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alissa.m.harrison@gmail.com
Education
B.S. Computer Science and Linguistics, University of Washington
Graduate Student, Linguistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Research summary
I surveyed the language attitudes towards Mandarin varieties and Sichuanese from 143 college-age respondents. Generally speaking, the Mandarin varieties were regarded more positively than Sichuanese. These results were surprising considering the observed preference to use Sichuanese instead of Mandarin in many situations. However, the results are consistent with research elsewhere in China that shows Mandarin garners high prestige. I conclude from this language attitude survey
that Mandarin will likely continue to spread in Sichuan despite the current widespead use of Sichuanese.
Poster
“Language attitudes and phonological variation in sichuan mandarin”, 8th Annual UW Undergraduate Research Symposium
Awards
Mary Gates Research Training Grant
IPE Scholarship
