Public engagement
Selected interviews, documentaries, podcasts, and public talks that bring sociolinguistic research into wider public conversations.
《強者我朋友》EP 268 · 志祺七七
In this extended interview, I discuss how slang travels between Taiwan and China, what makes borrowed terms stick, the roles of short-form video and platform culture, and why shaming speakers can intensify rather than resolve anxieties about language and identity.
Watch the interview ↗寧夏璐66號茶坊
Taking the September 23 disaster in Hualien as a point of departure, I discuss how emergency warnings can fail when they are not comprehensible to migrant workers, immigrant spouses, older adults, and Deaf and hard-of-hearing people—and why accessible communication must be treated as a matter of rights and survival.
Listen to the episode ↗Boom．磅！
Drawing on historical and sociolinguistic research, this public lecture examines the unsettled relationship between language, standardness, and national identity. Cases from Taiwan, China, and Ukraine show why the languages people use cannot be reduced to a simple declaration of political belonging.
Read the event report ↗A documentary by Eric Yee · Bangkok Movie Awards winner
This documentary examines language contact, shift, and revitalization in Taiwan. As an expert interviewee, I discuss how Taiwanese and Mandarin have shaped one another, the future of Taiwanese, and the possibilities for language revitalization.
Watch the documentary ↗