Doctoral Dissertation Research: Style, Ideology, and Youth Cultural Practice in the Context of Language Shift

博士论文研究：语言变迁背景下的风格、意识形态与青年文化实践

• 批准号: 0819568
• 负责人: Anthony Woodbury
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Texas at Austin
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-07-01 至 2010-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0819568&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Style; Ideology

This dissertation project will investigate linguistic style and variation among American Indian adolescents on the Blackfeet Nation in Montana. Specifically, the study looks at the construction of style through the use of local linguistic resources from regional English and the heritage language (South Piegan Blackfoot), and in addition, supralocal linguistic resources made available through popular culture and media. The study explores to what extent adolescents actively and creatively make use of resources from popular culture and mass media for their own social purposes, and reproduce and transform their meanings; to what extent their linguistic practices reproduce dominant ideologies about language and social categories; and how ideologies of distinction with regard to race, ethnicity, and other axes of identity influence the stylistic practices of these adolescents. The linguistic practices of 40 adolescents between the ages of 12 and 18 will be analyzed using quantitative and qualitative methods, with data collected ethnographically. This work draws on linguistics, cultural studies, and anthropology to better understand contemporary linguistic practices of American Indian youth. Its findings may have implications for multilingual and American Indian education, as well as for developing both curricular and extracurricular activities that strengthen identity and have a positive effect on academic achievement. Finally, by considering relationships between popular culture and language revitalization, this study complements research that aims to better understand the importance of linguistic diversity, especially in the face of globalization.

本论文项目将调查蒙大拿州黑脚族美国印第安人青少年的语言风格和变异。具体地说，这项研究着眼于通过使用地方性英语和传统语言(南皮根黑脚语)中的当地语言资源以及通过流行文化和媒体提供的超当地语言资源来构建风格。这项研究探讨了青少年在多大程度上积极和创造性地利用流行文化和大众媒体的资源来达到自己的社会目的，并复制和转换他们的意义；他们的语言实践在多大程度上再现了关于语言和社会类别的主导意识形态；关于种族、民族和其他身份轴心的区别意识形态如何影响这些青少年的文体实践。40名12岁至18岁的青少年的语言实践将用定量和定性的方法进行分析，数据将从人种学的角度收集。这部作品借鉴了语言学、文化研究和人类学，以更好地理解当代美国印第安人青年的语言实践。研究结果可能会对多语言教育和美国印第安人教育产生影响，也可能对发展课程和课外活动产生影响，这些活动可以增强认同感，并对学业成绩产生积极影响。最后，通过考虑流行文化和语言复兴之间的关系，这项研究补充了旨在更好地理解语言多样性的重要性的研究，特别是在全球化的情况下。