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Linguist
Language is never just language.
I study how language and linguistic variation are interpreted through ideological lenses, particularly in relation to disability, race, and geopolitics. I examine how these processes shape who gets heard—and how people reclaim the power to be interpreted on their own terms.
Associate Professor of Linguistics
Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, NYCU
“What is actually ‘deficit linguistics’ in one context may actually be a matter of ‘difference’.”— Braj Kachru, 1991
Research
Four connected lines of inquiry
My work crosses sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, disability studies, and human geography.
Disability & language
Sociophonetic and ethnographic work on deaf and hard-of-hearing speakers, assistive technologies, oralism, and linguistic agency.
Read more 02Raciolinguistics & migration
How accents, parody, and listening practices racialize Vietnamese migrants and other mobile communities in Taiwan and beyond.
Read more 03Language & politicians
How political actors use linguistic and gestural variation to perform affiliation, ideology, authority, and competition.
Read more 04Language & geopolitics
How Cross-Strait tension and language ideologies shape sociolinguistic differentiation within Taiwan.
Read moreSelected publications
