This paper empirically studies the effects of attitudes towards Mandarin on Mandarin variation,and finds that both Mandarin emotional and value attitudes can effectively suppress Mandarin variation.Further research ha...This paper empirically studies the effects of attitudes towards Mandarin on Mandarin variation,and finds that both Mandarin emotional and value attitudes can effectively suppress Mandarin variation.Further research has found that the language attitudes of local residents have a stronger overall impact on Mandarin variation;The language attitude in small cities has a stronger impact on the variation of Mandarin.展开更多
This paper empirically studies the impact of Mandarin and Cantonese attitudes on Cantonese variation,and finds that Mandarin values have a significant positive impact on Cantonese variation,while Cantonese emotions an...This paper empirically studies the impact of Mandarin and Cantonese attitudes on Cantonese variation,and finds that Mandarin values have a significant positive impact on Cantonese variation,while Cantonese emotions and values have a significant negative impact on Cantonese variation.The impact of Cantonese emotional attitude on language variation is generally stronger than that of Cantonese value attitude.The protection of dialects and the promotion of popularization policies should be implemented in the same direction to maintain language diversity and promote the harmonious development of language ecology.展开更多
Language variation is conditioned by complicated social factors such as class, age, occupation, education, sex, etc. all of which exert influences on one’s speech. Sex can be treated from two different angles in Euro...Language variation is conditioned by complicated social factors such as class, age, occupation, education, sex, etc. all of which exert influences on one’s speech. Sex can be treated from two different angles in European languages. One is biological sex; the other is gender (social gender). The social gender of a person plays a major role in influencing one’s speech.展开更多
The study of language variation and change has attracted more and more attention. However, the two concepts are used mixedly and interchangeably in many studies, which is misleading. The current study differentiates t...The study of language variation and change has attracted more and more attention. However, the two concepts are used mixedly and interchangeably in many studies, which is misleading. The current study differentiates the two closely related but different concepts in terms of their effects on language structures, temporal dimension and spatial/social dimension. Finally, the pedagogical implications are discussed.展开更多
Mandarin mingled by Cantonese is a phenomenon of Mandarin variation.This paper adopts heterogeneous words to explore its specific performances within the context of Mandarin by investigating 21 cities in Guangdong Pro...Mandarin mingled by Cantonese is a phenomenon of Mandarin variation.This paper adopts heterogeneous words to explore its specific performances within the context of Mandarin by investigating 21 cities in Guangdong Province of China,and applies the average ratio of heterogeneous words to measure the variation degree of Mandarin influenced by Cantonese.The statistical results suggest that language variation is mainly reflected in pronunciation,vocabulary and grammar,especially in pronunciation.Variation can be found in all kinds of parts of speech,mostly nouns,verbs and adjectives.Furthermore,there is a certain internal correlation between variation and residents’individual characteristics:the elder,less educated and rural resident,the more serious the variation is;and male is more prone to variation than female.Additionally,the degree of variation varies greatly from city to city.The Mandarin level in Shenzhen and Dongguan is much higher than that in Yunfu and Jieyang,which is closely related to the level of regional economic development.展开更多
This paper is a detailed introduction to the history of Kundulun District as a speech community and the consecutive reinvestigations of nasal rhythm variation study conducted there for 29 years.The definition of varia...This paper is a detailed introduction to the history of Kundulun District as a speech community and the consecutive reinvestigations of nasal rhythm variation study conducted there for 29 years.The definition of variation study is also illustrated in this paper with concrete examples.展开更多
This paper will talk about the sociolinguistic variations in Urdu Language.It takes account with the interviews that conduct from the various senior citizens of Urdu speakers in Pakistan,each interview base on 4 quest...This paper will talk about the sociolinguistic variations in Urdu Language.It takes account with the interviews that conduct from the various senior citizens of Urdu speakers in Pakistan,each interview base on 4 questions to find out Urdu language variations for this paper.The questions on the value of the Urdu language in today’s world,what changes took place in the Urdu language over the period from lexical and dialectical point of view.The interviews were conducted as semi-structured with the use of different modern and simple tools.The study of this paper will be very helpful for the young generation of Pakistan because all the past studies did not solely talk about the sociolinguistics in Urdu language.It guides them to bring their native or national language with original accents and vocabulary which shows their actual culture and purity of Urdu language.展开更多
基金funded by Project:2024 Youth Project of Philosophy and Social Sciences Planning in Guangdong Province“Research on the Relationship between Mandarin and Economic Development in Cantonese Speaking Areas(GD24YZY03)”.
文摘This paper empirically studies the effects of attitudes towards Mandarin on Mandarin variation,and finds that both Mandarin emotional and value attitudes can effectively suppress Mandarin variation.Further research has found that the language attitudes of local residents have a stronger overall impact on Mandarin variation;The language attitude in small cities has a stronger impact on the variation of Mandarin.
基金funded by Project:2024 Youth Project of Philosophy and Social Sciences Planning in Guangdong Province“Research on the Relationship between Mandarin and Economic Development in Cantonese Speaking Areas(GD24YZY03)”.
文摘This paper empirically studies the impact of Mandarin and Cantonese attitudes on Cantonese variation,and finds that Mandarin values have a significant positive impact on Cantonese variation,while Cantonese emotions and values have a significant negative impact on Cantonese variation.The impact of Cantonese emotional attitude on language variation is generally stronger than that of Cantonese value attitude.The protection of dialects and the promotion of popularization policies should be implemented in the same direction to maintain language diversity and promote the harmonious development of language ecology.
文摘Language variation is conditioned by complicated social factors such as class, age, occupation, education, sex, etc. all of which exert influences on one’s speech. Sex can be treated from two different angles in European languages. One is biological sex; the other is gender (social gender). The social gender of a person plays a major role in influencing one’s speech.
文摘The study of language variation and change has attracted more and more attention. However, the two concepts are used mixedly and interchangeably in many studies, which is misleading. The current study differentiates the two closely related but different concepts in terms of their effects on language structures, temporal dimension and spatial/social dimension. Finally, the pedagogical implications are discussed.
基金funded by Project:2019 Youth Project of Philosophy and Social Sciences Planning in Guangdong Province“Research on the Inter-generational Inheritance of Cantonese:A Survey Based on the Pearl River Delta Region(GD19YYY07)”2019 Young Innovative Talents Project of Guangdong Ordinary Colleges and Universities“The Inter-generational Inheritance of Dialect of Foreign Population:Based on the Survey of Guangzhou and Zhaoqing(2019WQNCX124)”.
文摘Mandarin mingled by Cantonese is a phenomenon of Mandarin variation.This paper adopts heterogeneous words to explore its specific performances within the context of Mandarin by investigating 21 cities in Guangdong Province of China,and applies the average ratio of heterogeneous words to measure the variation degree of Mandarin influenced by Cantonese.The statistical results suggest that language variation is mainly reflected in pronunciation,vocabulary and grammar,especially in pronunciation.Variation can be found in all kinds of parts of speech,mostly nouns,verbs and adjectives.Furthermore,there is a certain internal correlation between variation and residents’individual characteristics:the elder,less educated and rural resident,the more serious the variation is;and male is more prone to variation than female.Additionally,the degree of variation varies greatly from city to city.The Mandarin level in Shenzhen and Dongguan is much higher than that in Yunfu and Jieyang,which is closely related to the level of regional economic development.
文摘This paper is a detailed introduction to the history of Kundulun District as a speech community and the consecutive reinvestigations of nasal rhythm variation study conducted there for 29 years.The definition of variation study is also illustrated in this paper with concrete examples.
文摘This paper will talk about the sociolinguistic variations in Urdu Language.It takes account with the interviews that conduct from the various senior citizens of Urdu speakers in Pakistan,each interview base on 4 questions to find out Urdu language variations for this paper.The questions on the value of the Urdu language in today’s world,what changes took place in the Urdu language over the period from lexical and dialectical point of view.The interviews were conducted as semi-structured with the use of different modern and simple tools.The study of this paper will be very helpful for the young generation of Pakistan because all the past studies did not solely talk about the sociolinguistics in Urdu language.It guides them to bring their native or national language with original accents and vocabulary which shows their actual culture and purity of Urdu language.
