Betsy E Evans
Biographic Data
| ID | 123261 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Betsy E Evans |
| GIVEN NAMES | Betsy E |
| FAMILY NAME | Evans |
| SIGNATURE | EVANS B E |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Needed Research in Language Regard
Research Article| December 01 2023 13. Needed Research in Language Regard Betsy E. Evans; Betsy E. Evans betsy e. evans is associate professor of linguistics at the University of Washington. Her research concentrates on linguistic variation and how that relates to the function of language in marking identity, status, group solidarity, and cultural values and draws heavily on perceptions and attitudes to language variation. Email: [email protected]. …
Everybody Sounds the Same: Otherwise Overlooked Ideology in Perceptual Dialectology
When analyzing dialectology survey data, researchers usually exclude respondents who do not complete the survey as directed. It is argued here that such “unusable” responses can be considered “outlier” data and analyzed rather than be excluded, allowing otherwise overlooked language ideologies to emerge. Responses to a perceptual dialectology map survey in which 31 of the 229 respondents wrote comments on a map of Washington state, without drawin…
‘If we say English, that means America’: Japanese students’ perceptions of varieties of English
This paper reports the results of a survey of 101 Japanese university students' perceptions of different varieties of English using an open-ended questionnaire. Participants indicated their first impressions of varieties of English that they had named. This methodology allows participants themselves to provide the specific varieties as well as the evaluative categories and avoids problems associated with using voice stimuli while capturing the st…
Chinese perceptions of Inner Circle varieties of English
Research from populations around the world on attitudes to varieties of English is essential in order to have a better understanding of how the complexities of globalization play a role in the form of English as a world language. To that end, university students in China were asked to name countries around the world where they believe English is spoken and indicate what kind of impression they have of those varieties without the presentation of v…
Everybody Sounds the Same: Otherwise Overlooked Ideology in Perceptual Dialectology
When analyzing dialectology survey data, researchers usually exclude respondents who do not complete the survey as directed. It is argued here that such “unusable” responses can be considered “outlier” data and analyzed rather than be excluded, allowing otherwise overlooked language ideologies to emerge. Responses to a perceptual dialectology map survey in which 31 of the 229 respondents wrote comments on a map of Washington state, without drawin…
Chinese perceptions of Inner Circle varieties of English
Research from populations around the world on attitudes to varieties of English is essential in order to have a better understanding of how the complexities of globalization play a role in the form of English as a world language. To that end, university students in China were asked to name countries around the world where they believe English is spoken and indicate what kind of impression they have of those varieties without the presentation of v…
Chinese perceptions of Inner Circle varieties of English
Research from populations around the world on attitudes to varieties of English is essential in order to have a better understanding of how the complexities of globalization play a role in the form of English as a world language. To that end, university students in China were asked to name countries around the world where they believe English is spoken and indicate what kind of impression they have of those varieties without the presentation of v…
‘If we say English, that means America’: Japanese students’ perceptions of varieties of English
This paper reports the results of a survey of 101 Japanese university students' perceptions of different varieties of English using an open-ended questionnaire. Participants indicated their first impressions of varieties of English that they had named. This methodology allows participants themselves to provide the specific varieties as well as the evaluative categories and avoids problems associated with using voice stimuli while capturing the st…
Everybody Sounds the Same: Otherwise Overlooked Ideology in Perceptual Dialectology
When analyzing dialectology survey data, researchers usually exclude respondents who do not complete the survey as directed. It is argued here that such “unusable” responses can be considered “outlier” data and analyzed rather than be excluded, allowing otherwise overlooked language ideologies to emerge. Responses to a perceptual dialectology map survey in which 31 of the 229 respondents wrote comments on a map of Washington state, without drawin…
Needed Research in Language Regard
Research Article| December 01 2023 13. Needed Research in Language Regard Betsy E. Evans; Betsy E. Evans betsy e. evans is associate professor of linguistics at the University of Washington. Her research concentrates on linguistic variation and how that relates to the function of language in marking identity, status, group solidarity, and cultural values and draws heavily on perceptions and attitudes to language variation. Email: [email protected]. …
Linguistics (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (3 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (3 works) · Perception (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (2 works) · Law (2 works)