Sanja, I would assume that attitudes towards dialects ARE language ideologies. In reality, such attitudes would always include value judgments leading to stratification (e.g. putting dialect "lower" than standard, or loading dialect indexically with associative pointers to intimacy, locality etc.). There are several items on my profile that could assist you in making sense of this. The 2006 paper "language ideology" provides a general backdrop, as do the texts from the 1999 collection "language ideological debates". Good luck!
Dear Sanja,
Your question would be more pertinent if you change the word "put" by portray ,analyze study etc. The reason is very simple. Every dialect has its own ideology or epistemic reality. The epistemic reality , whether it is highly favored such Standard English, or rudimentary favored such as Black English Vernacular is nevertheless necessary component for the "in group membership". Seen from this perspective and in a post-colonialist fashion, we should be aware that derogatory, prestigious/un-prestigious notions linked with a particular dialect is in fact dialectic and not unilateral. A person who speaks the prestigious dialect of London may be ridiculed in some poor areas in Liverpool and vice versa.
The concept of exploring dialects into lge learning could be more effctive if some teachers make some comparatives between the two in classrooms situations
Sanja, I would assume that attitudes towards dialects ARE language ideologies. In reality, such attitudes would always include value judgments leading to stratification (e.g. putting dialect "lower" than standard, or loading dialect indexically with associative pointers to intimacy, locality etc.). There are several items on my profile that could assist you in making sense of this. The 2006 paper "language ideology" provides a general backdrop, as do the texts from the 1999 collection "language ideological debates". Good luck!
Language is a dimension of individual and group identity. Maintaining "In group membership" through common expressions and words is also part of this component of identity. A question rises when issues linked to territoriality (roots or being indigenous) come on the front-line.
Some counties in California (with particular ethnic compositions) asked for the creation of a new "Jefferson State" of the USA ; what is/are their local language varieties ?
From a "lexical" point of view, many a dialect preserve or create different vocabularies from the prestigious and dominant language forms. This allows for variety (cultural and human) something that is actually and ideological mainstream.
Dear professor Blommaert, I am very grateful for this answer as I read and cited your 2006 paper "Language ideology", and now I will do the same with the other one, I'm sure it will be useful.
I read a lot articles about attitudes and ideologies, and what I think now is that they are different concepts - attitudes are more individual and subjective psycho-cognitive-social entities, while ideologies are more "common sense" loaded, society-oriented, and they influence on attitudes, as well as they are formed by them.
Now I wonder are there some other language ideologies except the standard language ideology that I can relate to individual attitudes? My research is about attitudes towards Serbian standard language, dialects and their speakers among students, and my adviser told me to connect that with language ideologies and cultural models they are influenced with. I'm curious if anyone can answer this question.
Dear sanja
attitudes towards dialects are glaring instances of production and inculcation of ideologies through euphemization and derogation ( for this you can read my article ) , denigration of certain dialects and the dichotomy of standard vs nonstandard languages are ideologically loaded linguistic processes which lead to marginalization and disenfranchisement of certain communities.
the sociolinguisitc processes of ''domain expansion'' and '' domain shrinkage'' are basically ideologically practiced , increasing the domains and settings in which certain codes can be used from the linguistic repertoire of individuals and decreasing the other codes or languages.
The covert and overt prestige attached to language varieties or dialects are also ideologically laden attitudes. Access to power through '' standard '' '' proper'' language is in itself ideologically manifested .
good luck with your study
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