Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
民族语言活力评估及其与民族认同关系的研究: 以南太平洋岛国汤加为例. |
| Alternate Title: |
Assessment of Ethnolinguistic Vitality and Its Relationship with Ethnic Identity: Evidence from the South Pacific Ocean Island Country Tonga. |
| Authors: |
泰中华1, 王剑锋2 |
| Source: |
Language Education. May2026, Vol. 14 Issue 2, p118-128. 11p. |
| Subject Terms: |
*Language & languages, *Native language instruction, *Anthropological linguistics, Ethnicity, Globalization, Pacific Islanders |
| Geographic Terms: |
Tonga |
| Abstract (English): |
Language, as one of the considerable means of identity construction, plays a key role in shaping ethnic identity. Under the wave of globalization, the environment of ethnic languages is continuously deteriorating with the wide spread of international common languages, weakening the ethnolinguistic vitality and posing a potential threat to the realization of ethnic identity. Based on the framework of structural analysis of ethnolinguistic vitality, this paper evaluates the overall language vitality of Tongan in four dimensions: demography, language status, education, and linguistic ecology. Furthermore, this paper delves into the correlation between ethnolinguistic vitality and ethnic identity. The study finds that Tongan is high in demography, low-medium in language status, medium-high in education, and low-medium in linguistic ecology, and its comprehensive vitality stays at a medium level. It is observed that ethnolinguistic vitality and ethnic identity are interactive. Ethnolinguistic vitality, on the one hand, has an impact on ethnic identity through the shaping of ways of thinking, the reinforcement of collective self-identification, social interaction, and cultural inheritance. On the other hand, ethnic identity also affects ethnolinguistic vitality by influencing language's inheritance, usage, status and influence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Abstract (Chinese): |
语言作为身份构建的重要载体, 在塑造民族认同方面发挥着关键作用。在全球化进程中, 国际通用语的强势扩张导致民族语言的生存环境不断恶化, 不仅削弱了部分民族语言的活力, 更对民族 认同的维系构成潜在威胁。本研究基于民族语言活力结构分析框架, 通过人口统计、语言地位、教育及 语言生态四个维度, 系统评估汤加语的语言活力水平。同时, 还进一步探究民族语言活力与民族认同间 的相互关系。研究发现, 汤加语在人口维度上呈现较高活力, 在语言地位维度上处于中低水平, 在教育 维度上处于中高水平, 在语言生态维度上处于中低水平, 综合活力处于中等水平。此外, 民族语言活力 与民族认同之间存在相互影响关系。一方面, 民族语言活力通过塑造思维方式、强化集体认同、增强社 会互动以及推动文化传承等方式影响民族认同;另一方面, 民族认同则通过影响语言的传承、使用、地 位和影响力影响民族语言的活力. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
Education Research Complete |
