Email this article Accommodation in dialect contact: evidence from an urban community in Vietnam
- Authors: Trinh C.L.1
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Affiliations:
- Vietnam National University
- Issue: Vol 6, No 1 (2022)
- Pages: 86-96
- Section: Scientific researches
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2618-9453/article/view/105391
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.54631/VS.2022.61-105391
- ID: 105391
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Abstract
Applying Giles' communication accommodation theory and Trudgill’s accommodation model through quantitative analysis method, this paper presents the investigative findings of accommodation of the Northern dialect community in Ho Chi Minh City of Vietnam. Communication accommodation is demonstrated by selecting dialect variants of the community in the new settlement. Research shows that the communicative environment has created significant pressure that influences the level of accommodation. It also shows that the accommodation index is compatible with some of social variables such as prestige status of an immigrant dialect, duration of living in a new city, type of communication, and marriage models, in which, prestige status of an immigrant dialect and duration of living in a new city are the most important.
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Cam Lan Trinh
Vietnam National University
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Email: lantc@vnu.edu.vn
Ph.D. (Philology), Assistant Professor, VNU University of Social Sciences and Humanities
Viet Nam, 336 Đ. Nguyễn Trãi, Thanh Xuân Trung, Thanh Xuân, Hà NộiReferences
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