Tsung-Lun Alan Wan
List of John Benjamins publications in which Tsung-Lun Alan Wan is involved.
Articles
2026 Embodying shifting political styles: Sibilant and gestural variation by a Taiwanese young legislator Asia-Pacific Language Variation 12:1, pp. 112–141 | Article
This study examines multimodal linguistic variation in the political discourse of Taiwanese legislator Pin-Yu Lai (PYL), focusing on her stylistic shifts during parliamentary interpellations. Employing both acoustic and gestural analysis, we explore her transition from a polite junior MP aligned… read more
2023 Topic-based variation as both cognitive and agentive: Identity politics, deaf speakers, and hearing researcher Asia-Pacific Language Variation 9:1, pp. 1–28 | Article
Topic-based style-shifting refers to the variation pattern that, when people talk about a topic, they shift to a linguistic style which is associated with the topic. Most of the research on topic-based variation in read speech have not taken stance-taking into consideration. This study argues… read more
2021 Conflicts between World Englishes: Online metalinguistic discourse about Singapore Colloquial English English World-Wide 42:1, pp. 85–110 | Article
Negative attitudes of non-Singaporeans towards Singapore Colloquial English (SCE) are often used to support the “Speak Good English Movement” in Singapore. This article examines spontaneous metalinguistic discourse about SCE in an online Facebook group where Taiwanese migrants in Singapore… read more