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LANGUAGE USE OBSERVATION SURVEY METHODS

Caerdydd, 2019/02/26. LANGUAGE USE OBSERVATION SURVEY METHODS. Asier Basurto Arruti. SOZIOLINGUISTIKA KLUSTERRA MEASUREMENT OF THE LANGUAGE USE IN THE STREET Context Characteristics Methodology Results RELATED RESEARCH. Soziolinguistika Klusterra Basque Sociolinguistics Cluster.

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LANGUAGE USE OBSERVATION SURVEY METHODS

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  1. Caerdydd, 2019/02/26 LANGUAGE USE OBSERVATION SURVEY METHODS Asier Basurto Arruti

  2. SOZIOLINGUISTIKA KLUSTERRA • MEASUREMENT OF THE LANGUAGE USE IN THE STREET • Context • Characteristics • Methodology • Results • RELATED RESEARCH

  3. Soziolinguistika Klusterra Basque SociolinguisticsCluster Research centre for the social development of the Basque language • Partners: 30 organizationsandinstitutions. • Universitydepartments • Companies • Socialorganizations • Municipalties • etc. • Activity: Research, DevelopmentandInnovation • + KnowledgeManagementprojects

  4. Location & Territoriality

  5. MEASUREMENT OF THE LANGUAGE USE IN THE STREET: Context Basque languagespeakers

  6. MEASUREMENT OF THE LANGUAGE USE IN THE STREET: Context Origin • First surveys were carried out during the 1980s. Need for sociolinguistic indicators. • Creation of the methodology. Since then it has been used, developed and improved. • Since 1989 the Measurement of the Basque Country has been repeated periodically every 4 or 5 years. • The last survey, the seventh, was done in autumn 2016. • It is now a strategic reference for understanding the Basque language´s situation.

  7. MEASUREMENT OF THE LANGUAGE USE IN THE STREET: Characteristics Subjectofstudy: languageuse in thestreet • Everyday activity of human. • Most meaningful index of a language's situation is its use. • Not a regulated activity and it does not conform to set patterns. • The choice of spoken language is often a reflex action rather than a result of reflection. • It’s never individual. It’s conditioned (among other things) by speakers language proficiency. • The street: public space; weather or any other conditions…

  8. MEASUREMENT OF THE LANGUAGE USE IN THE STREET: Characteristics Main features • Direct observation • Quantity, not quality of conversations • Variables: • gender • age • children

  9. MEASUREMENT OF THE LANGUAGE USE IN THE STREET: Methodologyandresults Video presentation

  10. MEASUREMENT OF THE LANGUAGE USE IN THE STREET: Methodology Process

  11. MEASUREMENT OF THE LANGUAGE USE IN THE STREET: Results Facts • The 7th edition of the Measurement project took samples in 144 municipalities. gathering information on 187,635 conversations and with the participation of 515,260 interlocutors. • Any error present in the sample, with a level of confidence of 95%, where p=q (50%/50%), is of ± 0.3.

  12. MEASUREMENT OF THE LANGUAGE USE IN THE STREET: Results

  13. MEASUREMENT OF THE LANGUAGE USE IN THE STREET: Results The highest level of usage has been observed in Gipuzkoa, at 31.1%; followed by Biscay with 8.8%; Navarre with 6.7%, the Northern Basque Country with 5.3%, and, finally, the province with the lowest level of usage is Araba, at 4.6%.

  14. MEASUREMENT OF THE LANGUAGE USE IN THE STREET: Results

  15. MEASUREMENT OF THE LANGUAGE USE IN THE STREET: Results

  16. MEASUREMENT OF THE LANGUAGE USE IN THE STREET: Results

  17. MEASUREMENT OF THE LANGUAGE USE IN THE STREET: Results

  18. MEASUREMENT OF THE LANGUAGE USE IN THE STREET: Results The percentage of use of Basque in 2016: 12,6% The data of use are better than statistically expected Decreasing evolution Verydifferentlanguagerealitiesbyareas. Younger people use more Basque Females speak more Basque The presence of children increases the use of Basque

  19. RELATED RESEARCH • Spoken language use surveys in the workplace • Spoken language use surveys at school playgrouns • Spoken language use surveys in sport teams • In-depth analysis project

  20. Specificdetails to be adapted • Information about sujects • A big challenge: remaining unnoticed • Different spaces

  21. Dioch! Mila esker! Asier Basurto Arruti a.basurto@soziolinguistika.eus SOZIOLINGUISTIKA KLUSTERRA

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