Language Attitudes of a Multilingual Speaker

master's thesis

• Title (croatian): Jezični stavovi višejezičnog govornika
• Author: Andrej Abramušić
• Mentor: Anđel Starčević (mentor)
• Mentor: Damir Kalogjera (komentor)
• Committee member: Višnja Josipović-Smojver (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Marina Grubišić (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of English language and literature); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2021-12-02, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: HUMANISTIC SCIENCES; Philology; Anglistics

Abstract

One of the prominent results of globalization is the rise of multilingualism and the importance of English in countries where English is not a native language, particularly in the work sphere. Sociolinguistic research on SLLs shows how factors such as education, migration, media, etc. shape people’s attitudes towards language and identifies the opposing language ideologies that can influence these attitudes. The focus of this paper is the influence of language learning and usage context on attitudes towards language. The research is based on the premise that a multilingual speaker can have opposing views of different languages that he/she speaks due to the different learning and usage contexts with respect to each language. The premise was examined through qualitative research on the sample of a multilingual speaker from Slovakia. The research was conducted in the form of two sociolinguistic interviews with the participant, as well as through an analysis of written communication between the participant and the researcher. The results have shown that the participant views language variation more favorably in the context of Serbian, Croatian, and Bosnian, than in the context of English. Additionally, it was shown that the participant’s speech production does not always reflect his own attitudes towards language. The results imply that the difference in the participant’s attitudes towards different languages is influenced by the different learning and usage contexts in connection with each language.

Abstract (croatian)

Jedan od značajnijih ishoda globalizacije porast je višejezičnosti i važnosti engleskog jezika u zemljama gdje engleski nije materinski jezik, posebice u poslovnom području. Sociolingvistička istraživanja bilingvalnih govornika pokazala su kako čimbenici kao što su obrazovanje, migracija, mediji, itd. mogu oblikovati jezične stavove govornika i ustanovila su oprečne jezične ideologije koje mogu utjecati na te stavove. U fokusu ovog rada nalazi se utjecaj konteksta usvajanja i uporabe jezika na jezične stavove. Istraživanje se temelji na pretpostavci da višejezični govornik može imati oprečne stavove prema različitim jezicima koje govori zbog različitog konteksta u kojem je svaki od jezika usvojio/la te u kojem ih koristi. Da bi se dokazala navedena pretpostavka provedeno je kvalitativno istraživanje na uzorku višejezičnog govornika iz Slovačke. Istraživanje je strukturirano u obliku dva sociolingvistička intervjua s ispitanikom te kroz analizu pisane komunikacije između ispitanika i istraživača. Rezultati su pokazali da ispitanik ima pozitivniji stav prema jezičnoj raznolikosti u kontekstu srpskog, hrvatskog, i bosanskog jezika nego što je to slučaj s engleskim jezikom. Osim toga, pokazalo se da ispitanikov govor ne odražava uvijek njegove vlastite stavove prema jeziku. Rezultati ukazuju na to da ispitanik ima oprečne jezične stavove prema različitim jezicima koje govori zbog različitog konteksta u kojem je svaki od tih jezika usvojio i u kojem ih danas koristi.

• Keywords: SLLs; bilingualism; multilingualism; language ideologies; language attitudes; linguistic purism
• Keywords (croatian): učenici inog jezika; dvojezičnost; višejezičnost; jezične ideologije; jezični stavovi; jezični purizam
• Language: english
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:993342
• Study programme: Title: English Language and Literature (double major); specializations in: Linguistics, Literature and Culture, Translation, TEFL; Course: Linguistics; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti (magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2022-01-31 22:25:17