The next step is therefore to classify
the individuals we have been studying according to the indicators of linguistic loyalty.
To do so we have chosed the cluster analysis method which allows to standardize the values
of the indicators so that values under the average are negative and those above are
positive. Finally the same elements of the samples are gathered according their level of
affinity.
We have
constructed linguistic groups from our analysis of these conglomerates. The positive and
negative combination of loyalties results in the observation of five groups. These are
Loyal, Competent, Idealisers, Users and Assimilated.
In short, the
cluster analysis allows us to establish five groups with the attitudinal characteristics
showed in the table below:
Groups |
Loyalties |
Typology |
Competential |
Primary
Instrum. |
Secundary
Instrum. |
Written
Instrum. |
Valuational |
1 |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
Loyal |
2 |
+/ |
+ |
+ |
|
+ |
Usears |
3 |
+ |
|
|
+ |
|
Competent |
4 |
|
|
|
|
+ |
Idealisers |
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
Assimilated |
Own elaboration.
a) Loyal.
Includes individuals with an overall, above-average score in all loyalties. This group has
high Competential, Instrumental and Valuational Loyalties. These individuals display a
highly positive attitude towards the standardisation of Valencian and are opposed to the
process of language shift.
b) Competent.
They have a high Competential and Written Instrumental loyalty but negative values in oral
Instrumental and Valuational loyalties. They know the language very well, but do not use
it or value it.
c) Idealisers.
Individuals with negative linguistic loyalties in all areas, except for valuation. They do
not know the language well and do not use it, but have a very important, explicit
valuation.
d) Users.
This conglomerate has high oral Instrumental loyalties, a negative Competential and
Written instrumental loyalty, and a positive (but low) Valuational loyalty. This group
habitually uses Valencian orally, but does not know the language very well and does not,
therefore, write in it.
e) Assimilated.
Lastly, we obtain a group of individuals with negative language loyalties in all the
dimensions considered. The attitude of this group is far from language loyalty to
Valencian. It has no competence, does not use the language and does not value it. This
polarisation leads us to see them as being totally integrated into Spanish and opposed to
language standardisation.
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