日本华价华人认同与语言使用状况初探 A Preliminary Study on Overseas Chinese Identity and Language Use in Japan

Abstract

日本华侨华人长大背景与状况与过去相比，已发生了很大的变化。本文为了认识现在日本华侨华人认同与语言使用状况的多样性， 针对日本华侨华人青年个案进行半结构式访谈调查，探究他们的认同与语言使用状况，同时尝试进行归类。结果发现，本研究受访者具有复杂的背景，认同类型、语言使用状况都是多种多样，主要有三个方面：一、每位受访者对于认同的表现及其认同强度和类型都具有很大程度的不同；二、日本华侨华人青年对自己身分负面认同随著成长减少；三、认同与归化不冲突。以期对今后日本华侨华人认同议题有所启示。

The background and situation of Japanese Overseas Chinese growing up have changed a lot compared with the past. In this paper, in order to recognize the diversity of the identity and language use status of the Japanese Overseas Chinese, a semi-structured interview survey was conducted on the cases of Japanese Overseas Chinese youths to explore their identity and language use status, and at the same time, an attempt was made to categorize the status of their identity and language use. It was found that the respondents in this study had complex backgrounds, with a wide variety of identity types and language use, mainly in three aspects: 1) each respondent's performance of identity and the strength and type of identity varied to a great extent; 2) the negative identity of Japanese Overseas Chinese Youth with their own identities decreased as they grew up; and 3) there was no conflict between identity and naturalization.
We hope to shed some light on the issue of recognition of overseas Chinese in Japan in the future.