TY - JOUR
T1 - Implicitness and experimental methods in language variation research
A2 - Rosseel, Laura
A2 - Grondelaers, Stefan
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - This special issue brings together research that reflects on the status and role of different types of language attitudes, and the methods required to study them. Many linguists distinguish between explicit and implicit attitudes towards language, but more often than not it remains unclear how these constructs are defined, and what their potential significance is for the study of language variation and change. The contributions to this issue address this question by critically reflecting on theory and methodology, by highlighting (and clarifying) the terminological confusion, and by showcasing new methods and tools. It is hoped that this special issue can inspire theoretical and methodological convergence in a notoriously fragmented field, so that attitude researchers can identify the underlying structure of language attitudes, and the theoretical significance of language evaluation to processes of language variation and change.
AB - This special issue brings together research that reflects on the status and role of different types of language attitudes, and the methods required to study them. Many linguists distinguish between explicit and implicit attitudes towards language, but more often than not it remains unclear how these constructs are defined, and what their potential significance is for the study of language variation and change. The contributions to this issue address this question by critically reflecting on theory and methodology, by highlighting (and clarifying) the terminological confusion, and by showcasing new methods and tools. It is hoped that this special issue can inspire theoretical and methodological convergence in a notoriously fragmented field, so that attitude researchers can identify the underlying structure of language attitudes, and the theoretical significance of language evaluation to processes of language variation and change.
KW - implicitness
KW - language attitudes
KW - Experimental methods
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U2 - 10.1515/lingvan-2018-0005
DO - 10.1515/lingvan-2018-0005
M3 - Special issue
VL - 5
JO - Linguistics Vanguard
JF - Linguistics Vanguard
SN - 2199-174X
IS - s1
M1 - 20180005, 20180007, 20180010, 20180011, 20180012, 20180006, 20180069, 20180008
ER -