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New Approaches to Language Attitudes in the Hispanic and Lusophone WorldEdited by Talia Bugel and Cecilia Montes-Alcalá
[Issues in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics 25] 2020
► pp. 232–251
Spanish-speaking immigrants in Indiana
A quantitative exploration of their attitudes towards Spanish
Mara Barbosa | Texas A&M University Corpus Christi
This study investigated the language attitudes of Spanish-speaking immigrants in Indiana. One hundred participants completed sociodemographic and language attitudes questionnaires. The results from the questionnaires were statistically analyzed to establish the participants’ attitudes towards each of the four analyzed components (Spanish in general, Spanish in the U.S., Spanish language maintenance, and Spanish/English bilingualism) and the relationships between participants’ attitudes and sociodemographic factors. The analysis revealed positive attitudes towards Spanish in general (M = 4.41, SD = 0.5) and Spanish in the U.S. (M = 4.05, SD = 0.84) and moderately positive attitudes towards Spanish language maintenance (M = 3.64, SD = 1.08) and Spanish/English bilingualism (M = 3.67, SD = 0.9). The data also indicated that education is a powerful predictor of positive attitudes towards three of the four language attitude components among this population.
Keywords: attitudes, Spanish in the U.S., education, maintenance, bilingualism
Published online: 30 April 2020
https://doi.org/10.1075/ihll.25.10bar
https://doi.org/10.1075/ihll.25.10bar
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