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Autor/in | Gu, Mingyue |
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Titel | Language Choice and Identity Construction in Peer Interactions: Insights from a Multilingual University in Hong Kong |
Quelle | In: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 32 (2011) 1, S.17-31 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0143-4632 |
Schlagwörter | Language Usage; Multilingualism; Group Dynamics; Self Concept; Foreign Countries; English (Second Language); Student Attitudes; Cultural Background; Interviews; Asians; Language Role; Cultural Context; College Students; Sino Tibetan Languages; Mandarin Chinese; Second Language Learning; China; Hong Kong Sprachgebrauch; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Gruppendynamik; Selbstkonzept; Ausland; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Schülerverhalten; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate; Collegestudent; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Hongkong |
Abstract | Informed by linguistic ecological theory and the notion of identity, this study investigates language uses and identity construction in interactions among students with different linguistic and cultural backgrounds in a multilingual university. Individual and focus-group interviews were conducted with two groups of students: Hong Kong (HK) and mainland Chinese students. The findings indicate that, while different languages position their speakers in different symbolic spaces, language users employ a variety of languages for different identification purposes, and exercise symbolic power in various ways in order to be heard and respected. It is also found that language often plays a substantial role in achieving a sense of intimacy among group members and that the huge inherent differences, despite the umbrella of "unity" between HK and mainland China, lead to a mutual non-identification between HK and mainland students. The study extends understandings of the interconnected relations of languages and context. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided). |
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Update | 2017/4/10 |