台灣客家人的語言使用習性及其成因初探：一個苗栗地區的觀察

An Exploration Study of Taiwan Hakka’s Language Use Habitus and the Impact Factor: A Case Study in Miaoli

本研究以客家人口眾多的苗栗縣作為研究場域，觀察處於一個相對優勢的族群與語言環境中，台灣客家人的語言使用行為為何？其語言使用行為的特色為何？而造成此種行為的因素又為何？
研究結果發現，雖身處於客家人口眾多的苗栗，但受訪者在客語使用上，仍多採取被動姿態，例如，須在得知對方亦使用客語後，才會以客語與之交談。而在私下場合與熟識且常說客語的親友互動時，若發現其他人非客家族群者時，通常亦不使用客語，而採華語或閩南語溝通。進一步歸納發現，受訪者對於族群互動場域及語言使用者組成的想像，影響其語言的使用選擇。

This study tries to explore the Hakka’s language use behavior and impact factor in Miaoli district. In this study, researchers adopt Bourdieu Theory of practice to explain the Hakka’s language use behavior and psyche.
The results show that Hakka’s language use behavior in Miaoli district is that most Hakka people speak Hakka in a passive way when they first time meet a stranger. Further discussing the psychical factor, researchers find that the imaginations of informants for interaction area and objects affect their language use choice. And these imaginations mainly come from the informant’s interaction experience with others, ethnic relation in Taiwan and psychical trend of social conformity.