城市农民工的语言资源和语言问题

Language Resources and Language Problems Related to the Rural Migrant Workers in Chinese Cities

本文通过对农民工在城市里不同交际领域的语言使用和选择情况、普通话交流能力、普通话熟练程度、对普通话和方言的态度等方面的分析,多角度、全方位分析了该群体的语言资源现状。揭示出进一步提升农民工普通话水平和加强农民工自觉使用、保护方言资源意识,是目前最突出的两个语言问题,而加强教育,提高农民工自身的素质,加强政府职能部门的管理,将农民工语言资源管理纳入国家语言规划范围之内,是解决农民工群体语言问题的主要途径和方式。

The rural migrant workers in Chinese cities are a new social group with a special identity and a population of over several hundred millions. The paper analyzes their language resources from different angles, covering their use of different dialects and Putonghua and their attitudes towards them. It points out that the improvement of their Putonghua and their conscious use and protection of their dialects are the major concerns in this aspect. The solutions rely on the improvement of the education of such workers and better government management and better government planning and language policies.