内容摘要： 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。

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.

关键词：种族,民族语言活力,语言使用模式,感知态度,迁移;

Keyword:ethnicity, ethnolinguistic vitality, language use pattern, perceived attitude, migration;

作者：Musavir Ahmed(著), 周学文(译)

来源： 《International Journal of the Sociology of language》 2014年 第230期