Question

write about the attitude of a community towards their language

Answer 1

People have attitudes/feelings/beliefs about language in general, their language, and the language of other people. They may feel that an unwritten language is not a 'real' language. They may feel shame when other people hear their language. They may believe that they can only know one language at a time. They may feel that the national language is the best language for expressing patriotism, the best way to get a job, the best chance at improving their children's future.

Attitudes cannot be observed directly but are demonstrated through actual behavior – for example, how people treat speakers of other languages (avoidance, approach), or in their desire (or not) to learn another language. The convergence of one’s speech to conform to another’s speech suggests a “positive attitude” toward the other’s speech. By the same token, divergence suggests an intention for the opposite outcome.

Attitudinal studies aid in identifying how people of one language group view the personal character and social status of speakers of another language and how they form associations about other languages. Therefore, the assessment of language attitudes aids in grouping communities on the basis of their intergroup affinities and, in combination with other methods, in estimating potential extensibility of materia

Answer 2

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Explanation:

PEOPLE FEEL THAT THEIR LANGUAGE IS THE BEST.THEY CAN EXPRESS THEIR THOUGHTS IN THEIROWN WAY.IF ANYONE SAYS THAT THEY DONOT LIKE THAT LANGUAGE,THE PERSON SPEAKING THAT LANGUAGE GETS FURIOUS.AT THE SAME TIMEIF SOMEONE WANTS TO LEARN THAT  PARTICULAR LANGUAGE THE PERSON BECOMES HAPPY HE IS PLEASED THAT SOMEONE WANTS TO LEARN THEIR LANGUAGE.THEY FEEL PROUD SPEAKING THEIR LANGUAGE.