Maintenance of non-Mandarin Chinese languages in the diaspora

Researcher: Mahn Hei Yu

Investigates how generation 1.5 and 2nd-generation Chinese Canadians, whose family language background is not Mandarin-speaking, maintain the use of their regional Chinese language at home, and whether there is a shift towards Mandarin

Yu, M.H. (2025). The mythical "Chinese" language: Maintenance of non-Mandarin Chinese languages in the diaspora. [Undergraduate honours thesis, University of Alberta].

Community members' perceptions of the linguistic diversity of China

Researcher: Mahn Hei Yu

A survey on the perceptions of first-generation Chinese immigrants about their attitudes, ideologies, and identities with respect to the multiple languages spoken in China

Yu, M.H. (2024). The mythical "Chinese language": Community members' perceptions of the linguistic diversity of China [Poster.] Faculty of Arts Roger S. Smith Undergraduate Researcher Award presentation, University of Alberta, Canada.

Filipino heritage language ideologies

Researcher: Eduardo Salinas Lactaoen

Examines language ideologies of Filipinos in the Canadian and United States diaspora, which are affected by the legacies of colonization, neoliberal economic policies, and Filipino nationalist movements.

Lactaoen, E. S. (in press). Epistemic authority, authenticity, and the Filipino conyo. Language, Society & Culture.

Lactaoen, E. S. (2025). Language ideologies in the Filipino diaspora. [Masters thesis, University of Alberta].

Lactaoen, E. S. (2024, November 2). Filipino language ideologies and attitudes on Reddit [Conference presentation]. Alberta Conference on Linguistics 2024, Calgary, AB, Canada.

Linguistics, anthropology, and fan communities

Researcher: Eduardo Salinas Lactaoen

Investigates how members of fan communities discursively perform being a “good” fan, position themselves in the community, and defend their interests or invalidate the interests of other fans

Lactaoen, E. S. (2025, March 21). The economy of furry sticker gifts and exchange [Conference presentation]. Modern Languages and Cultural Studies Graduate Conference 2025, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

Lactaoen, E. S. (2024). “She snow on my clone ’til I change the words”: A construction based analysis of "She X on my Y till I Z". Constructions, 16(1). https://doi.org/10.24338/cons-647