A Survey on the Language Attitudes of Some Young People in the Southern Chinese Dialect Area and Its Implications for Dialect Inheritance

通过对汉语南方方言区部分青年语言态度的小样本问卷调查，并结合访谈发现，被调查对象对自身所使用方言的态度是正向的，而在语言态度理性维度上所存在的负向评价，多集中于吴方言区、赣方言区、闽方言区、客家方言区和湘方言区。而属粤方言区的被调查对象基本对粤方言持正向评价，这表现出他们对地域文化和身份的强烈认同。然而，超过一半的被调查对象对所使用的方言的未来持悲观态度，且在方言的保护和传承的观念上较为淡薄，方式上脱离实际。方言的传承需要社会的多方合力，并能引起当代青年的重视、召唤青年群体的行动。Through a small sample questionnaire survey on the language attitudes of some young people in the southern dialect areas of China, and combined with interviews, it was found that the respondents have a positive attitude towards the dialects they use. However, in the rational dimension of language attitudes, negative evaluations are mainly concentrated in the Wu dialect area, Gan dialect area, Min dialect area, Hakka dialect area and Xiang dialect area. Respondents from the Yue dialect area generally hold a positive attitude towards the Yue dialect, which shows their strong identification with regional culture and identity. However, more than half of the respondents are pessimistic about the future of the dialects they use, and their concepts of dialect protection and inheritance are relatively weak, and the methods are impractical. The inheritance of dialects requires the joint efforts of all sectors of society and can attract the attention of contemporary youth and call for the actions of the youth group.