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Hyrkstedt, Irene; Kalaja, Paula – World Englishes, 1998
Argues for a redefinition of terms and reconsideration of methodology in research on language attitudes, suggesting that mentalistic definitions of attitudes be replaced with social ones and experimentation using the matched-guise technique be replaced by discourse-analytic research. A qualitative study on Finnish college student attitudes toward…
Descriptors: College Students, Cultural Context, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language)