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Attitude towards azeri language in Iran: a large-scale survey research

Rezaei, S ; Sharif University of Technology

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1080/01434632.2017.1342652
  3. Abstract:
  4. This survey research investigated the attitude of Iranian Azeri native speakers towards Azeri language. A questionnaire was developed and its reliability was estimated (r = 0.74) through a piloting phase on 54 Azeri native speakers. The participants, for the main phase of this study, were 400 Azeri native speakers with different social and educational backgrounds and from some densely Azeri-populated provinces in Iran. They completed either the online or the printed version of the survey, the results of which indicated that Iranian Azeri native speakers have a high level of positive attitude towards their mother tongue in spite of the negligence of this language in the Iranian educational system. The results of this study are discussed from a sociopolitical standpoint and their implications for the Iranian context are provided. © 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group
  5. Keywords:
  6. Azeri language ; Identity ; Language attitude
  7. Source: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development ; Volume 38, Issue 10 , 2017 , Pages 931-941 ; 01434632 (ISSN)
  8. URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01434632.2017.1342652?journalCode=rmmm20