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Conflits linguistiques invisibles : une communauté romande au bord de la mer Noire

open access: yesRevue des Langues Romanes, 2019
The paper explores the concurrence between two Romance languages, Francoprovençal and French, in a winegrowers’ community on the Northern Black sea coast, called Chabag (Shabo). It was founded by migrants from the Swiss canton of Vaud in 1822.
Natalia Bichurina
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Examining accent bias towards Turkish speakers of Dutch

open access: yesDutch Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2023
This contribution investigates the attitudes of Flemish first language speakers towards Turkish-Flemish speakers of Dutch as a second language. We conducted a 2 x 2 x 2 speaker evaluation experiment measuring the effects of accent (native vs.
Moira Van Puyvelde   +3 more
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Implementing Cornish in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly: Attitudes by the population

open access: yesStudia Celtica Fennica, 2019
The implementation of Cornish as a community language in Cornwall has become more evident, especially during the last two decades. However, since Cornish speakers constitute not much more than one percent of the total population, it is important to take ...
Siarl Ferdinand
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“A Giant Leap for Mankind”, but What About Women? The Role of System-Justifying Ideologies in Predicting Attitudes Toward Sexist Language [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Sexist language excludes, trivializes or diminishes either gender. Despite efforts by many professional bodies to encourage the use of nonsexist alternatives, sexist language use persists across many languages.
Douglas, Karen, Sutton, Robbie M.
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Attitudes and Language Use of (Potential) New Speakers of a Minoritized Language: The Case of Adults Learning West Frisian in Formal Courses

open access: yesDarnioji daugiakalbystė, 2019
Adults learning a minoritized language are potential new speakers, that is “adults who acquire a socially and communicatively consequential level of competence and practice in a minority language” (Jaffe, 2015; see also O’Rourke, Pujolar, & Ramallo, 2015)
Belmar Guillem
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Language Attitudes Towards Spanish and English in Puerto Rico

open access: yesRevista de Filología y Lingüística de la Universidad de Costa Rica, 2021
This article analyzes language attitudes towards Spanish and English in Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory since 1898, and seek to answer the following three questions: are Spanish and English conflicting elements in the Puerto Rican society?
Melvin González-Rivera
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Identity in the bilingual couple: Attitudes to language and culture

open access: yesOpen Linguistics, 2021
The article focuses on identity in bilingual couples by investigating their attitudes to language and culture. The research question asks how they make sense of their linguistic and cultural duality.
Stępkowska Agnieszka
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Exploring Teenager’s Language Attitudes towards Javanese Language

open access: yesJournal of Language and Literature
Language attitudes significantly influence language vitality and revitalization, shaping users' language choices. In Indonesia, indigenous languages, including Javanese, are declining in use, particularly among younger generations who prefer Indonesian ...
Anna Fitriati   +2 more
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Language attitudes and identity building in the linguistic landscape of Montreal

open access: yesOpen Linguistics, 2021
Few studies to date have considered the agency of readers in reinterpreting the cultural, historical, political, and social background of the linguistic landscape (LL; visible language in public space) and the ways in which individual and collective ...
Leimgruber Jakob R. E.   +1 more
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English as a medium of worship: The experiences of the congregants of a Pentecostal charismatic church in Soweto

open access: yesLiterator, 2019
This study examines the experiences of the congregants of a Pentecostal charismatic church (PCC) in Soweto regarding the use of English for communication. This particular church is peculiar in that English is its predominant language of religion. This is
Thabisile N. Adams, Anne-Marie Beukes
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