英汉言语行为中的称赞语及应答模式

称赞是普遍的社会语言现象,其句法、语义结构和应答模式都受其文化背景的影响,呈现出各自的特点。提出礼貌原则的各项准则有明显不同的侧重,这与东西方"礼"的传统价值观念、"礼貌"言语行为的认识层面和东西方所具有的谦虚原则与合作原则有着密切的联系,而同时不同的语言表达习惯将随时代发展逐渐趋同。     

论礼仪教育与城市新移民子女的亚文化跨越

城市新移民子女的亚文化跨越要经历文化适应、社会融入、文化融合三个阶段。礼仪教育能够帮助城市新移民子女达成亚文化跨越各阶段的多数任务。在文化适应阶段,礼仪教育可以引导城市新移民子女与城市原住民子女实现和平共处,帮助他们理解、接受城市主流文化的核心价值观,并养成城市社会认同和推崇的良好行为习惯;在社会融入阶段,礼仪教育不仅可以为他们融入城市原住民及其子女社交圈提供中介或桥梁,融洽他们与城市原住民子女的关系,还可以帮助他们形成交往意识、礼仪行为和交往技能;在文化融合阶段,礼仪教育既可以减少乡村文化、“城中村”亚文化对他们的不良影响,促进他们认同、接受城市文化,实现同化,而且也可以促成他们与城市原住民子女的双向影响,从而实现文化融合。因此,礼仪教育应当成为我国城市新移民子女教育的重要模式。     

十六国时期的“单于”制度

十六国时期的“单于”制度虽源于匈奴,但在结构与功能上已发生变化,实际上是魏晋南北朝时期胡、汉化涵化的结果,也是这一时期化变迁的标识之一。     

少数民族文化背景下汉族青年的文化逆适应——以青海地区为例

本文通过对青海民族大学学生进行深入访谈,探讨了青海地区汉族青年对少数民族文化的逆适应问题。认为在高等教育阶段不仅要对少数民族大学生进行跨文化教育,而且还要对不同年级的汉族学生施以不同的教育措施,以引导汉族大学生的文化逆适府向更加理性的方向发展。     

The role of perceived cultural distance,personal growth initiative,language proficiencies,and tridimensional acculturation orientations for psychological adjustment among international students

We investigated the acculturation process of international students (N = 319, 162 female) from 62 countries who were residing in the Netherlands, using the acculturation framework by Arends-Tóth and Van de Vijver (2007). We applied SEM to test the model that acculturation conditions (perceived cultural distance [PCD], personal growth initiative [PGI], proficiency in English and the host language, and length of residence) in conjunction with acculturation orientations as mediators (host, heritage, expatriate) predict psychological adjustment as acculturation outcome (acculturative stress, satisfaction with life, mental health problems). We found direct and indirect effects of acculturation conditions on adjustment; high PGI, high English and Dutch proficiencies, and low PCD were associated with better adjustment. Host orientation (predicted by high PGI, Dutch proficiency, and low PCD) was positively associated with adjustment. Heritage orientation (predicted by low English proficiency) was negatively associated with adjustment. As a novel aspect, we included expatriate orientation - an orientation towards other expatriates in the host community. Expatriate orientation was predicted by low Dutch proficiency and was positively associated with adjustment. We also observed direct links between acculturation conditions and outcomes: positive associations between PCD and acculturative stress and between length of residence and acculturative stress; and negative associations between PGI and mental health problems and between English proficiency and acculturative stress. We provide evidence that including expatriate orientation is relevant among international students: It is stronger than both host and heritage orientations, thereby underlining the importance of studying acculturation in a contextualized way.     

Role of Cultural Intelligence in Acculturation: Explorations on a Physiognomic Minority Diaspora in India

The aim of this study was to analyse how cultural intelligence (CQ) influences the acculturation process and adaptive outcomes of a physiognomic minority indigenous cultural group in India. This study (N = 246) concerning the northeastern (NE) Indian diaspora in Indian cities outside the NE region. Path analysis showed that integration and assimilation predicted higher adaptation; while marginalization and separation lowered adaptation. Likewise, CQ positively predicted adaptation and also moderated the relationship between acculturation strategies and adaptation. Therefore, findings reflect the flexible facilitative role of CQ in promoting adaptation of minority groups in acculturation context.     

Diet-specific social support,dietary acculturation,and self-efficacy among Chinese living in the United States

This study conceptualizes diet-specific social support from family members and friends as a part of the functional content of social relationships and examines differences in its levels and predictiveness among immigrants with varying degrees of dietary acculturation. Using an online sample of 505 Chinese immigrants living in the United States, the results show a decline in the amount of support received by acculturated immigrants in both computer-mediated and face-to-face contexts. However, acculturated immigrants need less social support to produce the same level of self-efficacy than do immigrants who retain their Chinese identity. The findings suggest that the decline in the amount of received support may signal a cultural shift in the ways social support operates to achieve its health-protective function. Implications for diet-specific social support, dietary acculturation, and immigrant health are discussed.     

The Role of Intergroup Contact and Acculturation Strategies in Developing Chinese International Students’ Global Competence

The current study investigates how intergroup contact and acculturation strategies are related to Chinese international students’ global competence development. A group of Chinese international students in Belgium participated in an online survey. Chinese students have achieved the development of global competence in all the dimensions of knowledge, skills and attitudes since they started their study abroad. The results showed that integrated and assimilated students obtained greater global competence development in all three dimensions than the separated and marginalized ones. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses further revealed that both intergroup contact and socio-demographics can significantly predict global competence development.     

Media Usage and Acculturation: Asian Indian Professionals in Silicon Valley*

We examine connections between media use, intergroup contact, and acculturation in 237 Asian Indian professionals in Silicon Valley, drawing on theories of immigrant acculturation, intergroup contact, and media effects. Quality of host contact positively predicted acculturation. Indian (ethnic) media consumption negatively predicted acculturation, and American (host) media consumption was positively related to acculturation. Ethnic television viewing exacerbated the effects of negative intergroup contact on acculturation. Respondents used social networking websites to maintain both host and ethnic ties. Host cultural/informational capital was positively related to acculturation. Host media consumption was positively related to political engagement and loneliness.     

Facilitating or Impeding Acculturation: A Qualitative Study on Mobile Social Messaging in First-Generation Chinese Immigrants’ Everyday Lives

ABSTRACT

Previous research indicated that communication through media has been intertwined into immigrants’ everyday lives and become an essential part of their acculturating practices. However, no research has been conducted to examine how innovative, ethnic social media play a role in Chinese immigrants’ acculturation process in terms of social capital. In order to fill the research gap, a qualitative study was conducted to explore how Chinese immigrants use social messaging to accumulate social capitals to facilitate their acculturation process. Thirty face-to-face in-depth interviews were conducted among Chinese immigrants to collect data. Findings revealed that Chinese immigrants tend to consider acculturation as a complex and long process in which they navigate through and position themselves in the unfamiliar cultural system. The ethnic social medium – WeChat, and in particular, its social messaging plays an essential role in shaping Chinese immigrants’ acculturation experiences by assisting them in garnering both bonding and bridging social capitals.