¿Mejor o peor español?: actitudes lingüísticas de universitarios hispanohablantes en Estados Unidos

Cecilia Montes-Alcalá ^[1]
1. [1] Georgia Institute of Technology
  
  Georgia Institute of Technology
  
  Estados Unidos
Localización: Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone linguistics, ISSN-e 2199-3386, ISSN 1939-0238, Vol. 4, Nº. 1, 2011, págs. 35-54
Idioma: español
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Resumen
- The present study aims to explore the linguistic attitudes towards the different regional varieties of Spanish in a group of college-educated native speakers of Spanish. A survey was conducted among participants from diverse Spanish-speaking countries who lived in the United States. The main goals of the study were, in the first place, to determine whether these individuals were able to spontaneously attribute more (or less) prestige to a specific Spanish variety over others. Second, I attempted to analyze the rationale — whether explicit or implicit — behind their choice of a certain variety as more (or less) prestigious. Finally, I examined the extent to which their linguistic attitudes were motivated (or not) by any sort of ethno-linguistic loyalty towards their own speech communities. The results of the study substantiate previous research carried out in this field, but also reveal unforeseen findings, especially in regards to the less prestigious varieties.