Exploring the trajectories of Slovak migrants in the UK: Towards a linguistic ethnography of negotiated identities

探索英国斯洛伐克移民的轨迹：走向协商身份的语言民族志

• 批准号: 2076087
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University College London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2018 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2076087
• 关键词: Exploring; trajectories; Slovak; migrants; UK

My PhD project will investigate the self-perceptions of Slovak migrants in the UK in relation to their initial motivations for relocation, and the central role language plays in reshaping their identities.First, I shall look at the spectrum of past, present and future motivations which have informed Slovak migrants' mobility. I will analyse factors contributing to the arrival of both pre- and post- 2004 Slovak migrants in London to determine whether there is a correlation between educational backgrounds and levels of social and vocational integration, on the one hand, and whether integration is enhanced by migrants' resourcefulness and aspirations, on the other. I will also discuss the ramifications of their leaving the UK and returning to Slovakia. Closely linked to Slovak migrants' motivations is the negotiation of their identities in the new socio-cultural environment. Whether their mobility is 'upward' or 'downward' in society, and whether it is perceived as one or the other by the migrants, is crucial to their sense of self-worth and identity. Second, I shall also explore the process of 'acculturation'. Deconstructing this concept will be core to my research as I collect data on migrants' maintenance of links with traditions they perceive as 'Slovak', and the values associated with these practices. Furthermore, I shall explore ways in which individuals experience the transition from traditional / conservative Slovak society to the multicultural and multilingual space of Britain. Finally, I shall examine the vital role of language; migrants' knowledge of English and their willingness to learn it; and their attitudes towards maintaining Slovak. I will analyse language and its functions in their new life: how and why users switch and mix codes, and play with words in conversation and social media-e.g. through 'translating' typically Slovak expressions-but also how they express sarcasm, make hints, and reinterpret metaphors.

我的博士项目将调查在英国的斯洛伐克移民对其最初搬迁动机的自我认知，以及语言在重塑他们的身份方面发挥的核心作用。首先，我将研究过去、现在和未来的动机这为斯洛伐克移民的流动性提供了信息。我将分析 2004 年前后斯洛伐克移民抵达伦敦的因素，一方面确定教育背景与社会和职业融合水平之间是否存在相关性，以及移民是否增强了融合另一方面，是足智多谋和抱负。我还将讨论他们离开英国并返回斯洛伐克的后果。与斯洛伐克移民的动机密切相关的是他们在新的社会文化环境中的身份谈判。他们在社会中的流动性是“向上”还是“向下”，以及移民是否将其视为一种或另一种，对于他们的自我价值感和认同感至关重要。其次，我还要探讨“文化适应”的过程。解构这个概念将是我研究的核心，因为我收集了有关移民与他们认为的“斯洛伐克”传统保持联系的数据，以及与这些做法相关的价值观。此外，我将探讨个人经历从传统/保守的斯洛伐克社会到英国的多元文化和多语言空间的转变的方式。最后，我将探讨语言的重要作用；移民的英语知识以及学习英语的意愿；以及他们对保留斯洛伐克语的态度。我将分析语言及其在新生活中的功能：用户如何以及为何切换和混合代码，以及在对话和社交媒体中玩文字游戏 - 例如通过“翻译”典型的斯洛伐克表达方式，以及它们如何表达讽刺、做出暗示和重新解释隐喻。