"Is that what I sound like when I speak?" Attitudes towards Spanish, English, and code-switching in two Texas border towns Academic Article

abstract

• This study investigates language attitudes towards English, Spanish and code-switching in two Texas border cities (Laredo and Edinburg) by means of a matched guise test with three attribute dimensions (solidarity, status, and personal appeal). It was found that there were no significant overall differences between attitudes in the two cities. As anticipated, code-switching received the lowest ratings in all dimensions; English and Spanish were matched for status, and Spanish received the highest scores for solidarity. When the variable of gender was considered (both for raters and speakers), differences in ratings emerged, evidence that in both cities the three varieties play different roles in mediating gender relations.

authors

• Moyna, Maria

published proceedings

• SPANISH IN CONTEXT

author list (cited authors)

• Rangel, N., Loureiro-Rodriguez, V., & Moyna, M. I.

citation count

• 7

complete list of authors

• Rangel, Natalie||Loureiro-Rodriguez, Veronica||Moyna, Maria Irene

publication date

• October 2015

publisher

• John Benjamins Publishing Company  Publisher

published in

• Spanish in Context  Journal

keywords

• Language Attitudes
• Matched-guise
• Texas-Mexico Border

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1075/sic.12.2.01ran

URI

• https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/151634

start page

• 177

end page

• 198

volume

• 12

issue

• 2

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1075%2Fsic.12.2.01ran