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Milobog, Magdalena; Garrett, Peter – Language Awareness, 2011
This paper reports a study of perceptions and attitudes relating to regional varieties of Polish. The methodology followed folk linguistic approaches to attitudes research. Respondents in two Polish provinces were asked to draw on a map of Poland where they thought the main regional varieties of Polish were spoken, and then to name and…
Descriptors: Dialects, Semantics, Semantic Differential, Interpersonal Relationship
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Garrett, Peter; Austin, Christopher – Language Awareness, 1993
The origins of the English Genitive Apostrophe (EGA) are relatively recent, and considerable variation in its use by native speakers is evident. A study of 45 undergraduates/postgraduates suggests overall that there continues to be a lack of accord between usage of and prescriptive rules for EGA. (Contains 37 references.) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, College Students, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries