标题：Assessment of the Vitality of Azerbaijani Turkish from the Perspective of Language Use and Language Attitudes among Azerbaijani Immigrants in Tehran
期刊名称：International Journal of English and Education
印刷版ISSN：2278-4012
出版年度：2015
卷号：4
期号：3
页码：352
出版社：Brahmaputra Publishing House
摘要：Iran is a multiethnic and multilingual country. There are 77 languages in Iran. Boundarybetween dialects and languages has been taken for granted. Except Persian other Iranian languages arenot bestowed equal and fair quota in educational, governmental and social spheres. Azerbaijani Turkishis the second largest language of the country. Since the advent of Pahlavi in 1925, Azerbaijani speakingareas have had the highest rates of migration to central provinces like Tehran, the capital city. This studyinvestigates the sociolinguistic situation of Azerbaijani Turkish among immigrants in Tehran. Todetermine whether Azerbaijani among immigrants is endangered, a questionnaire with 36 questions wasadministered among a randomly selected sample of 300 men and women of Azerbaijani immigrants,scrutinizing a variety of topics, including language spoken with children, different domains of languageuse and language attitudes. Drawing upon the model presented by UNESCO to assess language vitalityand endangerment, and based on data extracted from questionnaires, study revealed thatintergenerational language transmission among immigrant families is largely interrupted; AzerbaijaniTurkish loses most spheres of use in immigrant families. Only respondents claimed a strong desire topreserve their indigenous language, but this view is not matched by the facts. Further research isrequired to examine this issue more suspiciously. Findings of this research may inform the linguisticcommunity and cultural and educational authorities to pave the way for the better sustenance of ethniclanguages.
关键词：Azerbaijani Turkish; immigrants; language vitality; language endangerment; Tehran
