Pedro Álvarez-Mosquera
Biographic Data
| ID | 187349 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pedro Álvarez-Mosquera |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pedro |
| FAMILY NAME | Álvarez-Mosquera |
| SIGNATURE | ÁLVAREZ-MOSQUERA P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad de Salamanca |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1753-9267 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Strategies for sustainable multilingual education across HEIs: Insights from the legacy of Baqonde
Countries of the Global South often face diverse obstacles in advancing the implementation of effective language policies, where scarce resources and enduring linguistic barriers disproportionately affect indigenous language speakers. Despite the favourable National Language Policy Framework for Public Higher Education Institutions, South Africa remains no exception. The BAQONDE project (2021–2024) marked a unique inter-institutional initiative a…
The languages of the Implicit Association Test: Methodological implications from a case study
Aims and objectives/purpose/research questions: Research on the Implicit Association Test (IAT) has contributed to the identification of factors that may influence languages’ bias formation. Accents, language varieties, and language lexical-semantic properties affect the relationship between cognitive and emotional processes. Our study aims to examine the influence of the language used during the administration of the IAT on bilingual participant…
Reliability of Self- and Peer-assessment in Evaluating EFL Students’ Oral Presentations in Higher Education
The formative potential of peer- and self-assessment in EFL contexts has been investigated extensively but much controversy still surrounds the reliability and validity of these modes of assessment. This article explores the reliability of self- and peer-assessment to evaluate oral presentations in English at university level and their effect on student performance. In a fifteen-week longitudinal study, students’ oral presentations (n=65) were co…
Language biases and implicit attitudes among university students in Galicia (Spain)
This study aims to contribute to the ongoing debate on the role of language attitudes in Galicia (Spain). By means of a mixed methodological approach, we investigate the interrelation between 168 university students’ Implicit Association Test (IAT) results towards Galician Spanish (GS) and Traditional Galician (TG), and their socio-linguistic background. The study found complex interrelations of various factors. Family language and everyday langu…
Implicit language attitudes among young, white, L1-Afrikaans speakers towards two South African Englishes: The role of gender and family language
This paper reports on an Implicit Association Test (IAT)-based investigation of the language-attitudes of the white (Afrikaans and English) speech-communities of South Africa, with a focus on young, L1-Afrikaans speakers. Drawing from an extensive literature review, two hypotheses were formulated: (1) participants would exhibit out-group bias towards Standard South African English over Afrikaans-accented English; (2) contextually relevant socio-d…
“A Name That Recognises You”: Local Analysis of Semiotic Dynamics in Semi-Informal Markets in South Africa
This article explores the linguistic landscape (LL) of semi-informal markets in townships in the Tshwane (Pretoria) Metropolis in South Africa. Similar to other urban African markets, these LLs operate in a context of longstanding and ever-changing multilingualism and multiculturalism. Several indigenous and colonial South African languages are spoken in the area and many traders in the markets are immigrants from other African and South Asian co…
Language Attitudes in a Lingua Franca: The Case of Black South African College Students
In a context of transformation where South African students have started to confront issues of alienation and access to higher education institutions, the role of language is not a minor issue. This study explores the implicit language attitudes of a sample of 80 young L1 South African indigenous language speakers toward Standard South African English and black accented English in a university context. In using a mixed-methodological approach tha…
Language, race or place? Influential factors in determining young "Coloured" individuals' attitudes towards Afrikaans accents in English
In South Africa, current social dynamics are still largely determined by the heavy legacy of apartheid. In this context, the term ‘‘Coloured’’ is widely used to delineate a social group that is generally not considered white or black in the old senses. This study focuses on the implicit language attitudes of 84 young Coloured English and Afrikaans speaking participants towards Cape Flats English, largely associated with Coloured communities of th…
Residents’ perceptions on Sepitori, a mixed language spoken in greater Pretoria, South Africa
This article investigates, from the residents’ viewpoint, perceptions on the role and usage of Sepitori, a mixed language which originated in greater Pretoria (South Africa). Based on the thematic coding of two focus group interviews (18 participants in total), our data show that although Sepitori acts as a salient urban marker, important differences are observed between insiders (brought up in greater Pretoria) and outsiders (brought up outside …
Young Coloureds’ implicit attitudes towards two historically White English accents in the South African context: A case study
This study explores the implicit language attitudes of a sample of 84 young Coloured South Africans towards two historically White accents in the country: the Standard South African English accent and Afrikaans-accented English. In order to shed light on the role of language in the process of social categorization among the younger generations, I present a mixed-methodological approach that investigates the interrelation between the results of an…
A sociolinguistic approach to implicit language attitudes towards historically white English accents among young L1 South African indigenous language speakers
This study investigates the potential role of context-relevant sociolinguistic factors in explaining young L1 indigenous South African language speakers' IAT (Implicit Association Test) scores towards two varieties largely associated with the white group: Standard South African English and Afrikaans accented English. To this end, a post-IAT sociolinguistic survey on participants' linguistic background, language exposure and intergroup social dist…
Language, Urbanisation and Identity: Young Black Residents from Pretoria in South Africa
This article focuses on relationships between language and identity among young black urbanites from Pretoria in South Africa. The role of black ethnic languages, Sepitori—an urban variety—and English is investigated. Focus group discussions conducted with black Pretorians were thematically analysed and revealed patterns of dual or shifting identities. Participants attached high value to ethnic languages, which were important in defining ethnic i…
Implicit Language Attitudes Toward Historically White Accents in the South African Context
This study explores the use of Implicit Association Test as an effective research tool to investigate language attitudes in South Africa. We aim to show how Standard South African English and Afrikaans-accented English are cognitively managed by young L1 South African indigenous language speakers. Results corroborate (a) participants' statistically significant negative attitudes toward Afrikaans-accented English speakers, (b) the indexical nature…
The Use of the Implicit Association Test (IAT) for Sociolinguistic Purposes in South Africa
This exploratory study seeks to contribute to the study of the role of language in the process of social categorisation in South Africa. Specifically, we present an innovative mixed-method approach which establishes correlations between reaction times (RTs) towards selected accents obtained by the Implicit Association Test (IAT) and participants’ linguistic background, language exposure and social distance levels. The study has two main objective…
It makes it legit”: Local semiotic perceptions of the linguistic landscape in a market in Soshanguve, South Africa
This article explores the linguistic landscape (LL) of a semi-informal market in a South African township called Soshanguve. The fieldsite is situated in an area that is characterized by diversity and longstanding multilingualism. An ethnographic approach draws on the semiotic reading of the LL by a participant whose analysis of the multilingual commercial signage provides insight into local perceptions on language use and materiality. The study …
Underlining authenticity through the recreolization process in rap music: A case of an in-group answer to an identity threat
Despite its African American roots, there has been a gradual rise of rappers from different ethnic groups, which has placed authenticity, especially at the linguistic level, under the spotlight. In this article, we hypothesize that the recreolization process carried out by African American rappers can be directly connected with the appropriation of African American Vernacular English (AAVE) features by non-African American rappers. To test this h…
Implicit Language Attitudes Toward Historically White Accents in the South African Context
This study explores the use of Implicit Association Test as an effective research tool to investigate language attitudes in South Africa. We aim to show how Standard South African English and Afrikaans-accented English are cognitively managed by young L1 South African indigenous language speakers. Results corroborate (a) participants' statistically significant negative attitudes toward Afrikaans-accented English speakers, (b) the indexical nature…
Young Coloureds’ implicit attitudes towards two historically White English accents in the South African context: A case study
This study explores the implicit language attitudes of a sample of 84 young Coloured South Africans towards two historically White accents in the country: the Standard South African English accent and Afrikaans-accented English. In order to shed light on the role of language in the process of social categorization among the younger generations, I present a mixed-methodological approach that investigates the interrelation between the results of an…
A sociolinguistic approach to implicit language attitudes towards historically white English accents among young L1 South African indigenous language speakers
This study investigates the potential role of context-relevant sociolinguistic factors in explaining young L1 indigenous South African language speakers' IAT (Implicit Association Test) scores towards two varieties largely associated with the white group: Standard South African English and Afrikaans accented English. To this end, a post-IAT sociolinguistic survey on participants' linguistic background, language exposure and intergroup social dist…
Language, race or place? Influential factors in determining young "Coloured" individuals' attitudes towards Afrikaans accents in English
In South Africa, current social dynamics are still largely determined by the heavy legacy of apartheid. In this context, the term ‘‘Coloured’’ is widely used to delineate a social group that is generally not considered white or black in the old senses. This study focuses on the implicit language attitudes of 84 young Coloured English and Afrikaans speaking participants towards Cape Flats English, largely associated with Coloured communities of th…
Residents’ perceptions on Sepitori, a mixed language spoken in greater Pretoria, South Africa
This article investigates, from the residents’ viewpoint, perceptions on the role and usage of Sepitori, a mixed language which originated in greater Pretoria (South Africa). Based on the thematic coding of two focus group interviews (18 participants in total), our data show that although Sepitori acts as a salient urban marker, important differences are observed between insiders (brought up in greater Pretoria) and outsiders (brought up outside …
It makes it legit”: Local semiotic perceptions of the linguistic landscape in a market in Soshanguve, South Africa
This article explores the linguistic landscape (LL) of a semi-informal market in a South African township called Soshanguve. The fieldsite is situated in an area that is characterized by diversity and longstanding multilingualism. An ethnographic approach draws on the semiotic reading of the LL by a participant whose analysis of the multilingual commercial signage provides insight into local perceptions on language use and materiality. The study …
Underlining authenticity through the recreolization process in rap music: A case of an in-group answer to an identity threat
Despite its African American roots, there has been a gradual rise of rappers from different ethnic groups, which has placed authenticity, especially at the linguistic level, under the spotlight. In this article, we hypothesize that the recreolization process carried out by African American rappers can be directly connected with the appropriation of African American Vernacular English (AAVE) features by non-African American rappers. To test this h…
The Use of the Implicit Association Test (IAT) for Sociolinguistic Purposes in South Africa
This exploratory study seeks to contribute to the study of the role of language in the process of social categorisation in South Africa. Specifically, we present an innovative mixed-method approach which establishes correlations between reaction times (RTs) towards selected accents obtained by the Implicit Association Test (IAT) and participants’ linguistic background, language exposure and social distance levels. The study has two main objective…
It makes it legit”: Local semiotic perceptions of the linguistic landscape in a market in Soshanguve, South Africa
This article explores the linguistic landscape (LL) of a semi-informal market in a South African township called Soshanguve. The fieldsite is situated in an area that is characterized by diversity and longstanding multilingualism. An ethnographic approach draws on the semiotic reading of the LL by a participant whose analysis of the multilingual commercial signage provides insight into local perceptions on language use and materiality. The study …
Language, Urbanisation and Identity: Young Black Residents from Pretoria in South Africa
This article focuses on relationships between language and identity among young black urbanites from Pretoria in South Africa. The role of black ethnic languages, Sepitori—an urban variety—and English is investigated. Focus group discussions conducted with black Pretorians were thematically analysed and revealed patterns of dual or shifting identities. Participants attached high value to ethnic languages, which were important in defining ethnic i…
Implicit Language Attitudes Toward Historically White Accents in the South African Context
This study explores the use of Implicit Association Test as an effective research tool to investigate language attitudes in South Africa. We aim to show how Standard South African English and Afrikaans-accented English are cognitively managed by young L1 South African indigenous language speakers. Results corroborate (a) participants' statistically significant negative attitudes toward Afrikaans-accented English speakers, (b) the indexical nature…
Residents’ perceptions on Sepitori, a mixed language spoken in greater Pretoria, South Africa
This article investigates, from the residents’ viewpoint, perceptions on the role and usage of Sepitori, a mixed language which originated in greater Pretoria (South Africa). Based on the thematic coding of two focus group interviews (18 participants in total), our data show that although Sepitori acts as a salient urban marker, important differences are observed between insiders (brought up in greater Pretoria) and outsiders (brought up outside …
Young Coloureds’ implicit attitudes towards two historically White English accents in the South African context: A case study
This study explores the implicit language attitudes of a sample of 84 young Coloured South Africans towards two historically White accents in the country: the Standard South African English accent and Afrikaans-accented English. In order to shed light on the role of language in the process of social categorization among the younger generations, I present a mixed-methodological approach that investigates the interrelation between the results of an…
A sociolinguistic approach to implicit language attitudes towards historically white English accents among young L1 South African indigenous language speakers
This study investigates the potential role of context-relevant sociolinguistic factors in explaining young L1 indigenous South African language speakers' IAT (Implicit Association Test) scores towards two varieties largely associated with the white group: Standard South African English and Afrikaans accented English. To this end, a post-IAT sociolinguistic survey on participants' linguistic background, language exposure and intergroup social dist…
Language Attitudes in a Lingua Franca: The Case of Black South African College Students
In a context of transformation where South African students have started to confront issues of alienation and access to higher education institutions, the role of language is not a minor issue. This study explores the implicit language attitudes of a sample of 80 young L1 South African indigenous language speakers toward Standard South African English and black accented English in a university context. In using a mixed-methodological approach tha…
Language, race or place? Influential factors in determining young "Coloured" individuals' attitudes towards Afrikaans accents in English
In South Africa, current social dynamics are still largely determined by the heavy legacy of apartheid. In this context, the term ‘‘Coloured’’ is widely used to delineate a social group that is generally not considered white or black in the old senses. This study focuses on the implicit language attitudes of 84 young Coloured English and Afrikaans speaking participants towards Cape Flats English, largely associated with Coloured communities of th…
“A Name That Recognises You”: Local Analysis of Semiotic Dynamics in Semi-Informal Markets in South Africa
This article explores the linguistic landscape (LL) of semi-informal markets in townships in the Tshwane (Pretoria) Metropolis in South Africa. Similar to other urban African markets, these LLs operate in a context of longstanding and ever-changing multilingualism and multiculturalism. Several indigenous and colonial South African languages are spoken in the area and many traders in the markets are immigrants from other African and South Asian co…
Language biases and implicit attitudes among university students in Galicia (Spain)
This study aims to contribute to the ongoing debate on the role of language attitudes in Galicia (Spain). By means of a mixed methodological approach, we investigate the interrelation between 168 university students’ Implicit Association Test (IAT) results towards Galician Spanish (GS) and Traditional Galician (TG), and their socio-linguistic background. The study found complex interrelations of various factors. Family language and everyday langu…
Implicit language attitudes among young, white, L1-Afrikaans speakers towards two South African Englishes: The role of gender and family language
This paper reports on an Implicit Association Test (IAT)-based investigation of the language-attitudes of the white (Afrikaans and English) speech-communities of South Africa, with a focus on young, L1-Afrikaans speakers. Drawing from an extensive literature review, two hypotheses were formulated: (1) participants would exhibit out-group bias towards Standard South African English over Afrikaans-accented English; (2) contextually relevant socio-d…
Strategies for sustainable multilingual education across HEIs: Insights from the legacy of Baqonde
Countries of the Global South often face diverse obstacles in advancing the implementation of effective language policies, where scarce resources and enduring linguistic barriers disproportionately affect indigenous language speakers. Despite the favourable National Language Policy Framework for Public Higher Education Institutions, South Africa remains no exception. The BAQONDE project (2021–2024) marked a unique inter-institutional initiative a…
The languages of the Implicit Association Test: Methodological implications from a case study
Aims and objectives/purpose/research questions: Research on the Implicit Association Test (IAT) has contributed to the identification of factors that may influence languages’ bias formation. Accents, language varieties, and language lexical-semantic properties affect the relationship between cognitive and emotional processes. Our study aims to examine the influence of the language used during the administration of the IAT on bilingual participant…
Reliability of Self- and Peer-assessment in Evaluating EFL Students’ Oral Presentations in Higher Education
The formative potential of peer- and self-assessment in EFL contexts has been investigated extensively but much controversy still surrounds the reliability and validity of these modes of assessment. This article explores the reliability of self- and peer-assessment to evaluate oral presentations in English at university level and their effect on student performance. In a fifteen-week longitudinal study, students’ oral presentations (n=65) were co…
Multilingual Education and Policy (14 works) · Linguistics (12 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Psychology (11 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (7 works) · Geography (6 works) · Implicit-association test (6 works) · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity (6 works) · Anthropology (5 works)