Natives, migrants and communication practices in the Xi’an speech community

IF 0.5 Q4 COMMUNICATION

Journal of Asian Pacific Communication Pub Date : 2020-06-30 DOI:10.1075/japc.00049.ber

M. Berg

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Abstract

Abstract This paper reports the results of direct observations of language use and sociolinguistic interviews in Xi’an city, Shaanxi province, China. The data were collected in the autumn of 2018. Direct observations were done in four vegetable and fruit markets providing a data set of 1,708 cases. A sample of market customers was also interviewed resulting in 168 interviews. The interview data made clear that in migrant families, home-town dialects are well maintained, but that for interactions in the city, PTH is preferred as it is for work-related interactions. The observation data showed that ninety percent of interactions between customers and salespeople were performed in either the Xi’an dialect or PTH. These two varieties were used in various combinations confirming wide-spread use of multilingual exchanges. These exchanges are further specified as speech-community-internal interactions, home-dialect exchanges and lingua franca exchanges. Community integration of migrants is clarified through the concept of the discourse communities. The latter structure the modern Xi’an speech community and connect to the national level PTH Koine Community.

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西安言语社区的本地人、外来人口与交际实践

摘要本文报道了对陕西省西安市语言使用情况的直接观察和社会语言学访谈的结果。数据收集于2018年秋季。在四个蔬菜和水果市场进行了直接观察，提供了1708例病例的数据集。还对市场客户进行了抽样访谈，共进行了168次访谈。采访数据表明，在移民家庭中，家乡方言保持得很好，但对于城市中的互动，PTH是首选，因为它是与工作相关的互动。观察数据显示，90%的客户和销售人员之间的互动是用西安话或普通话进行的。这两个品种被用于各种组合，证实了多语言交流的广泛使用。这些交流被进一步定义为言语社区内部互动、家乡方言交流和通用语交流。通过话语共同体的概念阐明了移民的社区整合。后者构建了现代西安言语共同体，并与国家层面的普通话共同体相衔接。

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Journal of Asian Pacific Communication COMMUNICATION-

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1.40

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期刊介绍： The journal’s academic orientation is generalist, passionately committed to interdisciplinary approaches to language and communication studies in the Asian Pacific. Thematic issues of previously published issues of JAPC include Cross-Cultural Communications: Literature, Language, Ideas; Sociolinguistics in China; Japan Communication Issues; Mass Media in the Asian Pacific; Comic Art in Asia, Historical Literacy, and Political Roots; Communication Gains through Student Exchanges & Study Abroad; Language Issues in Malaysia; English Language Development in East Asia; The Teachings of Writing in the Pacific Basin; Language and Identity in Asia; The Economics of Language in the Asian Pacific.