How language usage affects sojourners’ psychological well-being in a trilingual society: Linguistic acculturation of Mainland Chinese students in Hong Kong

How language usage affects sojourners’ psychological well-being in a trilingual society: Linguistic acculturation of Mainland Chinese students in Hong Kong

• Wu, Biying The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Liu, Jindong The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 45(6), 2214-2232, 2024

Routledge

2024

• F Learning & Teaching
  • FE Medium of Instruction, Language of Teaching, Bi-& Multilingual Education, Problems of Bilingualism, Code-mixing & Code-switching
• N Students & Student Services
  • NO Minorities & Immigrant Students

Trilingual Language Usage Linguistic Acculturation Intercultural Communication Social Connectedness Mainland Chinese students

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Unknown or Unspecified

Quantitative research on the linguistic acculturation of sojourners in non-Western and multilingual social contexts remains scarce. Revising the Framework of Acculturation Variables (FAV), we propose a parsimonious model exploring the effect of acculturation conditions (trilingual language usage and perceived discrimination), orientations (social connectedness to mainstream and minority community), and outcome (psychological well-being). In particular, we examined the alternative paths enabled by non-local languages in the acculturation process, revealing the complexity of multidimensionality in trilingual linguistic acculturation. The findings highlight the crucial mediating role of acculturation orientation in the acculturation process. The effects of Cantonese, Mandarin, and English usage on the acculturation process of Mainland Chinese students in Hong Kong (N = 798) were examined. Copyright © 2022 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

• English

Journal Articles

• 01434632

• 10.1080/01434632.2022.2045299

https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/en/bibs/aef23acf

2025-02-05