Attitudes in Fiji towards varieties of English

ABSTRACT In Schneider's (2007) influential model, the emergence of positive attitudes towards the local, post‐colonial variety is an important step for the evolution of new Englishes, not least of all because it is likely to mark a shift from an external towards an internal norm. This paper exp...

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Published inWorld Englishes Vol. 34; no. 4; pp. 688 - 707
Main Authors Hundt, Marianne, Zipp, Lena, Huber, André
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2015
Subjects
American English
Attitude surveys
British English
Dialects
English language
Language attitudes
Language varieties
New Zealand English
Polls & surveys
Sociolinguistics
World Englishes
Fiji
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Summary:ABSTRACT In Schneider's (2007) influential model, the emergence of positive attitudes towards the local, post‐colonial variety is an important step for the evolution of new Englishes, not least of all because it is likely to mark a shift from an external towards an internal norm. This paper explores attitudes towards varieties of English among a group of young Fiji citizens in tertiary education. The results indicate that British English is still a strong reference variety, while American English is clearly favoured over more local Pacific varieties, like Australian and New Zealand English. A closer analysis of the survey data indicates that a simple dichotomy of exo‐ vs. endonormative orientation may be difficult to maintain in this context.
Bibliography:ark:/67375/WNG-SV4D8Q46-L
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ArticleID:WENG12160
ISSN:0883-2919
1467-971X
DOI:10.1111/weng.12160