AMES 173CNS · also LINGUIST 173CNS
Chinese Diasporas and Language: A Sociolinguistic Exploration
Yan Liu
Description from DukeHub
Designed for first-year students to understand Chinese diasporas through the lens of sociolinguistics. Investigate how language shapes and is shaped by cultural identity, intergenerational communication, language ideology, and societal attitudes within Chinese diasporic communities. Key themes include the diverse linguistic profiles of Chinese diasporas, language maintenance and shift, identity and language, linguistic landscapes in Chinatowns, and Chinese heritage language education. Readings and class discussions conducted in English.
Skills
- languagesdescription: "sociolinguistics" and 2 more
AI-resilient: 2 of 5
- No: Physical, lab or field work
- Yes: Live work with people · "service-learning"
- No: Judgment someone is accountable for
- No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
- Yes: Small, in-person format · seminar, 16 seats per section
The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works
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