NOVES SL. SUMMER 2002. USES AND SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS OF LANGUAGES IN THE BALEARIC ISLANDS (6)


	Sociolingüística catalana



			Uses and social representations of languages in the Balearic Islands, by Ernest Querol

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Table 3. Summary of Explanatory Data

BALEARIC ISLANDS 2001
Sample Number of surveys	Representative of the fourth year of ESO across the Balearic Islands 447
Reliability of the survey scales	Up to 0.9808
Main correlations with the use of Catalan	- representation of Spanish -.826 - representation of Catalan .817 - social network in Catalan .801 - social network in Spanish -.757
Main variables of the function of discriminatory analysis as regards use: Cases well-classified using discriminatory analysis:	- representation of Spanish - representation of Catalan - social network in Catalan - social network in Spanish 60%
Main variables that predict the use of Catalan according to multiple regression analysis:	- representation of Spanish - social network in Catalan - social network in Spanish - reference group

We shall now comment on the main correlations between the variables proposed by our model and the use of Catalan:

- The representation of Spanish (the image that speakers have of this language) is the main factor that correlates with the use of Catalan (-.826).

- The representation of Catalan co-varies .817 with use of this language.

- Social network in Catalan (i.e. the group of people with whom the speaker normally relates) is .801 related to use of Catalan.

- Social network in Spanish is much less associated with use of Catalan: .-757.

- The results for the variables influencing the use of Catalan are quite similar, regardless of the year and the analysis used. This is illustrated in the following table:

Table 4. Main Predictive Variables by Analysis Type

PEARSON'S CORRELATIONS	REGRESSION ANALYSIS	DISCRIMINATORY ANALYSIS
- Representation of Spanish	- Representation of Spanish	- Representation of Spanish
- representation of Catalan	- Social network in Catalan	- representation of Catalan
- Social network in Catalan	- Social network in Spanish	- Social network in Catalan
- Social network in Spanish	- Reference group	- Social network in Spanish


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