From Perceptual Dialectology to Perceptual Multilingualism: A Hong Kong Case Study

Autor/inn/en	Albury, Nathan John; Diaz, Max
Titel	From Perceptual Dialectology to Perceptual Multilingualism: A Hong Kong Case Study
Quelle	In: Language Awareness, 30 (2021) 2, S.152-175 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Albury, Nathan John)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0965-8416
DOI	10.1080/09658416.2021.1883636
Schlagwörter	Multilingualism; Foreign Countries; Power Structure; Folk Culture; Dialects; Sociolinguistics; High School Students; Metalinguistics; Social Theories; Political Influences; Mandarin Chinese; Sino Tibetan Languages; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Governance; Social Change; Working Class; Disadvantaged; Maps; Language Attitudes; Second Languages; Hong Kong; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Ausland; Dialect; Dialekt; Soziolinguistik; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Metalanguage; Metasprache; Gesellschaftstheorie; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Sozialer Wandel; Arbeiterklasse; Map; Karte; Sprachverhalten; Second language; Zweitsprache; Hongkong
Abstract	This paper proposes "perceptual multilingualism" as a research interest within the broader folk linguistic enterprise. By drawing on the geolinguistic mapping tasks popular in perceptual dialectology -- whereby participants are asked to draw and depict dialectal diversity in a given region -- we show that perceptual multilingualism can elicit knowledge and reasoning in the community about linguistic diversity more broadly. To do this, we analysed and discussed 41 perceptual multilingualism maps produced by high school students in Hong Kong about societal multilingualism across the Hong Kong region. On the one hand, the maps allowed us to quantify which languages manifest in the youths' metalinguistic awareness and where. On the other hand, we positioned the maps as discourses to be compared and analysed through a critical social theoretical lens. Doing so revealed implicit and contested power relations as they manifested in epistemic claims in dialectic relation to broader sociopolitical narratives in Hong Kong. This included Hong Kong's contentious transition to governance by Beijing and the marginalisation of the blue-collar workforce. Beyond the empirical metalinguistic data, our paper shows that perceptual multilingualism can contribute to critical sociolinguistics by helping to reveal power relations, hegemonies and ideologies, and resistance. (As Provided).
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Update	2022/1/01