LIN251H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Dependent And Independent Variables, Femininity, Language Policy
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Ling attitudes: subjective reasons to ling stimuli (use for project 2?) Attitudes are much more uniform than their actual production (ex. people that say [in] know that [ing] is more proper despite almost never using it. Beliefs, opinions and representations: explicit, verbalized statements on langs that emerge discursively. Dennis preston blank maps given to people, participants have to mark how they think all these states speak. Children"s beliefs towards sicilian dialects: they reflect attitudes that are present in their societies, they see their language as lesser, the dialect of the poor. Italians and french use the word dialect" with a pejorative connotation; as if it were an incomplete for of the standard. There are different ways of speaking english because: Languages always evolve, those not in contact tend to evolve differently. Cultural influence may cause accent/vocab influence. Conscious choice to disassociate from groups (disaccommodation), accommodation.
