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Students' Attitude towards Arabic Language Varieties: The Case of the Fu??a Arabic
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Husein, Alhassan Abdur-Rahim – Practice and Theory in Systems of Education, 2017
Arabic speaking countries live in diglossic communities. This is where two or more varieties of a language are used by the same speech community. This paper examines students' attitude towards Arabic language varieties. It focuses mainly on Egyptian students' attitude towards the fu??a on one hand and the Egyptian Arabic (EA) variety on the other.…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Language Attitudes, Semitic Languages, Language Variation
Language or Dialect, Topolect or Regiolect? A Comparative Study of Language Attitudes towards the Status of Cantonese in Hong Kong
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Groves, Julie May – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2010
Past research has tended to ignore the emergence or existence of "middle zone" varieties such as topolects or regiolects. In addition, attitudinal dynamics have received little attention, including their contribution towards the re-evaluation of the status of language varieties. Regarding the status of Cantonese, linguistic, political…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Dialects, Student Attitudes, Language Attitudes
Resultados de una encuesta sobre posibles reformas ortograficas en el espanol del siglo XX (Results of a Survey Concerning Possible Orthographic Reforms in Twentieth Century Spanish)
Varela Cuellar, Beatriz – Yelmo, 1976
This article presents the results of a questionnaire sent to Spanish teachers regarding possible orthographic reforms in Spanish. Changes considered included elimination of certain letters and representation of each phoneme by only one letter. Responses to each question are classified and explained. (Text is in Spanish.) (CHK)
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Language Planning, Language Standardization, Language Variation
Prestige from the Bottom Up: A Review of Language Planning in Guernsey
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Sallabank, Julia – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2005
This paper discusses language planning measures in Guernsey, Channel Islands. The indigenous language is spoken fluently by only 2% of the population, and is at level 7 on Fishman's 8-point scale of endangerment. It has no official status and low social prestige, and language planning has little official support or funding. Political autonomy has…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Reputation, Measures (Individuals), Language Maintenance
Language Attitude and the Spread of Standard Chinese in China.
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Bai, Jianhua – Language Problems and Language Planning, 1994
A survey of 55 Chinese students and scholars visiting the United States investigated attitudes toward the spread of Putonghua, the standard variety of Chinese. Results indicate six categories of attitude, five supporting its spread. They also show a correlation of attitude with age, birthplace, current residence, and parents' occupation.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Chinese, Communication (Thought Transfer), Education
Language Problems in Demographic Field Work in Africa: The Case of the Cameroon Fertility Survey. Scientific Reports, No. 2.
Ware, Helen – 1977
This report is the result of a two-month study commissioned by the World Fertility Survey prior to the inclusion of Cameroon in the WFS program, in order to examine the problem of linguistic diversity and the obstacles this problem might pose to a demographic survey of the country. The study was to propose a strategy which would uphold the WFS…
Descriptors: Abortions, African Languages, Basaa, Birth Rate