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linguistic insecurity: a standalone construct

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Sociolinguistics

a speaker's feeling that their own way of speaking falls short of a prestige norm they recognize as correct.

In sociolinguistics, linguistic insecurity refers to a speaker's feeling that their own way of speaking falls short of a prestige norm they recognize as correct. This meaning comes from Owens (1984) in Language in Society.[1]

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norm4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs prestige2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs short3 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

References

Owens, T. W., & Baker, P. M. (1984). Linguistic insecurity in Winnipeg: Validation of a Canadian index of linguistic insecurity. Language in Society, 13(3), 337-350. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0047404500010538

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