In PRECAVES XXI context, this paper we report the results of a research on the perceptions of young Chilean university students, both to different Spanish and to their own variety. The aim of this study is to analyze the linguistic attitudes of 100 of these subjects, in terms of which varieties they consider to be better and more prestigious and what perceptions they have of their own variety of Spanish, attending to direct evaluations (cognitive and affective) and indirect. A survey was conducted combining direct and indirect methods of data collection using the matches guise technique. The main findings of this study indicate that, for most of the subjects in the sample, there is not one variety of Spanish better than another, and among those who prefer one, the Andean and Chilean varieties have more prestige. Likewise, there are direct and indirect attitudes very positive towards the Chilean variety. Finally, in general, informants value positively and negatively phonetic aspects of other varieties of Spanish
Keywords:
linguistic beliefs, linguistic attitudes, Spanish varieties, PRECAVES XXI
Guerrero González, S., & San Martín Núñez, A. (2018). Beliefs and attitudes of young chilean university students towards the educated varieties of spanish. Boletín De Filología, 53(2), pp. 237–262. Retrieved from https://revistapsicologia.uchile.cl/index.php/BDF/article/view/51947
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