Dissertation Research: Language Socialization in Rural and Urban Communities in Dominica, West Indies

9602870 Paugh在多米尼加，一种可以追溯到早期法国殖民时期的法国克里奥尔语（克威奥尔语）和不同种类的英语（官方语言）一起被使用。城市/农村的分裂是存在的：最“标准”的英语在首都说，而奎约尔语和不同种类的英语在农村人口中使用。尽管在历史上受到中产阶级城市居民的诋毁，但自1978年独立以来，圭约尔一直在国家建设统一的后殖民国家的项目中发挥着核心作用。但是，虽然许多中产阶级城市成年人对克威约尔语的态度正在改变，但农村村民仍然在努力掌握有限的英语技能，并将克威约尔语视为一种残疾。今天的儿童面临着一个复杂的社会语言环境，多语言伴随着语言选择的多种语言意识形态。在这样一个高度多变的多语言克里奥尔环境中，儿童如何在语言和语言意识形态方面变得有交际能力，将通过对六名儿童（城镇和村庄）的纵向儿童语言社会化研究进行调查。对儿童在日常活动中与各种对话者自然发生的言语进行系统的录音、转录、分析。本研究将探讨多米尼克不断变化的语言意识形态和实践、语言选择和身份建构以及后殖民国家建设之间的联系。它将提供有关多语种语言习得、照料的社会组织、语言维持和转换过程以及克里奥尔社会中文化和语言实践学习的数据。它将有助于几个不断发展的研究领域，包括语言意识形态。语言和民族主义，克里奥尔社会语言学，和加勒比地区的研究。＊＊＊

9602870 Paugh In Dominica, a French creole (Kweyol) dating to early French colonization remains in use along with different varieties of English (the official language). An urban/rural split exists: the most "standard" English is spoken in the capital town, while Kweyol and different varieties of English are spoken throughout the rural village population. Though historically denigrated by middle- class urbanites, Kweyol has figured centrally in the state's project of building a unified post-colonial nation since Independence in 1978. But while the attitudes of many middle-class urban adults towards Kweyol are changing, rural villagers still struggle with restricted skills in English and view Kweyol as a disability. Children growing up today face a sociolinguistically complex environment where multilingualism is accompanied by multiple language ideologies concerning language choice. How children become communicatively competent in the language(s) and language ideologies of their communities in such a highly variable, multilingual creole environment will be investigated through a longitudinal child language socialization study of six children (in both town and village). The children's naturally occurring speech with various interlocutors during daily activities will be systematically audio-tape recorded, transcribed, and analyzed. This study will investigate the links between changing language ideologies and practices, language choice and identity construction, and post-colonial nation building in Dominica. It will yield data on multilingual language acquisition, the social organization of caregiving, processes of language maintenance and shift, and the learning of cultural and linguistic practices in a creole society. It will contribute to several growing areas of research including linguistic ideologies. language and nationalism, creole sociolinguistics, and Caribbean area studies. ***