Beautiful or smart? The meanings of social variants of Vilnius girls and discourse stereotypes Cover Image

Graži ar protinga? Socialinės Vilniaus merginų tarties variantų reikšmės ir diskurso stereotipai
Beautiful or smart? The meanings of social variants of Vilnius girls and discourse stereotypes

Author(s): Loreta Vaicekauskienė
Subject(s): Sociolinguistics
Published by: Vilniaus Universiteto Leidykla
Keywords: language variation; social values; social stereotypes; experimental linguistics;

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with social meanings of phonetic variants: their identification, evaluation and their links to social stereotypes. The research is based on some social stereotypes identifiable in the public space related to the pronunciation of some sounds by Vilnius girls and their evaluation by Vilnius secondary school students.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 1-33
  • Page Count: 33
  • Language: Lithuanian