Multilingual crisis communication is the first book to explore the lived experiences of linguistic minorities in crisis-affected settings in the Global South, particularly during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Jia Li is Professor of Applied Sociolinguistics at Yunnan University, China.

Jie Zhang is Professor of Applied Sociolinguistics in the School of Foreign Languages, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, China.

Contents

List of Figures

List of Contributors

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Multilingual crisis communication: Beyond languages and modalities, Jia Li, Jie Zhang

Part I: Multilingual crisis communication in ethnic minority regions

Chapter 1. Baipkv as networked multilingualism in an ethnic Bai-centered region in times of crisis, Hongmei Yang, Hongyan Yang

Chapter 2. Zhuang-speaking village doctors as language and cultural brokers in times of crisis, Jia Li, Zhenyao Lu, Mengyi Luo, Zhuyujie Zou

Chapter 3. Crisis Experiences in Leisurescape: A Case Study of a Minority Region During COVID-19, Yin (Ivy) Wu

Part II Multilingual crisis communication with foreign migrants

Chapter 4. Rethinking translation and interpreting in Chinese borderlands in times of crisis: A critical sociolinguistics approach, Jinhyun Cho, Jia Li, Jie Zhang, Meichun Xue

Chapter 5. Collective agency in facilitating emergency language services: The story of Yiwu during the COVID-19 pandemic, Xixuan Wang, Yongyan Zheng

Chapter 6. Agentive adaptation in maintaining academic performance through multilingual communication during the COVID-19 pandemic: A Chinese case of international students in Guangzhou, Hongqiang Zhu, Jiewei Li, Pan Pan

Part III Multilingual crisis communication for vulnerable populations

Chapter 7. Towards participatory and inclusive emergency management: The role of Deaf volunteers in crisis communication in Wuhan during the COVID-19 pandemic, Li Lyu, Jie Zhang, Lei Mu, Jing Cui, Wan-Chen Chen

Chapter 8. Multilingual crisis communication experiences of HIV-infected Burmese wives, Rui Deng, Yan Xiao, Jia Li, Yongqin Dong

Conclusion: The future of multilingual crisis communication, Ingrid Piller

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