Abstract:Language maintenance and language shift among overseas Chinese has received much attention in recent years. Various models and factors have been proposed to describe, explain and predict language maintenance and language shift among this group. This study investigates Huayu inheritance of the second-generation Chinese immigrants in New Jersey. The results show that while the second-generation Chinese Americans are dispersed among other local ethnic groups and most of them experience the process of language shift from Chinese to English, they still maintain their Chinese proficiency to varying degrees. This study finds that the weekend Chinese school plays a significant role in their Huayu inheritance, and their language attitudes and family environment also play a key role. In the era of globalization, the new Chinese immigrants no longer live in a Chinese community, but are scattered among other local ethnic groups. It has become a major issue on how to take advantage of various favorable factors to develop a new model to facilitate cross-generational inheritance of Huayu.
曹贤文,金 梅. 美国新泽西州华二代华语传承调查研究[J]. 语言战略研究, 2021, 6(4): 44-55.
Cao Xianwen and Jin Mei. A Study of Huayu Inheritance of the Second-Generation Chinese Americans in New Jersey. , 2021, 6(4): 44-55.