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本研究旨在探索台灣自一九九零年代末推行之母語復興運動及其影響。作為使用者為數最多的本土語言,閩南語一度沒落;隨著母語復興措施當中、鄉土語言教學政策的廣泛開展,閩南語自「方言」一逕躍升為台灣文化的象徵,更被從政者甚至政府利用作對外宣傳之用。 ; 作者通過語言人類學田野考察方法,試圖以閩南語作為案例,釐清及解讀以下幾點:(一)台灣民眾當今的語言選擇及使用狀況;(二)他們的語言態度,與其文化認同之對應關係;(三)語言在台灣族群認同政治所扮演的角色;(四)語言政治在各社會文化層面所引起之角力;(五)方言(或語言,如原住民語言)群之競爭,如何掀起語言及文化傳統之再造和復興,以圖合理化其族群作為台灣文化象徵的地位。 ; 研究結果顯示,雖然巴赫汀 (Bakhtin) 的「眾聲喧嘩」(heteroglossia) 理論在實務層面與台灣的多語、多元文化相呼應,但當地政府所提倡之文化多元論、以及各持份者之間的隱性競爭,若以布迪厄 (Bourdieu) 的文化複製理論和傅柯(Foucault) 的權力知識理論解讀,當更適切。總的來說,台灣的母語復興運動,乃一項與昔日保守政權的抗衡行為賦權,控制兼具的政治行動,更是多元政治文化的象徵。 ; This thesis looks into the government-led language revitalization campaign in Taiwan with special reference to the case of Hokkien, one of the "bensheng" (local) vernacular with Han Chinese roots, in terms of language rights, ethnogenesis, and cultural legitimacy. Tracing the rise and development of concepts such as cultural heritage, ethnic identity and democracy in the region, the focus is placed on the recent changes in Taiwan's language ideology and the intricate emergence of Hokkien as one of the "national" languages and symbols apart from the official language, i.e. Mandarin Chinese. ; Against the backdrop where contesting discourses on language and culture discourses co-exist and crossbreed with each other, there are a number of closely-related issues that this thesis examines in particular: (1) the ways in which language choices are made and perceived in various contexts; (2) implications of such language choices as related to one's cultural identities; (3) the role of language politics in self and group identification and ethnic classification in Taiwan; (4) the power dynamics in various socio-cultural spheres; and (5) the resulting competition of multiple speech groups in Taiwan for authenticity, legitimacy and superiority in the political arena by means of reconstruction and reinvention of ethnic languages and traditions. ; The findings reveal that despite the practical relevance of Bakhtin's theory of heteroglossia to Taiwan's current ethnogenesis against the backdrop of multilingualism and ...

Examining identity in relation to globalization and migration, this book uses narratives and memoirs from contemporary authors who have lived 'in-between' two or more languages. It explores the human desire to find one's 'own place' in new cultural contexts, and looks at the role of language in shaping a sense of belonging in society.

submitted by Chong King Man. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1998. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves [76-84]). ; Abstract also in Chinese. ; Chapter Chapter I. --- Introduction --- p.1 ; Chapter {A} --- Introduction --- p.1 ; Chapter {B} --- Research Questions --- p.2 ; Chapter {C} --- Contribution --- p.4 ; Chapter {D} --- Issues in Politics and Language --- p.7 ; Chapter [1] --- Colonialism and importation of languages --- p.10 ; Chapter [2] --- Nationhood and language --- p.18 ; Chapter [3] --- Decolonization and language policy in education --- p.27 ; Chapter [4] --- Summary --- p.35 ; Chapter {E} --- Research Methodology --- p.37 ; Chapter {F} --- Outline of Thesis --- p.41 ; Chapter Chapter II. --- Contending Explanations and Framework of Analysis --- p.43 ; Chapter {A} --- "Contending Explanations, Models, and Theories" --- p.44 ; Chapter [1] --- Conspiracy explanation I: to exacerbate the gap between English and mother-tongue trained students --- p.44 ; Chapter [2] --- Conspiracy explanation II: to confuse Hong Kong people's identity and add a language-divisive factor in China --- p.47 ; Chapter [3] --- Pluralist explanation: local societal pressures --- p.50 ; Chapter [4] --- Muddling-through model --- p.53 ; Chapter [5] --- Institutionalism --- p.55 ; Chapter [6] --- China's pressure --- p.57 ; Chapter {B} --- Policy Window Approach --- p.59 ; Chapter [1] --- Problem stream --- p.64 ; Chapter [2] --- Political stream --- p.67 ; Chapter [3] --- Policy stream --- p.74 ; Chapter [4] --- Coupling of streams and policy windows --- p.78 ; Chapter Chapter III. --- Language-in-Education Policy in Hong Kong: The Colonial Setting --- p.82 ; Chapter {A} --- English Language as Prestige --- p.82 ; Chapter {B} --- Colonial Language Policy in Education-a brief review from the establishment of the colony to the early 1970s --- p.84 ; Chapter {C} --- Language Medium Policy from the 1970s to the early 1980s --- p.94 ; Chapter Chapter IV. --- Teaching medium policy during decolonization ...

Wong, Kin Hung. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 190-198). ; Abstracts in English and Chinese. ; ABSTRACT (ENGLISH) --- p.i. ; ABSTRACT (CHINESE) --- p.iii ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.v ; TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.vi ; LIST OF TABLES --- p.xix ; Chapter CHAPTER 1 --- INTRODUCTION ; Chapter 1.1 --- Background to this Study --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.2 --- Purpose of this Study --- p.2 ; Chapter 1.3 --- Significance of this Study --- p.3 ; Chapter 1.4 --- Organization of this Thesis --- p.4 ; Chapter CHAPTER 2 --- LITERATURE REVIEW ; Chapter 2.1 --- Introduction --- p.6 ; Chapter 2.2 --- Orientation towards Language --- p.6 ; Chapter 2.2.1 --- Structuralist Notions --- p.6 ; Chapter 2.2.2 --- Poststructuralist Notions --- p.7 ; Chapter 2.3 --- Orientation towards Identity --- p.9 ; Chapter 2.3.1 --- Structuralist Notions --- p.9 ; Chapter 2.3.2 --- Poststructuralist Notions --- p.10 ; Chapter 2.4 --- Language and Identity --- p.13 ; Chapter 2.4.1 --- Code Switching --- p.14 ; Chapter 2.5 --- "Language, Identity and Culture" --- p.15 ; Chapter 2.6 --- "Attitude, Motivation and Willingness to Communicate (WTC)" --- p.17 ; Chapter 2.6.1 --- Attitude --- p.17 ; Chapter 2.6.2 --- Motivation --- p.19 ; Chapter 2.6.1 --- Social Psychological Perspective --- p.19 ; Chapter 2.6.2 --- Sociocultural Perspective --- p.20 ; Chapter 2.6.3 --- Willingness to Communicate (WTC) --- p.22 ; Chapter 2.7 --- Language Use and Cultural Identity in Hong Kong --- p.24 ; Chapter 2.7.1 --- Political and Sociolinguistic Background of Hong Kong --- p.24 ; Chapter 2.7.2 --- Surveys of Cultural Identity in Hong Kong --- p.26 ; Chapter 2.7.3 --- Empirical Studies on Cultural Identity and Language Attitudes in Hong Kong --- p.30 ; Chapter 2.7.3.1 --- Cultural Identity and Language Attitudes towards the Use of English --- p.30 ; Chapter 2.7.3.2 --- Cultural Identity and Language Attitudes towards the Use of Cantonese --- p.32 ; Chapter 2.7.3.3 --- Cultural Identity and Language Attitudes ...

"Qiaopi is the name given in Chinese to letters written home by Chinese migrants to accompany remittances, in the 150 years starting in the 1820s. Qiaopi had numerous functions and dimensions, ranging from economic and social to cultural and political. In June 2013, the Qiaopi Project was officially registered under UNESCO's "Memory of the World" programme, set up in 1992 because of "a growing awareness of the parlous state of preservation of documentary heritage" in the world. This book presents around one hundred letters from Singapore, China, Malaysia, Thailand, the USA, and Canada, including photographic reproductions of the original letters, transcriptions in Chinese characters, and English translations, where necessary with explanatory notes. Most of the letters collected in Chinese and non-Chinese archives, and in this sourcebook, were products of the Qiaopi system as traditionally defined. A few, especially some to and from North America, especially in the second half of the twentieth century, went through the Post Office, and were not handled by Chinese remittance companies. Not all the letters accompanied remittances."--Publisher's website