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On words from days of yore: attitudes towards English word usage in American English speakers of different varieties
Attitudes towards English word usage in American English speakers of different varieties
Description
The English language is taught all over the world and changes immensely from place to place. As such, both L1 and L2 English Language Users all utilize English as a tool for creating meaning in their existence and to also form perspectives on how the language ought to be. What is interesting about this is that the language being used to do that is one birthed from a culture that many English speakers across the globe are separated from; that is, Anglo-Saxon culture. Since learning and using language is also learning and participating in culture the question is, then how separated are American English speakers from that of the culture that created the language they speak? Does Anglo-Saxon culture impact how worldviews are formed in contemporary English speakers? I propose that the first step to finding some answers is by investigating the language ideologies that American English speakers have through the inquiry of meanings that they prescribe to English words that derive from Old English and subsequently have Germanic origins. The following work details a study examining the language attitudes of American English speakers in hopes of shedding new light on these questions.
Date Created
2016
Contributors
- Hickman, Paris Weslyn (Author)
- Bjork, Robert E (Thesis advisor)
- Adams, Karen L (Committee member)
- Gelderen, Elly van (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
Topical Subject
Resource Type
Extent
viii, 91 pages
Language
Copyright Statement
In Copyright
Primary Member of
Peer-reviewed
No
Open Access
No
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.38748
Statement of Responsibility
by Paris Weslyn Hickman
Description Source
Retrieved on Oct. 12, 2016
Level of coding
full
Note
Partial requirement for: M.A., Arizona State University, 2016
Note type
thesis
Includes bibliographical references (pages 59-62)
Note type
bibliography
Field of study: Applied linguistics
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System Modified
- 2021-08-30 01:22:43
- 3 years ago
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