Emigrants from Qingtian County (Zhejiang province, China) have a long and rich history in Europe, but to date, little research has been done on their unique language, or its role in Qingtianese diaspora communities. Drawing inspiration from other studies about attitudes towards, and use of, Chinese heritage dialects in China and overseas, the author examines attitudes toward Qingtian dialect using established quantitative and qualitative sociolinguistic research methods. While the results indicate that most Sweden-based Qingtianese seem to have a relatively positive attitude toward their heritage dialect, there are strong signs of an ongoing language shift from Qingtian dialect to Putonghua. The results of the study also indicate some generational differences in attitude towards Qingtian dialect between younger and older Qingtianese, especially in regards to the perceived importance of being able to speak Qingtian dialect in connection with claiming a Qingtianese identity. The author concludes that additional research is needed to confirm the results of this study. / 青田县（中国浙江省）移民在欧洲有着悠久而丰富的历史，但迄今为止，关于他们独特的方言及其在青田移民社群中作用的研究却很少。本文从中国以及国际上对中国方言的研究中得到启发，运用定量以及定性的社会语言学研究方法考察居住在瑞典的青田人对青田方言的态度。结果表明，大多数瑞典青田人似乎对青田方言有相对积极的态度；同时，种种迹象表明，在瑞典的青田移民群体中，青田方言逐渐会被普通话替换。研究结果还表明，年轻和年长的青田人对青田方言的态度存在代际差异，特别是在对于掌握青田方言以及其对青田人身份认同的重要性上。笔者指出该篇论文的结果需要更大范围的研究来证明。
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-476234 |
| Date | January 2022 |
| Creators | Wefer, Simon |
| Publisher | Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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