The effect of out-of-school media contact on language attitudes in multilingual adolescentsA complex psycho-sociolinguistic system

  1. Nightingale, Richard
Supervised by:
  1. María Pilar Safont Jordà Director

Defence university: Universitat Jaume I

Fecha de defensa: 21 November 2016

Committee:
  1. Eva Alcón Soler Chair
  2. Durk Gorter Secretary
  3. Miren Jasone Cenoz Iragui Committee member

Type: Thesis

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Abstract

This thesis analyzes the linguistic attitudes of multilingual adolescents in terms of their contact with languages ​​through the media. The study uses Complex Dynamic Systems Theory to propose an integrated psycho-sociolinguistic multilingual system and demonstrate how the subcomponents of the system work together. The study participants are 152 obligatory secondary education (ESO) students in the province of Castellon. The instruments used are a questionnaire and a series of oral interviews. The results show that media contact in English and Catalan has a significant impact on language attitudes, characterized by complex interconnectivity and time sensitivity. In addition, adolescents show great agency in the creation and use of multilingual media environments and also a range of emotional and pragmatic reasons regarding their multilingual and multimodal practices.