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Language Attitude and Language Variation: Empirical Study on Mandarin
LI Jin-feng, ZHOU Yu-liang
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5836/2025.04.010
School of Literature & Communication, Zhaoqing University, Zhaoqing 526061, China School of Finance, Guangdong University of Finance & Economics, Guangzhou 510320, China
This paper empirically studies the effects of attitudes towards Mandarin on Mandarin variation, and finds that both Mandarin emotional and value attitudes can effectively suppress Mandarin variation. Further research has found that the language attitudes of local residents have a stronger overall impact on Mandarin variation; The language attitude in small cities has a stronger impact on the variation of Mandarin.
language attitude, emotional attitude, value attitude, language variation, Mandarin
Journal of Literature and Art Studies, April 2025, Vol. 15, No. 4, 329-333
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