苏州市外来人口第二代的语言转用考察

A Survey of the Language Situation of Students from Migrant Family in Suzhou City

本文对苏州市出生于外来人口家庭中小学生的语言生活状况开展了随机抽样调查。调查发现该群体在融入苏州当地社会过程中形成了以普通话为主的语言生活状态,对普通话的亲和力、社会声望和实用价值高度地认同,表明普通话推广的影响力超过了当地社会的同化压力。性别、出生地、家长的教育程度和职业类别是影响第二代语言选择的重要因素。文章还从语言实用性等角度分析语言转向普通话的原因。本文认为该群体今后会形成新的言语社区,并对城市今后的语言生活状况产生深远的影响。

This article is a study of the language situation of students from migrant family in Suzhou City. It is based on a large-scale sample survey. The result shows that Mandarin dominates in every domain of language use. The emotion value and the pragmatic value of Mandarin are both highly valued by migrant students. The gender, birthplace, their parents＇ education and occupation, all affect the language shift. The speech community of migrant＇ s second generation is forming and will affect on the language situation of Suzhou in the future.