Jennifer M. Wei argues that construction and perceptions of
language and identity parallel sociopolitical transformations, and
language and identity crises arise during power transitions. Under
these premises, language and identity are never well-defined or
well-bounded. Instead, they are best viewed as political symbols
subject to manipulation and exploitation during socio-historical
upheavals. A choice of language-from phonological shibboleth,
Mandarin, or Taiwanese, to choice of official language-cuts to the
heart of contested cultural notions of self and other, with
profound implications for nationalism, national unity and
ethno-linguistic purism. Wei further argues that because of the
Chinese Diaspora and Taiwan's connections to China and the United
States, arguments and sentiments over language choice and identity
have consequences for Taiwan's international and transnational
status. They are symbolic acts of imagining Taiwan's past as she
looks forward to the future.
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