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ASurveyofLanguageUseandAttitudesofTaiUndergraduates

  

  1. (SchoolofForeignLanguages,YunnanMinzuUniversity,Kunming650500,China)
  • Received:2020-06-24 Online:2021-03-01 Published:2021-03-05

Abstract: Asasubjectivesocialmentalityconstructedbypeopleinsocialpractice,languageattitudesaffectpeoplesuseoflanguage.ThesurveyontheTainationalityslanguageuseandattitudeswillhelptoexploretheactualsituationofthedevelopmentandinheritanceofTailanguage.Inthecurrentstudy,qualitativeandquantitativemethodsarebothusedtoinvestigatelanguageuseandtheattitudesoftheTaiundergraduates.Itisfoundthat:Taiundergraduates’overallcommandofMandarinisgood,andtheirabilityofTailanguageisnotasgoodasthatofMandarin;Tailanguageisthemostfrequentlyusedintheinternallanguageregister.However,intheexternalregister,thefrequencyofuseofMandarinisthehighest;theTaiundergraduatesgenerallyhaveapositiveattitudeandahighdegreeofpreferenceandloyaltytowardstheirmothertongue,andastrongsenseofnationalidentity.

Key words: languageattitude, languageability, languageuse, Taiundergraduates