Sources of variation in Galician multilinguals’ attitudes towards Galician, Spanish, English and French

  1. Jean-Marc Dewaele
  2. Carmen Pena Diaz 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Alcalá
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    Universidad de Alcalá

    Alcalá de Henares, España

    ROR https://ror.org/04pmn0e78

Revista:
Revista Nebrija de Lingüística aplicada a la enseñanza de Lenguas

ISSN: 1699-6569

Año de publicación: 2018

Título del ejemplar: Emoción y lenguaje

Volumen: 12

Número: 25

Páginas: 34-58

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.26378/RNLAEL1225293 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Otras publicaciones en: Revista Nebrija de Lingüística aplicada a la enseñanza de Lenguas

Resumen

In this study we investigate the sources of individual differences in the language attitudes of 125 students enrolled in a language school in La Coruña (Galicia). Adopting a multicompetence perspective (Cook, 2012), we assumed that the presence of a partic ular language in the mind of a multilingual may affect attitudes towards the other languages. Considering the unique status, prestige and history of Galician, Spanish, English and French in La Coruña, we also assumed that differences in attitudes towards t hese languages could be linked more or less strongly to various background variables in participants such as self - perceived proficiency, type of upbringing (monolingual or bilingual), age of onset of learning, exposure to foreign languages through televisi on and visits to the foreign country, gender and age. The results of statistical analyses confirm that connections exist in the attitudes toward the different languages, and that the independent variables have different effects on the attitudes towards the four language.

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