Uso de língua étnica e identidade étnica de estudantes universitários na Malásia

Su-Hie Ting; Nurzatul Shazreena Zainol Abidin

Autori

Su-Hie Ting Universiti Malaysia Sarawak | Kota Samarahan | Malásia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2479-6395
Nurzatul Shazreena Zainol Abidin Universiti Sultan Azlan Shah | Perak | Malásia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7806-1490

Parole chiave:

sociedade plural, línguas étnicas, uso da língua, identidade ética, Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure (MEIM)

Abstract

O presente estudo examina até que ponto o uso da língua étnica é influenciado pela força da identidade étnica entre estudantes universitários na Malásia. No estudo, 100 estudantes universitários de origens étnicas malásia, chinesa, indiana e indígena preencheram um questionário sobre o uso da língua em seis domínios, e sua identidade étnica foi medida usando a escala Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure (MEIM). O inglês e o malaio dominaram os meios de comunicação de massa e os domínios da educação, e nas interações intergrupais e formais, mas as línguas étnicas foram usadas principalmente com a família, amigos e para práticas religiosas. Os resultados mostraram um nível moderado de uso da língua étnica entre os participantes malásios (58.37%) e chineses (59.21%), e um nível mais baixo entre os participantes indígenas (49.55%) e indianos (42.11%). Todos os quatro grupos étnicos detinham uma identidade étnica positiva. Existe uma significativa relação positiva entre a extensão do uso da língua étnica e a força da identidade étnica.

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