Attitudes and Languages

by Colin Baker

Overview

The book aims to establish the concept of attitudes as more central to the study of minority and majority languages. The strong tradition of attitude theory and research from social psychology is made relevant to language restoration and decay. Original research shows how attitude to bilingualism is conceptually distinct from attitude to a specific language. A piece of research in Wales investigates the origins of language attitudes in individual differences and in environmental attributes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781853591426
Publisher:	Multilingual Matters Ltd.
Publication date:	06/28/1992
Series:	Multilingual Matters Series , #83
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	5.43(w) x 8.54(h) x 0.44(d)

About the Author

Colin Baker is Emeritus Professor of Education at Bangor University. He has three bilingual children and has given talks for over 20 years to parents and teachers on bilingualism. His many publications on bilingualism include Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, which has been translated into Japanese, Spanish, Latvian, Greek and Mandarin and is now in its 5th edition (2011).