Argentinean people’s attitudes towards different varieties of english
Abstract: In Argentina, English has played a major role in education and the job market for years, thus making Argentinean people’s language attitudes towards English relevant. Yet, this area remains under-researched. Therefore, this paper examined Argentinean people’s language attitudes towards...
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Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Departamento de Lenguas
2023
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In Argentina, English has played a major role in education and the job market for years, thus
making Argentinean people’s language attitudes towards English relevant. Yet, this area
remains under-researched. Therefore, this paper examined Argentinean people’s language
attitudes towards different varieties of English in terms of two evaluative dimensions:
solidarity and status. To do so, 50 Argentinean people participated in a verbal-guise study in
which they rated five English varieties, out of which one was from a native US speaker and
the remaining four were from non-native speakers from four different Spanish-speaking
countries: Chile, Spain, Argentina and Mexico. As regards status, results support prior
research since the varieties considered as native by the participants received the most favorable evaluations, while the non-native varieties received less favorable evaluations. In
terms of solidarity, however, results partially contradict previous findings, given that the
native speaker received the highest rating and one of the non-native speakers received the
lowest rating. Nevertheless, the only speaker deemed non-native by all participants was the
second-highest rated. |
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