Query Details
| Query Subject: |
Bilingual Residents of NYC Needed for Survey
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| Author: | Sue Dicker | |
| Submitter Email: | click here to access email | |
| Linguistic LingField(s): |
Discourse Analysis
Sociolinguistics |
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| Query: |
I have created an on-line survey for bilingual English-Spanish and English-
Chinese living in New York City. The survey asks questions about their use of their native or heritage languages in private and public spaces. The survey can be found at the following URL: http://oit.hostos.cuny.edu/socialnetwork/spanishandchinesenyc/ The present study will document the experiences of Hispanic New Yorkers using their native or heritage language in public. It also probes the question of whether this experience is unique to this group by eliciting the experiences of another group, Chinese New Yorkers. Certainly, these two groups differ in size; the sheer ubiquity of Hispanics gives their language a greater presence in the life of the city. In addition, Asians in general are often labeled “the model minority,” immigrants who thrive and prosper as a result of hard work and devotion to education, rather than through dependence on public welfare; this positive stereotype contrasts with the negative one under which Hispanics live. However, there are similarities between the two groups as well. The Chinese, like Hispanics, are identified as a racial minority, and using the Chinese language is a trait that reinforces this label. Both groups have a prominent presence in the city, as can be seen by the long-existing Chinese- and Spanish-language media available to these groups. The study will ask: As reflected in the experiences of Spanish- and Chinese- speakers, how do New Yorkers respond to the use of two languages which identify two minority/nationality groups seen as distinct from the American “norm”: those of European origin, identified as “white” and exclusive speakers of English? How do Chinese- and Spanish-speakers react to these experiences? Do some members of these two groups modify or monitor their use of their languages, perhaps to avoid negative reactions? Finally, if the experiences of these groups are markedly different, can the data collected in this study help to answer why? |
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| LL Issue: | 23.1872 | |
| Date posted: | 13-Apr-2012 | |
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