Language, race or place? Influential factors in determining young "Coloured" individuals' attitudes towards Afrikaans accents in English
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4937474 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pedro Álvarez-Mosquera (0000-0003-1753-9267), Alejandro Marín-Gutiérrez (0000-0002-2114-7736) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 251 |
| Pages | 103027 |
| Publication date | 2021-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Lingua (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0024-3841 • E-ISSN: 1872-6135 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.lingua.2020.103027 |
| OpenAlex | W3120446942 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 32 |
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 the greater Cape Town area, and Afrikaner English, largely associated with the White group. Implicit Association Test results show an overall statistically significant implicit positive bias towards Cape Flats English among participants, although a small subgroup reversed this tendency. A post-IAT survey was used to investigate the contribution of a number of social variables in determining the biases associated with each accent. A regression analysis detected that participants’ L1, language repertoire and other community language practices play a significant role in predicting such language biases. Furthermore, a correlation analysis also showed a trend regarding both the language distribution in their place of residence and social distance levels with the White group. Finally, a qualitative analysis based on the comparison of context-relevant cases underlined the complex in-group dynamics of the studied sample
Cape · Context (archaeology · Ethnic group · First language · Geography · Linguistics · Race (biology · Residence · Sociology · Stress (linguistics · White (mutation · Anthropology · Demography · Gender Studies · Gender Studies in Language · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology · Social Psychology
The Way They Speak
Strong claims and weak evidence
Indexical order and the dialectics of sociolinguistic life
The Use of the Implicit Association Test (IAT) for Sociolinguistic Purposes in South Africa
Contending Approaches to Coloured Identity and the History of the Coloured People of South Africa
The Rise and Possible Demise of Afrikaans as Public Language
Young Coloureds’ implicit attitudes towards two historically White English accents in the South African context
Preserving Spatial and Temporal Dimensions in Observational Data of Segregation
Accounting for Lack of Interracial Mixing Amongst South African University Students
Prejudice and Social Contact in South Africa
Contact Theory
Separating Multiple Processes in Implicit Social Cognition
To define the indefinable’
Understanding and using the Implicit Association Test
Understanding and using the Implicit Association Test
Coloured Power" or "Coloured Bourgeoisie"? Political Attitudes Among South African Coloureds
Stalking the perfect measure of implicit self-esteem
Measuring individual differences in implicit cognition
Methods for dealing with reaction time outliers
A sociolinguistic approach to implicit language attitudes towards historically white English accents among young L1 South African indigenous language speakers
Implicit Language Attitudes Toward Historically White Accents in the South African Context
Measuring Implicit and Explicit Attitudes Toward Foreign Accented Speech
The limitations of 'inter-racial contact
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 1,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |