C’oli Atayal language shift-an example of Chinyueh village

• Main Authors: Jo-Mei Cho, 卓若媚
• Other Authors: Yueh-Chen Chien
• Format: Others
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/72qxx5

碩士 === 國立東華大學 === 民族發展與社會工作學系 === 102 === This thesis aims to investigate C’oli Atayal language shift and language attrition in Chinyueh village of Yilan County. First of all, research in this study is mainly based on the “Domain” model of Fishman (1964), it contains five variable elements : ages, genders, educational levels self-identification and domains. The founding shows that older people maintain Atayal language better, by contrast, the younger generation is frequently code-switching. It is clear to see that recently the use of Atayal language shrinks to family only. In terms of language use in gender, in Chinyueh village, females prefer to speak Mandarin than males. Due to the overwhelming Mandarin education, people who are in two specific age groups (age 10-29 and 30-49) and qualified with higher degrees present better ability in Mandarin speaking. A few of them speak Atayal in family and have strong sense of belonging in Atayal language. However, even though they have great loyalty to Atayal language, their speaking abilities are not as well as ethnic identification. Overall, Atayal language is not able to be passed along from older to younger generation, Chinyueh village has been experiencing the language shift from C’oli Atayal language to Mandarin. Secondly, this thesis takes place in code-switching. Three types of code switching have been founded in this research: Atayal language code-switching, Mandarin code-switching and Atayal mixes Mandarin code-switching. Furthermore, the data illustrate language attrition in lexicon, phonology and syntax when language shift occurs. As a result, the structure of C’oli Atayal language has been changed slightly in younger generation’s speech.