Attitudes and language
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Bibliographic Information
Attitudes and language
(Multilingual matters / series editor, Derrick Sharp, 83)
Multilingual Matters, c1992
- : hbk
- : pbk
Available at 47 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 164-170) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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 of Contents
Acknowledgements
Prologue
1. Attitudes and Language: Foundational Issues
2. The Origin of Language Attitudes
3. Attitudes and Language: A Research Perspective
4. Attitudes to Bilingualism
5. Language and Attitude Change
6. Language and Attitude Change: A Research Perspective
Postscript: Perspectives and Prospects
Appendix 1: The Research Instruments
Appendix 2: Technical Details of the Research
References
Index
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