A Survey Of Language Usage In Wanxiu Village,Nanning City,Guangxi

Since reform and opening up,with the acceleration of urbanization development,the speed of population flow is constantly accelerated,a large number of rural population began to pour into the city.With its superior location and cheap rent,urban villages attract a large number of migrants to live.A large number of non-native residents with different dialects live in the same village,and the frequent communication between them makes the language use and language change of urban villages present a complicated situation,which makes urban villages an excellent object to study the language living conditions in the process of urbanization.In this paper,Wanxiu Village,the largest urban village in Nanning city,is selected as the entry point to investigate its language choice,language ability and language attitude in the process of urbanization.Moreover,statistical methods such as Chi-square analysis,correlation analysis and regression analysis are used to explore the influencing factors of the language usage of residents and non-residents in Wanxiu Village.This paper is divided into five parts.The first part is the introduction,explaining the background of the topic,the purpose and significance of the research,the relevant research status,research methods and theoretical basis.The second part is the first chapter,which introduces the basic information of the research object,the design idea of the questionnaire and the reliability and validity of the questionnaire.The third part includes the second chapter,the third chapter and the fourth chapter,which respectively describes the language choice,language ability and language attitude of local residents and non-native residents in Wanxiu Village,and discusses the significant factors that affect the language choice,language ability and language attitude of local residents and non-native residents by Chi-square analysis,correlation analysis and regression analysis.The fourth part is the fifth chapter,which predicts the development trend of the language use in Wanxiu village and puts forward some suggestions on the protection of home dialect.The fifth part is the conclusion,which summarizes the views of the whole paper,and puts forward the shortcomings of the research and the thinking of the follow-up research.Through the investigation and analysis,we find that: in terms of language choice,the village residents and non-native residents are dominated by their own native dialect in the family language domain,but there is a trend of conversion to Mandarin,and the use of Mandarin has taken advantage in the communication with children or juniors.In the social language domain,Mandarin is dominant;The frequency of other language acquisition is very low,and only when it is clear that the communicative object has the ability of other language acquisition,it will be used to communicate.There are various social factors affecting the language use of village residents and non-native residents,and only the "time to learn Putonghua" can have a significant impact on all communicative environments of the family register and social register of village residents and non-native residents.In terms of language ability,both the village residents and the non-native residents have a very high level of Mandarin and native dialect ability,among which the level of Mandarin is slightly higher than the native dialect.For other languages,the level of vernacular language acquired by local residents was generally higher,while that of other languages acquired by foreign residents was lower.Both groups are now at a stage where the level of Mandarin is rising and the level of home dialect and other acquired languages is falling.There are various social factors that can significantly affect the language ability of local village residents and non-native residents.The factors affecting listening ability and speaking ability are different for the same language.In terms of language attitude,the residents in the village and the residents from outside have similar language attitude: in the rational attitude,they are more positive to Mandarin,and in the emotional attitude,they are more inclined to the home dialect.Both the residents of the village and the residents from outside have a higher preference for Mandarin and a higher expectation for their children’s Mandarin.There are various factors affecting the language attitudes of the village residents and non-native residents,among which "age" is a significant factor affecting the two groups’ attitude towards home dialect,and "Putonghua expectation level" is a significant factor affecting the two groups’ attitude towards Putonghua.With the development of urbanization,Putonghua has gradually gained a strong position,and the loss of home dialect among the new generation of young people has occurred.While paying attention to the learning of Putonghua,the protection of home dialect should also be paid attention to.