Expressing Prejudice through the Linguistic Intergroup Bias: Second Language Confidence and Identity among Minority Group Members
Year:
2008
Journal:
, Diversité urbaine (hors série)
Pages :
, 109-130
Abstract
Le rôle de la communication verbale dans la transmission des préjugés a reçu une attention soutenue. Par l’application du paradigme du biais linguistique intergroupe (Maass, Salvi, Arcuri, & Semin, 1989), cette étude examine les conditions dans lesquelles des Canadiens français minoritaires font preuves de biais linguistique lorsqu’ils parlent de l’endo- et de l’exogroupe (les Canadiens anglais). Des données furent donc recueillies auprès de 110 étudiants francophones. Les résultats confirmèrent les prédictions, mais seulement lorsque l’identification à l’exogroupe était élevée. De plus, l’identification à l’exogroupe et la confiance langagière en langue seconde étaient toutes deux reliées à une diminution de la dérogation de l’autre groupe; cependant, ces mêmes facteurs semblent promouvoir des paroles biaisées à l’égard de l’endogroupe. Les résultats sont interprétés dans le cadre des théories de la communication intergroupe.
The role of verbal communication in the transmission of prejudice has received much theoretical attention (Hecht, 1998; Le Couteur & Augoustinos, 2001), including the features of the linguistic intergroup bias (Maass, Salvi, Arcuri, & Semin, 1989), yet few studies have examined the acquisition of an out-group language as a factor in mitigating prejudicial speech. The conditions under which minority Canadian Francophones use linguistic bias when communicating about the in- and out-group (i.e., Canadian Anglophones) were investigated. Data was collected from 110 Francophone students. Predictions were confirmed but only when out-group identification was considered. Further, out-group identification and second language confidence were both related to a decrease in out-group derogation; however, the same factors appear to promote linguistically biased speech toward the in-group. Results are discussed within current intergroup communication theory.
The role of verbal communication in the transmission of prejudice has received much theoretical attention (Hecht, 1998; Le Couteur & Augoustinos, 2001), including the features of the linguistic intergroup bias (Maass, Salvi, Arcuri, & Semin, 1989), yet few studies have examined the acquisition of an out-group language as a factor in mitigating prejudicial speech. The conditions under which minority Canadian Francophones use linguistic bias when communicating about the in- and out-group (i.e., Canadian Anglophones) were investigated. Data was collected from 110 Francophone students. Predictions were confirmed but only when out-group identification was considered. Further, out-group identification and second language confidence were both related to a decrease in out-group derogation; however, the same factors appear to promote linguistically biased speech toward the in-group. Results are discussed within current intergroup communication theory.
Theme :
FrancophonesIdentityLinguistic minorities
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