Evaluation and perception of Spanish varieties by Majorcans: Distance, prestige, and identity

Based on surveys of a socially stratified group of 108 informants from Majorca, it was found that 1) Majorcans establish hierarchies among different geographical varieties of Spanish and associate the Castilian variety used in Madrid with the normative, prestige model; 2) the informants recognized v...

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Autores: Méndez Guerrero, Beatriz, Camargo Fernández, Laura
Tipo de recurso: capítulo de libro
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/720785
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/720785
https://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003462736-16
Access Level:acceso embargado
Palabra clave:Majorca
linguistic varieties
varieties of Spanish
Filología
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Sumario:Based on surveys of a socially stratified group of 108 informants from Majorca, it was found that 1) Majorcans establish hierarchies among different geographical varieties of Spanish and associate the Castilian variety used in Madrid with the normative, prestige model; 2) the informants recognized varieties that were socially or geographically closer to their own better and felt more connected to them; and 3) greater exposure to some varieties did not necessarily result in a more positive evaluation