TY  - JOUR
T1  - Language Attitudes: Emirati Perspectives on the Emirati Dialect of
Arabic According to Age and Gender
AU - Altakhaineh, Abdel Rahman Mitib AU - Rahrouh, Hanan Naef 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 12
IS  - 8
SP  - 1434
EP  - 1439
PY  - 2017
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2017.1434.1439
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2017.1434.1439
KW  - Socio linguistics
KW  -language attitudes
KW  -social factors
KW  -age
KW  -gender
KW  -Emirati Arabic
AB  - This study examines language attitudes from a sociolinguistic perspective. In particular, it
investigates the attitudes that Emirati speakers of Arabic hold towards their dialect of Arabic as well as the
extent to which age and gender have an impact on the speaker’s perspectives of their dialect. The data was
collected employing a 5 point Likert scale in which several statements, aiming to reveal the speaker’s attitudes
towards their dialect were included. The results reveal that despite the differences in the speaker’s answers in
terms of age and gender, all participants, regardless of age and gender, appear to feel proud of their dialect of
Arabic. These results provide insights into the factors that affect speaker’s perception of their dialect and in
turn, facilitate the understanding of human’s social behaviour in general.
ER  -