语言与民族认同国外研究综述(2010—2015)

An Overview of International Research on Language and Ethnic Identity(2010-2015)

国外学者对语言与民族认同关系的研究始于十八世纪,繁荣于二十世纪八十年代。本文采用文献统计和内容分析相结合的研究方法,梳理了2010年至2015年的相关文献。国外的研究体现出概念认知逻辑严密、认知导向突出、跨学科特点明显和研究方法多样的特点,主要的结论不仅限于语言与民族认同、语言与心理认同、语言与多重认同,更有语言风格与多元认同的创新。这些结论归因于民族认同的要素与发生、认同与行为的匹配与表达、多重认同的嵌套与转化以及后现代语言多元价值观的形成。语言是构成民族认同最稳定的要素,是观察民族心理与实践关系的工具。语言认同能够反哺国家认同、地域认同和文化认同,能够维持和强化民族认同。

The relations between language and ethnic identity as a research area have a long history and have drawn increasing attention from scholars with different interests and expertise. Having applied a data-driven approach and textual analysis, this study attempts to investigate the international literature(in English) published from 2010 till 2015 with the purpose of informing domestic researchers of the latest development in other languages and cultures. The study shows that the work of international researchers manifests a number of features including logistic cohesion in conceptualization, cognitive orientation, in addition to an interdisciplinary nature and methodological multiplicity. The fi ndings revealed in this study go beyond the interest in relationships between language and identity, language and psychological identity, language and multi-layered identity; their efforts extend to language style innovation and multiple identity as well. I attribute the findings to the following reasons: The awareness of identity compositions, the match of identifi cation and behavior, the integration, transformation and expression of multiple identities, and the formation of a pluralist epistemological view. This study concludes with the suggestion that the local researchers should hold a critical view of what has been achieved abroad, thereby furthering theoretical research through domestic collaboration and resource utilization.