Investigating Language Attitudes
Social Meanings of Dialect, Ethnicity and Performance
1st Edition
Published on 15. July 2003
262 pages
978-1-78316-207-9 (ISBN)
Description
This is a systematic and critical appraisal of the variety of ways in which people's attitudes to language have been researched internationally over recent decades. The authors explain this complex field through clear reviews and commentary on previous work, while also offering a demonstration of language attitude research in one specific and important context, the English language in Wales. In addition to discussing different ways of expressing attitudes, from teenagers' and teachers' attitudes to regional and subcultural variation in attitudes, the book also considers issues such as degrees of authentic Welshness, the impact of rapid social change in Wales.
More details
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Wales
United Kingdom
Illustrations
Not illustrated
File size
1,18 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-78316-207-9 (9781783162079)
DOI
10.1234/b10104
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Peter Garrett | Nikolas Coupland | Angie Williams
Investigating Language Attitudes
Social Meanings of Dialect, Ethnicity and Performance
Book
07/2003
University of Wales Press
€79.42
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Content
- Intro
- List of tables and figures
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction: the scope of language attitudes
- 2 Direct approaches
- 3 Indirect approaches
- 4 An integrated programme of language attitudes research in Wales
- 5 Mapping and labelling
- 6 Attitude scales and 'social advantage' items
- 7 The narratives study: performances, responses and evaluations
- 8 Keyword responses
- 9 Recognition of dialects
- 10 Conclusions
- References
- Index
