S017 | Chinese Languages As Mother Tongues: Complexity In Practice And Ideologies

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In proposing a sociolinguistics of complexity, Blommaert (2014:13) argues that "the task of analysis is not to reduce complexity…but to demonstrate complexity, to unfold the complex and multifiliar features and their various different origins that are contained in synchronized moments of understanding". We take this as our theoretical and methodological point of departure in our discussion of the issue of mother tongue and related ideological complexity within the context of Chinese languages. Who defines 'mother tongue' and 'mother-tongue users' and (re)produces the mother-tongue vs. non-mother-tongue user hierarchy, ultimately, have to do with the regimentation of language use and associated values, and the dynamic interactions between groups of people, in any speech communities that have been historically constituted and imagined in contexts of linguistic, cultural and ideological change. What make this mother tongue issue more relevant today are significant increase in human mobility, the undergoing language shift and revitalization processes, and the questioning as well as reinforcement of categories such as language, old and new speakers, and ideologies of authority and authenticity. This panel aims to reveal how practices and ideologies associated with 'mother tongue' create a complex field that problematizes 'traditional' languages and their speakers and serve particular socio-political purposes.

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August 16, 2021 02:30 PM - August 16, 2022 06:00 PM(Europe/Amsterdam)

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20210816T1430 20210816T1800 Europe/Amsterdam S017 | Chinese languages as mother tongues: complexity in practice and ideologies In proposing a sociolinguistics of complexity, Blommaert (2014:13) argues that "the task of analysis is not to reduce complexity…but to demonstrate complexity, to unfold the complex and multifiliar features and their various different origins that are contained in synchronized moments of understanding". We take this as our theoretical and methodological point of departure in our discussion of the issue of mother tongue and related ideological complexity within the context of Chinese languages. Who defines 'mother tongue' and 'mother-tongue users' and (re)produces the mother-tongue vs. non-mother-tongue user hierarchy, ultimately, have to do with the regimentation of language use and associated values, and the dynamic interactions between groups of people, in any speech communities that have been historically constituted and imagined in contexts of linguistic, cultural and ideological change. What make this mother tongue issue more relevant today are significant increase in human mobility, the undergoing language shift and revitalization processes, and the questioning as well as reinforcement of categories such as language, old and new speakers, and ideologies of authority and authenticity. This panel aims to reveal how practices and ideologies associated with 'mother tongue' create a complex field that problematizes 'traditional' languages and their speakers and serve particular socio-political purposes. Room 1 AILA 2021 aila2021@gcb.nl

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To promote or not to promote the use of regional Chinese varieties

FeaturedAILA Symposium 02:30 PM - 06:00 PM (Europe/Amsterdam) 2021/08/16 12:30:00 UTC - 2022/08/16 16:00:00 UTC

This talk draws on my research on the media coverage on the ‘dialect’ crisis in mainland China. While I applaud the initiatives to preserve different regional Chinese varieties, I am critically aware of the phenomenon that ‘non-locals’ are often blamed for the ‘dialect’ crisis in the relevant media coverage.

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