Scripts of Servitude: Language, Labor Migration and Transnational Domestic Work
Scripts of Servitude: Language, Labor Migration and Transnational Domestic Work
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奴役的脚本：语言、劳工移民和跨国家政工作
DOI：
10.1111/josl.12281
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发表时间：
2018
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
I. Piller
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作者：
I. Piller
《奴隶制度》研究了语言在从菲律宾到新加坡的劳动力迁移中的作用。本研究以世界英语、语言和全球化研究为背景，追溯了新加坡一群菲律宾家庭佣工的英语学习和使用情况，并描绘了他们的语言实践所嵌入的语境和意识形态。语言模板是一种语言模板，它反映了特定的身份和社会地位，可以转化为经济资本。本章还提供了研究的背景，即菲律宾作为劳务输出国和新加坡作为国内劳务输入国。来自菲律宾的工人以其所谓的英语熟练程度而闻名于世。第二章追溯了菲律宾作为一个劳务中介国家的发展，它的经济依赖于汇款。越来越多的菲律宾人离开该国到其他地方寻求就业机会。2014年，每年新招聘的人数达到近50万人，其中近40%是“家政服务人员”（官方术语）。其中绝大多数是从事女佣和保姆工作的妇女，她们的主要目的地是沙特阿拉伯、阿拉伯联合酋长国（阿联酋）、卡塔尔、香港和新加坡。菲律宾国家的语言和教育政策旨在通过注重英语学习来创造这一劳动力库。
Scripts of Servitude examines the role of language in labor migration from the Philippines to Singapore. Situated within the body of World Englishes and language and globalization research, this sociolinguistic ethnography traces the English language learning and use of a group of Filipina domestic workers in Singapore and delineates the contexts and ideologies in which their language practices are embedded.Chapter 1 sets the scene by explaining the choice of scripts as a lens on labor migration. Scripts are defined as linguistic templates that index particular identities and social positions and can be converted into economic capital. The chapter also provides the background to the study, namely the Philippines as a labor exporting country and Singapore as an importer of domestic labor. Workers from the Philippines are globally known for their supposed English language proficiency. Chapter 2 traces the development of the Philippines as a labor brokerage state with a remittance-dependent economy. An ever-increasing number of Filipinos leave the country to pursue employment opportunities elsewhere. In 2014, the number of annual new recruits reached almost half a million and close to 40 percent of these were ‘household service workers’(such the official term). The overwhelming majority of these are women who work as maids and nannies, and their top destinations are Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar, Hong Kong and Singapore. The language and education policies of the Philippine state are geared toward creation of this labor pool through a focus on English language learning.