SinoNet: Einladung: Gastvortrag im Rahmen der Vienna Taiwan Lectures, Ralf Vollmann, Liao Chih-I, Donnerstag, 11.12.2025, 17 Uhr, SIN1

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hiermit möchten wir Sie zu folgendem Gastvortrag einladen:

Einladung zum Gastvortrag

im Rahmen der Vienna Taiwan Lectures:



Ralf Vollmann, Universität Graz,

Liao Chih-I, Wien



Taiwanese Hakka Identity and Language Dynamics



Abstract:

The presentation is based on fieldwork conducted in 2017, 2020, and 2023 which involved visits to Taiwanese Hakka settlements and academic institutions.

It will discuss the following findings: .1. Despite Taiwan's language policies supporting minority languages through educational materials and linguistic preservation, younger Hakka speakers rarely use the language, and middle-aged speakers frequently code-switch with Guoyu (Mandarin). Teaching materials often reflect Chinese stylistic influences. 2. Elderly speakers, too, predominantly seem to use Mandarin or Hokkien (Taiwanese), with elicited Hakka utterances often showing Chinese or Hokkien structural influences. 3. As a non-standardized language with diverse dialects, efforts to standardize Hakka in Taiwan risks alienating speakers of certain dialects. 4. Hakkas from other countries also settle in Taiwan in small numbers, e.g. the "Burmese Chinese" migrants maintaining distinct Burmese cultural and linguistic practices. 5. The so-called "Hoklo-Khek" are Hakkas who shifted to Hokkien language. Conclusions presented are: .1. Prolonged settlement and historical developments have shaped a unique Taiwanese Hakka identity. 2. Taiwan's unique historical and political context has fostered a multilingual policy. However, the communicative dominance of a well-established 'literate' language (Mandarin) overshadows smaller, often oral languages like Hakka. 4. Language standardization poses challenges for minority languages such as Hakka, where dialectal diversity resists uniformity. 5. The concept of "Hakka" varies across contexts, in Taiwan it often serves as an ingroup marker. This complicates connections between Taiwanese Hakkas and global Hakka communities.



Datum und Zeit: Donnerstag, 11. Dezember 2025, 17.00-18.30 Uhr



Ort: Seminarraum SIN 1, Institut für Ostasienwissenschaften/Sinologie, Campus der Universität Wien, Spitalgasse 2, Hof 2, Eingang 2.3



Link zur Einladung: https://sinologie.univie.ac.at/veranstaltungen/detailansicht/news/guest-lecture-by-prof-ralf-vollmann-and-dr-liao-chih-i/



Mit besten Grüßen

Institut für Ostasienwissenschaften/Sinologie

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