Language Regions and Feelings toward Outgroups: Analyses for 1968 and 1984
Year:
1990
Author :
Volume and number:
, 15 (4)
Journal:
, Canadian Journal of Sociology / Cahiers canadiens de sociologie
Pages :
, 441-462
Abstract
Nous étudions dans cet article les effets du contexte linguistique (tel que défini par les régions linguistiques de Richard Joy) sur les attitudes envers les membres d'autres groupes, et en particulier de groupes linguistiques. Nous testons des hypothèses alternatives dérivées de deux perspectives théorétiques, au moyen d'une analyse multivariée de données tirées de sondages nationaux de 1968 et 1984. Selon la thèse de la menace culturelle, les attitudes des répondants devraient être plus négatives envers un autre groupe lorsqu'ils-elles vivent dans une région où les membres de cet autre groupe sont nombreux. La thèse du contact positif propose la relation inverse: plus les répondants sont près de l'autre groupe, plus leurs attitudes envers lui seront favorables. Les résultats de notre analyse tendent à confirmer cette seconde hypothèse. Par contre, certaines attitudes des répondants se sont révélées être indépendantes du contexte linguistique, et peuvent être interprétées en fonction de la thèse de la menace culturelle.
This study examines the effects of language context (Richard Joy's language regions) upon attitudes toward linguistic and other outgroups, using multivariate analyses of national survey data from 1968 and 1984. We test competing hypotheses derived from two different theoretical perspectives. The cultural threat thesis leads to the prediction that respondents will express more negative attitudes toward an outgroup when they live in areas where the outgroup is highly represented compared with areas where there is lower outgroup representation. The contact-liking hypothesis holds, conversely, that the greater the proximity of the respondent to the outgroup the more favourable his or her attitude toward it. The results lend more support to the contact hypothesis than to the cultural threat thesis. However, language group differences in outgroup affect remained after controls for context and these may be said to be consistent with the cultural threat thesis.
This study examines the effects of language context (Richard Joy's language regions) upon attitudes toward linguistic and other outgroups, using multivariate analyses of national survey data from 1968 and 1984. We test competing hypotheses derived from two different theoretical perspectives. The cultural threat thesis leads to the prediction that respondents will express more negative attitudes toward an outgroup when they live in areas where the outgroup is highly represented compared with areas where there is lower outgroup representation. The contact-liking hypothesis holds, conversely, that the greater the proximity of the respondent to the outgroup the more favourable his or her attitude toward it. The results lend more support to the contact hypothesis than to the cultural threat thesis. However, language group differences in outgroup affect remained after controls for context and these may be said to be consistent with the cultural threat thesis.
Theme :
Linguistic Landscape
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