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Linguistic capital in Taiwan: The KMT's Mandarin language policy and its perceived impact on language practices of bilingual Mandarin and Tai-gi speakers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 October 2003

Todd L. Sandel
Todd L. Sandel
Affiliation:
Department of Communication, Burton Hall, 610 Elm, Room 101, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019-2081, tsandel@ou.edu
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Abstract

From 1945 until 1987, the KMT (Nationalist) government enforced its strict Mandarin Language Policy in schools throughout Taiwan, and students were forbidden to speak local languages or dialects. Recent reversal of this policy allows schools to teach these formerly forbidden varieties. Despite some attention from scholars, it remains to explore the impact of these policies on successive generations of bilingual speakers. This study explores the perceptions of parents, grandparents, and young adults. The data show that school-based policies have an impact on family-based speaking practices. They also demonstrate the complex interplay between public and private histories in the development of linguistic ideologies and language as capital.

Keywords

Language ideologieslanguage revitalizationTaiwanidentitybilingualismlanguage socialization
Type
Research Article
Information
Language in Society , Volume 32 , Issue 4 , October 2003 , pp. 523 - 551
Copyright
© 2003 Cambridge University Press

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