Yim, Young-cheol. 2006. A Study of Language Identity in Immigrant Communities. The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea 14(1). This is a report on the linguistic life of Korean-Americans and Korean-Chinese, i.e., immigrants and their descendants who reside in the United States and China (mainly in Manchuria), respectively. A field study was conducted in the United States and China on the immigrants' consciousness and attitudes of the use of languages, i.e., Korean vs. English, and Korean vs. Chinese, respectively. Here, the transformation of Korean and what factors were responsible for changes in both communities were examined. Observation shows that first, Korean- Americans maintain a closer relationship with native Koreans than the Korean-Chinese do. However, the Korean-Chinese maintain a stronger community relationship among themselves. Second, Korean-Chinese maintain more coherent racial homogeneity than the Korean-Americans. Third, Chinese-Koreans seem to more easily adapt to Chinese culture than Korean-Americans do to American culture. Fourth, food is the most well-inherited and preserved culture in both communities. Fifth, Korean-Americans regard Spanish as a second foreign language; the Korean-Chinese people Japanese or English. Lastly, for both groups, there seem to be generational differences regarding language use and culture.

Ⅰ. 서론
  Ⅱ. 조사 개요
   1. 조사 방법
   2. 조사지역․피조사자 수
   3. 조사대상자․조사기간
   4. 분석 방법
  Ⅲ. 의식구조
   1. 조국과의 연결과 사회생활환경
   2. 이문화 적응과 가정 내의 민족문화
  Ⅳ. 언어의식
   1. 한국어 구사능력을 갖고 있어야 하는가?
   2. 한국어의 전승의식
   3. 외국어라고 하면 떠오르는 언어는?
  Ⅴ. 언어변용
   1. 숫자ㆍ암산을 할 때
   2. 꿈을 꿀 때
  Ⅵ. 결론
  참고 문헌

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