Amelia Tseng
Biographic Data
| ID | 737635 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amelia Tseng |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amelia |
| FAMILY NAME | Tseng |
| SIGNATURE | TSENG A |
| AFFILIATIONS | American University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4961-3321 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Playground Learning: African American English in Latinx Linguistic Repertoires
Nativized exoticism in “el país de todas las sangres
In this paper I develop a perspective of nativized exoticism to describe how discourses around Peruvian Chineseness as both assimilated and exotic promote a multicultural mestizo national narrative that nevertheless overlooks questions of representation and the subject gaze. Using a qualitative approach, my argument connects micro-level analysis of spoken and mediated discourse to the broader contemporary and sociohistorical context. Findings ext…
‘Qué barbaridad, son latinos y deberían saber español primero’: Language Ideology, Agency, and Heritage Language Insecurity across Immigrant Generations
This case study examines the consequences of community language attitudes and ideologies on later-generation heritage speakers through qualitative sociolinguistic and discourse analysis of 22 interviews with first- and second-generation Latinos of diverse backgrounds in a major US metropolitan area. The findings show that imposed deficit identities derived from ideologies of language purity, proficiency, and individual agency were misunderstood a…
Toward an Affective Perspective in Minoritized Youth-Centered Research and Education
Research Article| May 01 2021 Toward an Affective Perspective in Minoritized Youth-Centered Research and Education Feeling It: Language, Race, and Affect in Latinx Youth Learning, Edited by Bucholtz, Mary; Casillas, Dolores Inés; Lee, Jin Sook, New York: Routledge, 2018. Pp. xix + 277. ISBN 978-1-138-29679-4$155 (pbk $44.95, ebk $44.95) Amelia Tseng Amelia Tseng American University Amelia Tseng is assistant professor in world languages and cultur…
Introduction: Mobility, polylingualism, and change: Toward an updated sociolinguistics of diaspora
Diaspora offers a fruitful and narrower approach to language and mobility than the study of globalization. By making the historical footprint of mobility evident, diaspora allows analysts to identify the tension between ideologies of language and ethnonational belonging, and patterns of mobility that destabilize them. This special issue features a series of case studies of that tension and its linguistic manifestations, and adds empirical evidenc…
Abriendo closings in bilingual radio speech: Discourse strategies, code-switching, and the interactive construction of broadcast structures and institutional identity
Radio highlights the linguistic construction of institutional identity: it privileges presenter speech, as DJs use language to represent not only the self but also the show, and ultimately the station’s identity to the listening audience for commercial purposes. The relationship between show structure and stylistic practice in interaction offers insights into identity construction and audience relationships in institutional settings. This qualita…
Language on the Move
Narrative in the study of migrants
This chapter presents an overview of contributions and future directions for narrative analysis in migration studies looking at different approaches, methodologies, and objects of study within sociolinguistics and other disciplines concerned with discourse in society. It begins with general definitions and considerations of the multiple roles that narratives carry in social life. The chapter discusses two key areas of study: research on identitie…
Code‐Switching Pragmatics
Code switching describes, essentially, bi‐ and multilingual speakers' use of more than one language or language variety within a single interaction or conversational turn. It is important to highlight that the term code switching is also used for bi‐ and multidialectal speakers' switching between language varieties, such as African American English or World Englishes and so‐called standard varieties. Pragmatics , according to Yule's definition, “…
Introduction: Mobility, polylingualism, and change: Toward an updated sociolinguistics of diaspora
Diaspora offers a fruitful and narrower approach to language and mobility than the study of globalization. By making the historical footprint of mobility evident, diaspora allows analysts to identify the tension between ideologies of language and ethnonational belonging, and patterns of mobility that destabilize them. This special issue features a series of case studies of that tension and its linguistic manifestations, and adds empirical evidenc…
Code‐Switching Pragmatics
Code switching describes, essentially, bi‐ and multilingual speakers' use of more than one language or language variety within a single interaction or conversational turn. It is important to highlight that the term code switching is also used for bi‐ and multidialectal speakers' switching between language varieties, such as African American English or World Englishes and so‐called standard varieties. Pragmatics , according to Yule's definition, “…
Narrative in the study of migrants
This chapter presents an overview of contributions and future directions for narrative analysis in migration studies looking at different approaches, methodologies, and objects of study within sociolinguistics and other disciplines concerned with discourse in society. It begins with general definitions and considerations of the multiple roles that narratives carry in social life. The chapter discusses two key areas of study: research on identitie…
Abriendo closings in bilingual radio speech: Discourse strategies, code-switching, and the interactive construction of broadcast structures and institutional identity
Radio highlights the linguistic construction of institutional identity: it privileges presenter speech, as DJs use language to represent not only the self but also the show, and ultimately the station’s identity to the listening audience for commercial purposes. The relationship between show structure and stylistic practice in interaction offers insights into identity construction and audience relationships in institutional settings. This qualita…
Language on the Move
‘Qué barbaridad, son latinos y deberían saber español primero’: Language Ideology, Agency, and Heritage Language Insecurity across Immigrant Generations
This case study examines the consequences of community language attitudes and ideologies on later-generation heritage speakers through qualitative sociolinguistic and discourse analysis of 22 interviews with first- and second-generation Latinos of diverse backgrounds in a major US metropolitan area. The findings show that imposed deficit identities derived from ideologies of language purity, proficiency, and individual agency were misunderstood a…
Toward an Affective Perspective in Minoritized Youth-Centered Research and Education
Research Article| May 01 2021 Toward an Affective Perspective in Minoritized Youth-Centered Research and Education Feeling It: Language, Race, and Affect in Latinx Youth Learning, Edited by Bucholtz, Mary; Casillas, Dolores Inés; Lee, Jin Sook, New York: Routledge, 2018. Pp. xix + 277. ISBN 978-1-138-29679-4$155 (pbk $44.95, ebk $44.95) Amelia Tseng Amelia Tseng American University Amelia Tseng is assistant professor in world languages and cultur…
Introduction: Mobility, polylingualism, and change: Toward an updated sociolinguistics of diaspora
Diaspora offers a fruitful and narrower approach to language and mobility than the study of globalization. By making the historical footprint of mobility evident, diaspora allows analysts to identify the tension between ideologies of language and ethnonational belonging, and patterns of mobility that destabilize them. This special issue features a series of case studies of that tension and its linguistic manifestations, and adds empirical evidenc…
Playground Learning: African American English in Latinx Linguistic Repertoires
Nativized exoticism in “el país de todas las sangres
In this paper I develop a perspective of nativized exoticism to describe how discourses around Peruvian Chineseness as both assimilated and exotic promote a multicultural mestizo national narrative that nevertheless overlooks questions of representation and the subject gaze. Using a qualitative approach, my argument connects micro-level analysis of spoken and mediated discourse to the broader contemporary and sociohistorical context. Findings ext…
Sociology (7 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (5 works) · Linguistics (5 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works)