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Language Attitude: History
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Language attitude refers to an individual's or group's evaluative beliefs, feelings, and predispositions toward a language, language variety, accent, or its speakers [1][2]. These attitudes may involve judgments about linguistic prestige, social status, solidarity, identity, and perceived appropriateness, and may influence language choice, communication, and responses to different speech forms [1][2]. In sociolinguistics, language attitudes are examined in relation to social categorization, language variation, and the ways linguistic features acquire social meanings within particular communities and contexts.

  • Language attitudes
  • Sociolinguistics
  • Language ideology
  • Linguistic prejudice

Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity • Language and Linguistics • Arts and Humanities • Social Sciences

References

  1. Peter Garrett. Attitudes to Language; Cambridge University Press (CUP): Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2010. [CrossRef]
  2. Christina Bratt Paulston; ATTITUDES AND LANGUAGE. Colin Baker. Clevedon, UK: Multilingual matters, 1992. Pp. x + 173.. Stud. Second Lang. Acquis. 1993, 15, 403-404, 10.1017/s0272263100012286.
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