a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng

a Classification number P118.2

b Item number .T87 2013

a Personal name Evripidou, Dimitris.

h Medium Electronic Document

a Title Turkish Cypriots Attitudes towards Their Language Varieties: The Case of Cypriot- and Standard Turkish

c Statement of responsibility, etc Çise Çavusoglu, Dimitris Evripidou

c Date of publication, distribution, etc 2013.

a Summary, etc In this study an attempt was made to investigate Turkish Cypriots’ attitudes towards their native languagevariety Cypriot Turkish (CT), and Standard Turkish (ST). A questionnaire was used to establish whether attitudes of Turkish Cypriots towards the two language varieties are by and large prescriptive or not and whether variation in attitudes depends on age, gender and education.In addition, the questionnaire aimed to gage the participants’ perceptions and evaluations of their own linguistic production. The results indicate that there appears to be generational differences in terms of the participants’ attitudes towards the appropriateness of CT being used to express seriousness and politeness. Moreover, the younger generations claimed to have better written skills in ST than the older generation. Gender does not seem to have any significant effect on the Turkish Cypriots’ attitudes towards the two language varieties. These findings are interpreted in the light of the post- 1974 context and the dominance of ST in education as well as the media in the north part of the island.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Near East University Article

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi Makale

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Language attitudes

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Cypriot Turkish variety

g Relationship information 2013.