多元语言文化背景下母语维持的若干问题:新加坡个案

Mother Tongue Maintenance in a Multilingual Cultural Context:A Singaporean Case

经过多年的努力,新加坡政府成功地实现了自己的语言规划,博得了赞誉,也引起了非议,更带来了许多困惑。在世界范围内"汉语热"兴起的情况下,一个华人为主的多元种族新兴国家,如何解决好多元语言文化背景下的母语维护,颇具挑战性。而重新审视新加坡语言规划过程、结果,预测其语言前景,对于中国未来的语言规划工作不无启发。

Singapore government has successfully realized its language planning after years of endeavor.This achievement has been highly praised,but there still be problems or arguments.In the context of the current global popularity of Chinese learning,it is rather challenging to maintain mother tongues for such a multilingual country where Chinese is the dominant language.The re-evaluating of the process and result of Singapore language planning and the prediction of its prospect can also offer insights into the lan...