‘We won't get ahead speaking like that!’: Expressing and managing language criticism in Hawai'i

• Autores: Mikaela L. Marlow, Howard Giles
• Localización: Journal of multilingual and multicultural development, ISSN 0143-4632, Vol. 31, Nº. 3, 2010, págs. 237-251
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Ample research has explored language attitudes and speaker evaluations, yet it has not attended to direct incidences of language criticism. This article presents evidence demonstrating that a majority of those surveyed in Hawai'i have experienced language criticism. Coded data suggest that criticism takes place during employment, educational, familial, social and community interactions. People manage such episodes through a variety of communicative responses, ranging from avoidant to aggressive. The findings are discussed in terms of their implications for future research on language criticism in other multilingual settings.