Abstract

This study examines young speakers’ language use in the bidialectal context of Cyprus. It focuses on children’s language use of their two language varieties, namely Standard Modern Greek and Cypriot Greek, and how they are being socialised to use these two varieties in the classroom environment and at home. The data collected from kindergarten formal education and the home environment via observations and voice recordings suggest that children socialise in their activities by making use of both varieties and their decisive factor in terms of favouring one more than the other is not merely space (class versus home) but also the topics involved in the interaction and the values attached to these which seem to be expressed via habitual linguistic practices.

摘要

这项研究研究了塞浦路斯的双直肠语境中年轻说话者的语言使用情况。它着重于儿童对他们的两个语言品种（标准现代希腊语和塞浦路斯希腊语）的语言使用，以及如何在教室环境和家庭中如何使他们社交化使用这两个语言。通过观察和语音记录从幼儿园正规教育和家庭环境中收集的数据表明，孩子们通过利用两个品种和决定性因素来相互促进社交，从而不仅在空间上（班级与家庭） ）以及互动中涉及的主题以及与之相关的价值，这些似乎是通过习惯性语言实践表达的。