Investigating Language Attitudes: Social Meanings of Dialect, Ethnicity and Performance

Peter Garrett, Nikolas Coupland, Angie Williams

ISBN 10: 0708318037 / ISBN 13: 9780708318034

Published by University of Wales Press, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Investigating Language Attitudes: Social Meanings of Dialect, Ethnicity and Performance
• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0708318037
• ISBN 13: 9780708318034
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Like New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

This is a systematic and critical appraisal of the variety of ways in which people's attitudes to language have been researched internationally over recent decades. The authors explain this complex field through clear reviews and commentary on previous work, while also offering a demonstration of language attitude research in one specific and important context, the English language in Wales. In addition to discussing different ways of expressing attitudes, from teenagers' and teachers' attitudes to regional and subcultural variation in attitudes, the book also considers issues such as degrees of authentic Welshness, the impact of rapid social change in Wales.

About the Author

Professor Nik Coupland is Emeritus Professor at the Centre for Language and Communication Research at Cardiff University.