Zhuang – Language on the Move

Making Zhuang language visible

Why do some cities around the world have public signage in multiple languages? Is there a policy behind it, and who does this signage benefit? Is there any multilingual signage…

Alexandra GreyFebruary 28, 2025

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Language and law

Language Rights in a Changing China

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Brynn Quick speaks with Dr. Alexandra Grey about Dr. Grey’s book entitled Language Rights in a Changing China: A National Overview…

Brynn QuickJanuary 1, 2025

Next Gen Literacies

Peripheral language learners and the romance of Thai

The South China-Laos-Thailand region with the new railway line (Source: South China Morning Post) Language learning through watching films and playing videogames is a new trend. This kind of informal…

Li JiaDecember 4, 2021

Language and law

Language Rights in a Changing China

Editor’s note: The Language on the Move team is delighted to announce the publication of Language Rights in a Changing China, a new book by our member Dr Alexandra Grey. To celebrate…

Language on the MoveJune 1, 2021

Next Gen Literacies

Debating language standardization

Late last year I attended the conference “Language Standardization and Linguistic Variation in Asia from Sociolinguistic Perspectives 社会语言学视角下的亚洲语言变异与标准化国际学术研讨会” at the University of Nottingham-Ningbo, China (UNNC). It was hosted by UNNC’s…

Alexandra GreyFebruary 6, 2018

Language politics

How do language rights affect minority languages in China?

Alexandra Grey proudly holding the physical product of her PhD research My university will shortly require only a digital copy of each PhD after it has been examined and awarded,…

Alexandra GreyJune 8, 2017

English as a global language

Voice of China on the move

Voice of China Sydney 2015, Program Booklet It’s a weeknight at the Sydney Town Hall, an ornate 19th century building in the city centre. Almost everyone bustling in the entryway…

Alexandra GreyMay 27, 2015

Language learning

Gaining a Green Thumb for Grassroots Language Activism

The researcher wearing a Zhuang employee's work uniform at the Black Clothes Zhuang House in the Ethnic Minorities Village, Nanning, China, 2014 I was surprised, frankly, during my recent fieldwork…

Alexandra GreyOctober 10, 2014

Language and tourism

English in the Global Village

Yangshuo's West Street (Source: chinatravelca) Tourism has been found to be beneficial for minority language maintenance in a number of contexts from around the world. For instance, Anand Torrents Alcaraz…

Ingrid PillerJune 23, 2014

Making Zhuang language visible

Language Rights in a Changing China

Peripheral language learners and the romance of Thai

Language Rights in a Changing China

Debating language standardization

How do language rights affect minority languages in China?

Voice of China on the move

English in the Global Village

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