Ecuadoran Media Lengua: More Than A “Half”-Language?1
Ecuadoran Media Lengua: More Than A “Half”-Language?1
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厄瓜多尔媒体语言：不仅仅是一种“半”语言？1
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2017
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John M. Lipski
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John M. Lipski
本文考察了厄瓜多尔安第斯高原上使用的两种语言：Imbabura Quichua和Media Lengua。后者是一种混合语言，由Quichua语素语法组成，包括所有系统语素，以及所有词汇项的西班牙语派生词根。Imbabura Media Lengua目前在三个小的土著社区中使用，周围的其他社区只说基丘亚语和西班牙语。先前对媒体语的描述表明，它可能与基丘瓦语没有系统的不同，而是基丘瓦语使用者在面对日益增长的西班牙语化时，为保留自己的语言所做的最后努力。本文提供了对Quichua - Media Lengua双语者进行互动实验的结果，这些实验表明，对于大多数使用者来说，Quichua和Media Lengua之间的心理语言界限是明确的。只有在最年轻的使用者中——他们中的大多数人在学校里上过Quichua课程——Quichua和Media Lengua之间的区别才有些模糊。
This paper examines the status of two languages spoken in the Andean highlands of Ecuador: Imbabura Quichua and Media Lengua. The latter is a mixed language consisting of Quichua morphosyntax, including all system morphemes, and Spanish-derived roots for all lexical items. Imbabura Media Lengua is currently spoken in three small indigenous communities, surrounded by other communities where only Quichua and Spanish are spoken. Previous descriptions of Media Lengua suggest that it may not be systematically different from Quichua but rather a last-ditch attempt by Quichua speakers to retain their language in the face of growing Hispanization. This paper provides the results of several interactive experiments conducted with Quichua–Media Lengua bilinguals, which demonstrate that the psycholinguistic boundaries between Quichua and Media Lengua are clearly delimited for most speakers. Only among the youngest speakers—most of whom have received Quichua classes in school—is there some blurring of the distinction between Quichua and Media Lengua.