ABSTRACT

This thematic analytic qualitative study used participants’ oral narratives to examine primary Cymraeg, which is the Welsh language, and English-speaking adolescents’ perceptions regarding Cymraeg-speakers’ opportunities of using their primary language on social media. Twenty-three participants were interviewed (two Welsh/Bilingual-medium schools: males = 5, females = 6; two English-medium schools: males = 6, females = 6). All of the Welsh/Bilingual-medium participants were primary Cymraeg-speakers. Operating at the broad thematic level, both groups provided similar responses. However, inter-group variance might be inferred at the sub-thematic level where, for instance, Cymraeg-speakers identified a greater array of technical limitations preventing Cymraeg-speakers using Cymraeg within the social media domain. The potential consequences of an actual or perceptual linguistic imbalance on social media are discussed.

摘要

这项主题分析定性研究使用参与者的口头叙述来检查初级Cymraeg（威尔士语）和讲英语的青少年对Cymraeg使用者在社交媒体上使用其主要语言的机会的看法。采访了 23 名参与者（两所威尔士语/双语学校：男性 = 5，女性 = 6；两所英语学校：男性 = 6，女性 = 6）。所有威尔士语/双语媒介的参与者都是主要讲Cymraeg的人。在广泛的主题层面上，两组都提供了相似的回应。但是，可以在子主题级别推断组间差异，例如，Cymraeg演讲者发现了一系列更大的技术限制，阻止了Cymraeg演讲者在社交媒体领域使用Cymraeg 。讨论了社交媒体上实际或感知语言不平衡的潜在后果。