Native speakers of English commonly perceive some social variants of their language to be more prestigious than others. It is less clear, however, whether nonnative English speakers from immigrant communities come to internalize similar language stereotypes. The present study analysed, through a language attitude survey, a total of 40 Korean American college students’ reactions to tape-recorded samples of five socially stratified varieties of English commonly heard in the U.S. Results indicated that Korean American college students perceived a Standard American English (SAE) typical of broadcast English in the U.S. most favourably. Nonstandard varieties (regional and ethnic dialects), especially African American English, were judged as less favourable. SAE and its speaker was associated with positive qualities on rating scales, while nonstandard guises were rated less favourably on the same characteristics. This study provides a greater understanding of how different English varieties are perceived by an immigrant community in the U.S. and invites future studies of English language attitudes in other minority communities.
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This study relies on the constrained communication framework to compare the use of embedded inversion in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) and English as a Second Language (ESL). It is based on several (sub)corpora of EFL and ESL, but also reference corpora of native English, which differ along the constraint dimensions of language activation (monolingual/bilingual), proficiency (native users/proficient L2 users/learners), and modality (speech/writing). In addition to these constraint dimensions, we also investigate the possible effect of linguistic factors that have been claimed to play a role in the use of embedded inversion. A multifactorial analysis comparing embedded inversion with standard-like indirect questions, supplemented by a close examination of the patterns of use of embedded inversion, reveals both shared and distinctive features across EFL and ESL. It also highlights the importance of linguistic factors and variety/L1, and their interaction with communicative constraints.
{"title":"Constrained communication in EFL and ESL","authors":"Gaëtanelle Gilquin, Lea Meriläinen","doi":"10.1075/eww.23001.gil","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/eww.23001.gil","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 This study relies on the constrained communication framework to compare the use of embedded inversion in English\u0000 as a Foreign Language (EFL) and English as a Second Language (ESL). It is based on several (sub)corpora of EFL and ESL, but also\u0000 reference corpora of native English, which differ along the constraint dimensions of language activation (monolingual/bilingual),\u0000 proficiency (native users/proficient L2 users/learners), and modality (speech/writing). In addition to these constraint\u0000 dimensions, we also investigate the possible effect of linguistic factors that have been claimed to play a role in the use of\u0000 embedded inversion. A multifactorial analysis comparing embedded inversion with standard-like indirect questions, supplemented by\u0000 a close examination of the patterns of use of embedded inversion, reveals both shared and distinctive features across EFL and ESL.\u0000 It also highlights the importance of linguistic factors and variety/L1, and their interaction with communicative constraints.","PeriodicalId":45502,"journal":{"name":"English World-Wide","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141688330","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This paper investigates the so-called South African English busy progressive (for example, I’m busy working). Linguistic literature on South African English (SAfE) often states that this construction is a typical feature of this variety of English. The use and the frequency of this construction is mostly attributed to the influence of the Afrikaans [BUSYPROG XCOMP VINF] construction, as in Ek is besig om te werk (‘I am working’). The aim of this paper is twofold: Firstly, it critically evaluates some of the claims that have been made about the so-called “SAfE busy progressive” and, secondly, it uses a corpus- and usage-based approach that employs a greater assortment of available corpus data from SAfE and other English varieties, as well as available information on the Afrikaans and Dutch progressives, to explore the possibility of new insights into the use of busy in English aspectual constructions.
本文研究了所谓的南非英语 busy progressive（例如，I'm busy working）。有关南非英语（SAfE）的语言学文献经常指出，这种结构是南非英语的典型特征。这种结构的使用和频率主要归因于南非荷兰语 [BUSYPROG XCOMP VINF] 结构的影响，如 Ek is besig om te werk（'我在工作'）。本文有两个目的：首先，本文对所谓 "SAfE busy progressive "的一些说法进行了批判性评估；其次，本文采用基于语料库和用法的方法，利用更多来自 SAfE 和其他英语变体的现有语料库数据，以及关于南非荷兰语累进结构的现有信息，探索对英语方面结构中 busy 的用法进行新的深入研究的可能性。
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Edward Jay M. Quinto, A. K. Ong, Gillianne U. Yabut, Gary Abraham M. Muralla, Ralph Anthony J. Valenzuela, Ydel Dominique C. Villariba
This study examines linguistic prejudice towards the accents of three regional varieties of Philippine English: Cebuano English, Ilocano English, and Tagalog English. Data were collected using a verbal-guise technique taken by 982 listener-judges, who were selected using a purposive sampling technique. Results showed an overall more favorable attitude towards Tagalog English. Cebuano English and Ilocano English speakers were judged as less socially attractive and less competent compared to their Tagalog English counterparts. In the multilingual Philippines, where languages in the periphery, i.e. languages other than English and Tagalog, face negative stereotypes, the results indicate potential linguistic prejudice towards accents that individuals view as deviating from the standard, i.e. the Tagalog English accent as ‘the’ standard of Philippine English. The findings are discussed in light of the ongoing observation of the development of Philippine English in the Schneiderian model of postcolonial Englishes.
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{"title":"Review of Wilson & Westphal (2023): New Englishes, New Methods","authors":"Claudia Lange","doi":"10.1075/eww.00089.cla","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/eww.00089.cla","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45502,"journal":{"name":"English World-Wide","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2024-02-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139782947","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The impact of editorial intervention on the language of published written texts has been the topic of a handful of recent empirical investigations within the world Englishes paradigm. These studies have demonstrated that the linguistic changes that editors make to texts written in world Englishes contexts are not as conservative or consistent as previously assumed, with some scholars suggesting that the sociolinguistic profiles of such editors might account for the varying behaviours noted in the corpus-based investigations. In this article, I build on recent arguments for a more considered view of the impact of editorial intervention on the language of published written texts in world Englishes contexts by examining editors’ sociolinguistic profiles and the overt norms they draw on in the course of their work to explore how they orient their normative behaviour and how this may be related to the evolutionary development of their respective varieties.
{"title":"Editors and world Englishes","authors":"Melanie Ann Law Favo","doi":"10.1075/eww.23004.law","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/eww.23004.law","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The impact of editorial intervention on the language of published written texts has been the topic of a handful of\u0000 recent empirical investigations within the world Englishes paradigm. These studies have demonstrated that the linguistic changes\u0000 that editors make to texts written in world Englishes contexts are not as conservative or consistent as previously assumed, with\u0000 some scholars suggesting that the sociolinguistic profiles of such editors might account for the varying behaviours noted in the\u0000 corpus-based investigations. In this article, I build on recent arguments for a more considered view of the impact of editorial\u0000 intervention on the language of published written texts in world Englishes contexts by examining editors’ sociolinguistic profiles\u0000 and the overt norms they draw on in the course of their work to explore how they orient their normative behaviour and how this may\u0000 be related to the evolutionary development of their respective varieties.","PeriodicalId":45502,"journal":{"name":"English World-Wide","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2024-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139859546","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The impact of editorial intervention on the language of published written texts has been the topic of a handful of recent empirical investigations within the world Englishes paradigm. These studies have demonstrated that the linguistic changes that editors make to texts written in world Englishes contexts are not as conservative or consistent as previously assumed, with some scholars suggesting that the sociolinguistic profiles of such editors might account for the varying behaviours noted in the corpus-based investigations. In this article, I build on recent arguments for a more considered view of the impact of editorial intervention on the language of published written texts in world Englishes contexts by examining editors’ sociolinguistic profiles and the overt norms they draw on in the course of their work to explore how they orient their normative behaviour and how this may be related to the evolutionary development of their respective varieties.
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Rhys J. Sandow, George Bailey, Natalie Braber, Eddie O’Hara-Brown
That U (upper-class) and non-U (non-upper class) speakers are identifiable through their vocabulary is an axiom in England. These claims are repeated in books, in print media, on social media, and in conversations regarding social class. However, such claims are seldom investigated empirically. To redress this, we consider the production and perception of allegedly U and non-U lexis through two studies. In the first, we identify the sociolinguistic distribution of the usage of three variables which are purported to be indicators of socioeconomic status, namely, loo, napkin, and sofa. The second study employs the matched-guise technique to investigate the perception of variants of these three variables. The production results reveal that all three variables exhibit change in apparent-time with limited evidence of class-based variation. In the perception study, we find no systematic class-based indexicalities across the variables. Ultimately, our findings challenge the belief that allegedly U words are shibboleths of upper-classness.
在英国，"U（上层阶级）和非 U（非上层阶级）"是一个公理，可以通过他们的词汇来识别。这些说法在书籍、印刷媒体、社交媒体和有关社会阶层的对话中被反复提及。然而，这种说法很少得到实证研究。为了纠正这一现象，我们通过两项研究来探讨所谓的 "U "和 "非 U "词汇的产生和认知。在第一项研究中，我们确定了被认为是社会经济地位指标的三个变量（即厕所、餐巾纸和沙发）的社会语言使用分布情况。第二项研究采用了配对猜测技术来调查这三个变量的变体感知。制作结果表明，这三个变量在表观时间上都有变化，但基于阶级的变化证据有限。在感知研究中，我们没有发现变量之间存在系统的基于类别的索引性。最终，我们的研究结果对 "U "是上层阶级的象征这一观点提出了质疑。
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{"title":"Review of Neumaier (2023): Conversation in World Englishes: Turn-Taking and Cultural Variation in Southeast Asian and Caribbean English","authors":"Susanne Mühleisen","doi":"10.1075/eww.00084.muh","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/eww.00084.muh","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45502,"journal":{"name":"English World-Wide","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2024-01-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139533377","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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