The Development of Regional Dialect Locality Judgments and Language Attitudes Across the Life Span.

• Autores: Elizabeth A. McCullough, Cynthia G. Clopper, Laura Wagner
• Localización: Child development, ISSN 0009-3920, Vol. 90, Nº. 4, 2019, págs. 1080-1096
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The development of language attitudes and perception of talker regional background was investigated across the life span (N = 240, age range = 4-75 years). Participants rated 12 talkers on dimensions of geographic locality, status, and solidarity. Children could classify some dialects by locality by age 6-7 years and showed adult-like patterns by age 8 years. Children showed adult-like status ratings for some dialects by age 4-5 years but were not fully adult-like until age 12 years. Solidarity ratings were more variable and did not exhibit a clear developmental trajectory, although some adult-like patterns were in place by age 6-7 years. Locality ratings were a significant but modest predictor of attitude ratings, suggesting that geographic knowledge is one contributor to language attitudes throughout development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]