族群语言的活力正在成为检验族群语言身份的一个重要的经验框架，特别是对小的移民群体更是如此。一个族群作为一个独特的语言群体而生存的可能性取决于人口结构、在族群间的地位和族群得到的机构支持等因素。此外，族群的语言使用模式也对族群的活力有贡献。本文报道了调查克什米尔山谷小移民群体的族群语言活力的新发现。我们发现，在一个大的、占优势的族群在几乎每个公共领域都支配着小的族群的环境下，小的族群的语言使用模式可以成为增进其族群活力的显著因素。
关键词：种族, 民族语言活力, 语言使用模式, 感知态度, 迁移
来源：International Journal of the Sociology of language, 2014, number 230. Special Issue. Ethnolinguistic Identity and Loyalties
Language use patterns and ethnolinguistic vitality of the Shina speaking Gurezi immigrants
Musavir Ahmed
Abstract Ethnolinguistic vitality has emerged as an important empirical framework to examine the linguistic identity of ethnic groups, especially small migrant ones. The likely survival of an ethnic group as a distinct linguistic entity is abased on factors like demographic patterns, its status in inter-group setting and institutional support the group receives. Besides language use pattern of a group also contributes towards its vitality. The present article reports the findings of a survey undertaken to examine the ethnolinguistic vitality of a small immigrant ethnic group in the valley of Kashmir. During the study, it was observed that in inter-group setting where a large and prestigious group dominates a small group in almost every domain, language use patterns of the latter can be a significant factor in contributing towards its vitality.
Keywords ethnicity, ethnolinguistic vitality, language use pattern, perceived attitude, migration