Attitudes to Mandarin Chinese varieties in Singapore
This study aims to shed light on the attitudes of Chinese Singaporeans and Chinese nationals residing in Singapore to varieties of Mandarin Chinese. 64 Singaporean Chinese and Chinese national participants took matched and verbal-guise tests, evaluating recorded speakers of two varieties of Singapor...
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sg-ntu-dr.10356-1373402020-03-18T05:06:29Z Attitudes to Mandarin Chinese varieties in Singapore Cavallaro, Francesco Seilhamer, Mark Fifer Ho, Yen Yee Ng, Bee Chin School of Humanities Humanities::Language Language Attitudes Matched-guise This study aims to shed light on the attitudes of Chinese Singaporeans and Chinese nationals residing in Singapore to varieties of Mandarin Chinese. 64 Singaporean Chinese and Chinese national participants took matched and verbal-guise tests, evaluating recorded speakers of two varieties of Singapore Mandarin (standard and colloquial) and the variety spoken in the PRC on status and solidarity traits. These evaluations were followed by optional questionnaire items intended to probe for additional more insights into the participants' attitudes and perceptions of one another. Both Singaporean Chinese and Chinese national participants assigned higher status to the PRC's variety of Mandarin. Attitudes toward the two varieties of Singapore Mandarin, however, varied, with Singaporeans rating the standard variety higher than the colloquial variety on all traits and Chinese nationals favouring the colloquial variety. Interestingly, for all three varieties of Mandarin, solidarity traits were rated higher than status traits by all participants, suggesting that, in Singapore, Mandarin Chinese is now viewed more as a language of solidarity than status. Accepted version 2020-03-18T05:06:28Z 2020-03-18T05:06:28Z 2018 Journal Article Cavallaro, F., Seilhamer, M. F., Ho, Y. Y., & Ng, B. C. (2018). Attitudes to Mandarin Chinese varieties in Singapore. Journal of Asian Pacific Communication, 28(2), 195-225. doi:10.1075/japc.00010.cav 0957-6851 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/137340 10.1075/japc.00010.cav 2-s2.0-85051474097 2 28 195 225 en Journal of Asian Pacific Communication © 2018 John Benjamins Publishing Company. All rights reserved. This paper was published in Journal of Asian Pacific Communication and is made available with permission of John Benjamins Publishing Company. application/pdf |
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This study aims to shed light on the attitudes of Chinese Singaporeans and Chinese nationals residing in Singapore to varieties of Mandarin Chinese. 64 Singaporean Chinese and Chinese national participants took matched and verbal-guise tests, evaluating recorded speakers of two varieties of Singapore Mandarin (standard and colloquial) and the variety spoken in the PRC on status and solidarity traits. These evaluations were followed by optional questionnaire items intended to probe for additional more insights into the participants' attitudes and perceptions of one another. Both Singaporean Chinese and Chinese national participants assigned higher status to the PRC's variety of Mandarin. Attitudes toward the two varieties of Singapore Mandarin, however, varied, with Singaporeans rating the standard variety higher than the colloquial variety on all traits and Chinese nationals favouring the colloquial variety. Interestingly, for all three varieties of Mandarin, solidarity traits were rated higher than status traits by all participants, suggesting that, in Singapore, Mandarin Chinese is now viewed more as a language of solidarity than status. |
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