| 英文摘要 |
Global migration and increased mobility of a large number of people across the world are leading to increased cultural and linguistic contact between different communities. While it is widely assumed that multilingualism is a natural condition of human societies, the specific linguistic ecologies prevalent in the 21st century – characterized by hyperdiversity, effects of standardization, and language endangerment – pose new challenges to people who find themselves in new linguistic environments. This is specifically true for children and young people, who are developing their linguistic repertoires and identity. The present study explores the linguistic context of eight Burmese students studying in Country Gateway Schools in Yunnan in Southwestern China. Through exploring the students’ views of the languages that they speak and learn, the paper shows how they develop language ideologies which in part reflect sociolinguistic norms and pressures from their environment, and in part reflect their own linguistic biographies. The study shows how these young learners develop complex representations of their linguistic environment, and how they adapt to and manipulate the linguistic and cultural contexts in which they study and live. |
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