Does Language Awareness Fosters Social Tolerance?.

Leets, Laura; Giles, Howard

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ERIC Number: EJ486543

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1993

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Does Language Awareness Fosters Social Tolerance?

Leets, Laura; Giles, Howard

Language Awareness, v2 n3 p159-68 1993

Drawing on sociopsychological theory and research on intergroup relations, it is argued that awareness should not necessarily lead to tolerance. An exploratory study of 253 American students showed only extremely modest and uncertain relationships between language awareness and tolerance. (37 references) (Author/LB)

Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Foreign Countries, Intergroup Relations, Language Skills, Metalinguistics, Peer Acceptance, Predictor Variables, Questionnaires, Social Psychology, Sociolinguistics

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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