Language Attitudes of Minority Students in Southern Xinjiang—A Case Study of County S

本研究通过变语配对实验，以S县400多名学生为研究对象，探讨了南疆地区少数民族中小学生对国家通用语言(普)和带维吾尔语口音的国家通用语言(维普)的语言态度。实验采用双语者录制的不同变语录音，结合语义差异量表，评估学生对两种变语在地位价值和亲和力方面的评价。结果显示，标准国家通用语言在地位价值上获得更高评价，而带口音的国家通用语言则评价较低。尽管在亲和力的评价上两者持平，学生对标准国家通用语言的偏好依然明显。访谈结果进一步验证了量表数据，揭示了不同变语在社会认同中的作用，为语言态度研究提供了实证依据。This study explores the language attitudes of minority middle and primary school students in Southern Xinjiang towards the national common language (Putonghua) and the national common language with a Uyghur accent (Weipu) through a matched-guise technique. The subjects included approximately 400 students from grades 5 to 12 in S County. The experiment utilized recordings of different language variants made by bilingual speakers, combined with a semantic differential scale to assess students’ evaluations of the two variants in terms of status value and affinity. The results indicated that the standard national common language received higher evaluations in terms of status value, while the national common language with a Uyghur accent was rated lower. Although both variants were rated similarly in terms of affinity, students still showed a clear preference for the standard national common language. Interview results further validated the scale data, revealing the role of different language variants in social identity and providing empirical evidence for language attitude research.