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van Compernolle, Rémi A. – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2017
Drawing on data collected via a web-based survey, the study investigates the relationship between preferences for (in)formal language and attitudes toward linguistic variation among a large group of monolingual and multilingual adults (n = 379). Also explored are the links between preferences for (in)formal language and several secondary…
Descriptors: Correlation, Language Variation, Language Attitudes, Preferences
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O'Rourke, Bernadette; DePalma, Renée – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2017
In this article, we examine the experiences of 18 Galician language learners who participated in what Garland [(2008). "The minority language and the cosmopolitan speaker: Ideologies of Irish language learners" (Unpublished PhD thesis). University of California, Santa Barbara] refers to as a "language-learning holiday" in…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Motivation, Language Minorities
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van Compernolle, Rémi A. – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2016
This article explores the links between multilingualism, the personality trait Tolerance of Ambiguity (TA), and attitudes toward linguistic variation among 379 mono-, bi-, and multilingual adults who completed an online questionnaire. A self-reported high level of proficiency in multiple languages, short- and long-term residence abroad, and high…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Language Variation, Language Attitudes, Language Proficiency