Attitudes and LanguageMultilingual Matters, 1992 - 173 pages The book aims to establish the concept of attitudes as more central to the study of minority and majority languages. The strong tradition of attitude theory and research from social psychology is made relevant to language restoration and decay. Original research shows how attitude to bilingualism is conceptually distinct from attitude to a specific language. A piece of research in Wales investigates the origins of language attitudes in individual differences and in environmental attributes. |
Table des matières
Foundational Issues | 8 |
The Origin of Language Attitudes | 22 |
A Research Perspective | 48 |
Attitudes to Bilingualism | 76 |
Language and Attitude Change | 97 |
A Research Perspective | 114 |
Perspectives and Prospects | 133 |
Technical Details of the Research | 152 |
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Ability in Welsh atti attitude theory attitude to bilingualism attitude to language attitude to Welsh behaviour CG C HGNA change in attitude chapter Cluster Coefficient of Determination cognitive contexts cylchu Cymraeg a Saesneg designated bilingual school English and Welsh English language example factors favourable attitude Gardner Gender Age guage Gymraeg yn iaith important individual influence instrumental attitude integrative and instrumental integrative attitude language attitude change language attitude research language background language learning language policy latent variable analysis LISREL Literary Culture mass media minority language monolingual motivation Multiple Correlation NAND D SD peer group Popular Culture positive attitude pupils relationship sample second language social psychology speak Welsh Speaking both Welsh Squared Multiple Correlation Structural Equations suggests teenage tend theory and research tudes Type of School Wales Welsh & Literary Welsh and English Welsh and Literary Welsh cultural Welsh language Welsh medium education Yn Gymraeg youth culture