms constitutes the first and most important step for language standardisation. In this paper, we examine the standard establishment for Huayu (or Singapore Mandarin), a new Chinese variety that has emerged in Singapore as a result of centralised planning and inter-linguistic contact. Huayu is the officially designated mother tongue of the Chinese community and a second language in school education in Singapore. T…
Language planning agency in China
Prof. Baldauf was one of the first who saw the planning agency as a central issue in examining the effectiveness of language planning (LP) endeavors (e.g. Baldauf, R. B. Jr. (1982). The language situation in American Samoa: Planners, plans and planning. Language Planning Newsletter, 1(8), 1–6). This paper chooses the language academy (LA) as a representation of language agency and examines its role in Chinese LP in modern history. China does not …
Linguistic landscape in Singapore
The visibility and salience of specific languages in public spaces are important parameters of their ethnolinguistic vitality in a society. Drawing upon data from first-hand fieldwork, this paper explores the display of multiple languages in shop names presented in Singapore’s neighbourhood centres in order to reveal how local shop owners address multilingualism in this ethnically heterogeneous and linguistically hybrid society. In addition to sp…
Bottom-up multilingualism in Singapore
Characterized by a politically censorious and highly regulated society, Singapore is widely considered to be one of the most sophisticated authoritarian systems in history (Lee, 2005). As in many other public and private domains, the government, well known for its paternalistic attitude (Schiffman, 2003), usually practices an active interventional policy on linguistic life, which is extensively explored in language planning and policy study. Howe…
Standardising the Chinese language in Singapore
The selection of standards and norms constitutes the first and most important step for language standardisation. In this paper, we examine the standard establishment for Huayu (or Singapore Mandarin), a new Chinese variety that has emerged in Singapore as a result of centralised planning and inter-linguistic contact. Huayu is the officially designated mother tongue of the Chinese community and a second language in school education in Singapore. T…
Expanding the linguistic landscape
Linguistic landscape (LL) has been a key topic and approach for multilingualism researchers to tap into the social, political and cultural meanings via the deliberate languaging practices in the ur
Is “poor” English in linguistic landscape useful for EFL teaching and learning? Perspectives of EFL teachers in China
Numerous studies in linguistic landscape (LL) have shown that the languages displayed on signs in city space can provide a rich semiotic resource enabling language learning in “real‐life” situations. However, in a context where LL is often criticized for profusion of errors or substandard expressions, it is doubtful whether the LL still holds pedagogical appeals for language teachers. Taking English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers in China a…
Wrestling between English and Pinyin
This paper examines the code choice and contestations on street name signs in China to find out the dynamics of language politics and the language ideological debates. In China, Hanyu Pinyin and English compete for visibility on street signs, though only Pinyin is the legally-endorsed alphabetic form for place names. Spolsky’s (2004, 2009) tripartite language policy model is adopted to analyse the management, practice and ideologies regarding the…
Gabrielle Hogan-Brun
The economic dynamics of multilingualism in society has long been a critical and controversial issue in applied linguistics and sociolinguistics. Some scholars have contended that multilingualism can be problematic and even endangering to people and society (e.g. Blommaert et al. 2012), and linguistic commodification for economic purpose in multilingual societies can essentially jeopardize multilingualism (Heller 2003; Heller et al. 2014). Many o…
A Norwegian Soul in a Chinese Body? Ethnic Identity and Chinese Adoptees in Norway
The ethnic identity of international adoptees has been a transdisciplinary field of inquiry over the past decades. Taking China-born adopted Norwegian citizens as research subjects, this study uses a mixed-method approach to explore how they perceive their ethnic identity and origin in the host society of Norway. We find that Chinese adoptees mainly identify as racially Chinese but culturally Norwegian, and their Chineseness lies primarily in the…
Discourses, modes, media and meaning in an era of pandemic
Discourses, modes, media and meaning in an era of pandemic: A multimodal discourse analysis approachSabine Tan and Marissa K. L. E (eds) (2022)London and New York: Routledge. Pp. 276ISBN: 978-0-367-76707-5 (hbk)ISBN: 978-0-367-76709-9 (pbk)ISBN: 978-1-003-16819-5 (eBook)
Practicing and Managing Foreign Toponyms in China
This study examines the vogue of adopting foreign-origin place names in Chinese cities and the Chinese governments’ endeavors to regulate the toponymic landscape. The place naming practices, management, and public attitudes concerning foreign toponyms are analyzed to reveal the cultural politics and ideologies of place naming in China’s context. It is found that the foreign toponyms emplaced in urban space mostly have Western origins or roots, an…
Linguistic landscaping from above in China
The sociolinguistics of mobility is one of Jan Blommaert’s significant theoretical legacies vis-à-vis language interactions in the age of globalization. This paper investigates the mobilization of English as a semiotic resource in the public space of Chinese cities to reveal how the process of linguistic landscaping rescales English in China’s layered language regime. In the three investigated cities in eastern China, the English language has bee…
Stylization of history and heritage commodification
Plurilingual family language policy of internal immigrant families in Suzhou, China
Communication across time and space
Sociology (15 works) · Linguistics (12 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (10 works) · Political science (10 works) · China (8 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (6 works) · Multilingualism (6 works) · Pedagogy (6 works) · Geography (5 works) · Language policy (5 works)