语言的文化接触及其后果——基于汉语与外语关系调查问卷的报告

The Culture Contact and the Consequence of the Contact——A Report Based on the Questionnaire of "the Relationship Between Chinese and Foreign Languages in Current China"

语言是文化的载体,语言接触的实质是文化的接触。随着英语在世界范围内的普及,许多非英语国家对本国通用语和传统文化的未来发展表示出不同程度的担忧。文章试图通过对我国九省和直辖市的下辖市、县、区涉及多个行业和不同社会与文化层次的人群就现阶段我国汉语与外语关系问题的认识的调查,利用社会语言学中语言帝国主义理论、语言资源论和语言多样性等理论,透析全球性英语热现象背后的文化根源及其后果。同时指出在现阶段我国应充分利用经济快速发展的优势,借助英语的工具作用和资源特征,进一步提升我国在国际社会中的地位和影响,同时积极传播和光大汉语及中国传统文化,以实现世界语言和文化的多样性,避免世界文化的进一步趋同。

Based on a questionnaire for people of different trades and educational backgrounds on their perceptions of the present status of Chinese and foreign languages in China and their relations in nine provinces and municipalities, this paper attempts to reveal the current situation of Chinese and foreign languages as well as the problems they are now faced with. By discussing the issues of global English heat, the conflict between Chinese and English and the efficiency of present English teaching in China in the light of language imperialism, language resource outlook and ecolinguistics, the author points out that we should take full advantage of the rapid development of China＇ s economy and English as an instrument and important resource to promote China＇ s international influence on the one hand and spread and popularize Chinese and Chinese culture on the other so as to contribute to world language diversity and avoid further cultural homogenization.