Language attitudes of two contrasting ethnic minority nationalities in China: the "model" Koreans and the "rebellious" Tibetans

2000 ◽  
Vol 146 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
MINGLANG ZHOU
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Language Attitudes

scholarly journals Minor harassments: Ethnic minority youth in the Nordic countries and their perceptions of the police

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mie Birk Haller ◽  
Randi Solhjell ◽  
Elsa Saarikkomäki ◽  
Torsten Kolind ◽  
Geoffrey Hunt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Language Attitudes ◽  
Nordic Countries ◽  
Minority Youth ◽  
Ethnic Minority Youth ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Police Interactions ◽  
Police Practices

As different social groups are directly and indirectly confronted with diverse forms of police practices, different sectors of the population accumulate different experiences and respond differently to the police. This study focuses on the everyday experiences of the police among ethnic minority young people in the Nordic countries. The data for the article are based on semi-structured interviews with 121 young people in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark. In these interviews, many of the participants refer to experiences of “minor harassments” – police interactions characterized by low-level reciprocal intimidations and subtle provocations, exhibited in specific forms of body language, attitudes and a range of expressions to convey derogatory views. We argue that “minor harassments” can be viewed as a mode of conflictual communication which is inscribed in everyday involuntary interactions between the police and ethnic minority youth and which, over time, can develop an almost ritualized character. Consequently, minority youth are more likely to hold shared experiences that influence their perceptions of procedural justice, notions of legitimacy and the extent to which they comply with law enforcement representatives.

scholarly journals Disambiguating language attitudes held towards sociodemographic groups and geographic areas in South East England

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Amanda Cole
Keyword(s):  
Working Class ◽  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Language Attitudes ◽  
Primary Factor ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Factor Conditioning ◽  
South East England

Abstract Using a novel, digitized method, this paper investigates the language attitudes of 18- to 33-year-olds in South East England. More broadly, this paper demonstrates that disambiguating the language attitudes held towards sociodemographic groups and geographic areas is paramount to understanding the configuration of language attitudes in an area, particularly for areas with high cultural and linguistic heterogeneity. A total of 194 respondents evaluated the speech of 102 other south-eastern speakers. Results reveal an imperfect mapping between language attitudes held towards geographic areas and speakers from these areas. Although East London and Essex are the most negatively evaluated areas, speakers’ demographic and identity data is the primary factor conditioning language attitudes. Across South East England, working-class and/or ethnic minority speakers, as well as those who identify their accent in geographically marked terms, are evaluated most negatively, which is compounded if they are from East London or Essex.

The Official National Language and Language Attitudes of Three Ethnic Minority Groups in China

1999 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minglang Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Language Attitudes ◽  
National Language ◽  
Ethnic Minority Groups

La oficiala lingvo kaj lingvaj sintenoj ĉe tri minoritataj grupoj en Cinio Rezulte de lingvoplanado, duono de la cent milionoj da etnominoritatanoj (EMN) en Ĉinio parolas iun version de Putonghua (PTH) kiel sian unuan aŭ duan lingvon. La nuna studo, utiligante sintenan/motivan enketaron kaj "pare maskitan" procedon, ekzamenis la taskojn fare de anoj de kazaka, ujgura kaj jia minoritatoj pri PTH kaj EMN-aj lingvoj, kaj dekdu varieblojn pri lernado kaj uzado de PTH. Analizoj de la rezultoj pere de unudirekta "ANOVA" kaj parspecimena testo t montras, ke a) integra orientigo kaj impreso de pekina-noj estas la plej bonaj manieroj antaŭdiri la instrumentan orientigon, intense-con kaj deziron de EMN pri la lernado kaj utiligo de PTH; b) la longeco de la lernperiodo de PTH sola suficas por determini kiom komforte EMN sentas en sia utiligo de PTH; c) niveloj de kontakto kun la hana minoritato para-lelas iliajn pritaksojn de PTH kaj de EMN-lingvoj; kaj c) bona impreso de pekinanoj korelaciigas kun pli altaj taksoj de PTH. La eltrovoj de la studo donas al la farantoj de lingvopolitiko kaj al esplorantoj tra la tuta mondo utilajn perspektivojn pri la rilato inter lingvaj sintenoj kaj etnaj rilatoj.

Study of Ethnic Minority's Attitudes toward Home-Language and English of Their Children in British Schools

1983 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 315-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Surinder M. Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Language Attitudes ◽  
Home Language ◽  
Children's Home ◽  
Minority Parents

The aim of the present study was to explore attitudes of ethnic minority parents towards their children's home-language and English in the British schools. Data were responses of fathers in 59 families originating from the Indian sub-continent who were settled in U.K. They expressed an overwhelming support for maintenance of home-language in their children's schools and their attitudes were not differentiated along instrumental and integrative dimensions of motivations. However, such differentiations persisted in their attitudes towards English. The paper also outlines a procedure for the study of language attitudes of ethnic minority parents.

scholarly journals FOREIGN LANGUAGES IN ETHNIC MINORITY AREAS OF VIETNAM: ETHNIC MINORITIES’ LANGUAGE ATTITUDES TOWARDS FOREIGN LANGUAGES

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nguyen Van Khang
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
Socioeconomic Development ◽  
Language Attitudes ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Foreign Language Education ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Minority Languages ◽  
Language Attitude

When speaking of languages in ethnic minority areas of Vietnam, people often refer to ethnic minority languages and Vietnamese. Accordingly, domestic and international linguistics has mainly focused on these languages. However, along with socioeconomic development, ethnic minorities in Vietnam have witnessed significant changes in not only material and spiritual life but also people’s awareness. From the linguistic perspective, one of the most significant changes in ethnic minorities’ awareness is their outlook on foreign languages (this is called "language attitude" in sociolinguistics). This article is part of our investigations into "the situation of languages used in ethnic minorities of Vietnam". The study has revealed some major ethnic minorities’ language attitudes towards foreign languages, including the needs to know foreign languages, the necessary foreign languages to be known and the reasons for knowing foreign languages. Therefore, the article will, hopefully, make contributions to laying scientific foundations for policy-making on foreign language education in Vietnam, in general and in ethnic minorities, in particular.

Translanguaging in Polish minority schools in Ukraine and Lithuania

2021 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 229-248
Author(s):  
Kinga Geben ◽  
Maria Zelinska
Keyword(s):  
Language Policy ◽  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Mixed Culture ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Language Attitudes ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Polish Language ◽  
Culture Environment ◽  
Linguistic Behaviour ◽  
Linguistic Attitudes

Summary This paper is based on newly collected data from the research project on translanguaging and language attitudes carried out in Lviv and Horodok, Ukraine and in Vilnius, Lithuania. The data covered in the article consists of 90 responses from students at Ukrainian and Lithuanian Polish minority schools. The study involves a description and contrast of the Polish communities in Ukraine and Lithuania, and analysis of the sociolinguistic peculiarities of the Polish language, focusing on translanguaging in the daily use of several languages by members of Polish ethnic minority schools. It aims to report the linguistic behaviour tendencies. The study shows that different state and school language policy contexts are characterised by varying linguistic attitudes and language proficiency. The paper reveals the importance of translanguaging for maintaining the Polish language within a mixed culture environment.

scholarly journals Attitudes to the Polish language of Polish youth minority living in Eišiškės

2021 ◽  
pp. 512-525
Author(s):  
Kinga Geben ◽  
Aneta Borisewska
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Language Attitudes ◽  
Polish Language ◽  
The Common ◽  
At Home

The aim of the article is to analyze language attitudes expressed by young people belonging to the Polish ethnic minority living in Eišiškės. The material for this research was collected in 2020 by student Aneta Borisevska on the basis of a survey developed in the project “Sociolinguistic map of Lithuania: city and town (2013)”. The results of the survey show that the Polish language is assessed ambiguously by the respondents: the common Polish language is considered prestigious and necessary for contacts in Poland, but the Polish dialect is considered mixed and unsuitable for use in Vilnius or Poland. Young respondents state that they will need the Lithuanian language the most to study and work in Lithuania. In Eišiškės, there is a tendency to use the Lithuanian language more widely, the Polish dialect it is mostly spoken at home and with acquaintances.

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