Blar i Bergen Open Research Archive på forfatter "Shang, Guowen"
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Linguistic landscaping from above in China: scale-making and language ideologies
Shang, Guowen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)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 ... -
Multilingualism in the linguistic landscape of Eastern China: City residents' perceptions and attitudes
Shang, Guowen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Linguistic landscape (LL) is a thriving strand of inquiry in sociolinguistics to interpret the multilingual representations in public space. Taking city residents as LL readers, this paper examines their opinions about the ... -
A Norwegian Soul in a Chinese Body? Ethnic Identity and Chinese Adoptees in Norway
Shang, Guowen; Marinaccio, Julia Christine; Honne, Tuathla Lai (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)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 ... -
Practicing and Managing Foreign Toponyms in China: Cultural Politics and Ideologies
Shang, Guowen; Yang, Lili (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)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 ... -
Wrestling between English and Pinyin: Language politics and ideologies of coding street names in China
Shang, Guowen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)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 ...