Language choice in peer interactions and the role of peers in minority language maintenance

IF 0.4 4区 文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
T. Nguyen, M. Hamid
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Abstract

Abstract Drawing on the positioning theory and the conditions for language use, this article examines Vietnamese ethnic minority students’ language choice in interactions with their same-ethnicity and majority peers, focusing particularly on their communication motives underlying this choice. Findings suggest that in regulating their language alternation practices across peer groups in different contexts, the students shifted their participation status – from aligning (being alike) to disaligning (being distinct) – to (re)position themselves in relation to their peers. As their desires for alignment or disalignment were either supported or disrupted by their peers, peer attitudes played a critical role in providing opportunities and encouraging minority students’ willingness to use their L1 in school and ethnic community spaces. Implications are suggested for engaging peer support as a resource for maintaining or widening L1 use among young minority people in both of the domains.
同伴互动中的语言选择及同伴在少数民族语言维护中的作用
摘要本文利用定位理论和语言使用条件,研究了越南少数民族学生在与同民族和多数民族学生互动时的语言选择,特别关注这种选择背后的交流动机。研究结果表明,在不同情境下调节他们在同伴群体中的语言交替实践时,学生将他们的参与状态——从一致(相似)转变为不一致(不同)——转变为(重新)定位自己与同伴的关系。由于少数民族学生的结盟或不结盟的愿望要么得到同伴的支持,要么受到同伴的破坏,因此同伴的态度在提供机会和鼓励少数民族学生在学校和少数民族社区空间中使用母语的意愿方面发挥了关键作用。本文建议将同伴支持作为维持或扩大少数民族年轻人在这两个领域中使用母语的资源。
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CiteScore
1.00
自引率
16.70%
发文量
19
期刊介绍: Language Problems and Language Planning is published in cooperation with the Center for Research and Documentation on World Language Problems. This international multi-lingual journal publishes articles primarily on political, sociological, and economic aspects of language and language use. It is especially concerned with relationships between and among language communities, particularly in international contexts, and in the adaptation, manipulation, and standardization of language for international use.
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