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Young Coloureds’ implicit attitudes towards two historically White English accents in the South African context: A case study

Álvarez Mosquera, Pedro

Abstract

This study explores the implicit language attitudes of a sample of 84 young Coloured South Africans towards two historically White accents in the country: the Standard South African English accent and Afrikaans-accented English. In order to shed light on the role of language in the process of social categorization among the younger generations, I present a mixed-methodological approach that investigates the interrelation between the results of an Implicit Association Test (IAT) towards the two selected accents and the participants’ linguistic background, language exposure, and social distance levels. Within the target demographic, the data confirm the existence of an overall positive implicit attitude towards Standard South African English, although positive attitudes towards Afrikaans-accented English were not uncommon. Correlations between IAT effect and the variables “social distance levels with Whites” and “places of residence” provide potential explanations and valuable sociolinguistic information about the language dynamics in this diverse ethnic group.

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Young Colou eds’ implici a i udes owa ds wo his o ically Whi e English accen s in he Sou h A ican con ex : A case s udy Ped o Ál a ez-Mosque a Uni e si y o Salamanca / Uni e si y o Sou h A ica This s udy explo es he implici language a i udes o a sample o 84 young Colou ed Sou h A icans owa ds wo his o ically Whi e accen s in he coun y: he S anda d Sou h A ican English accen and A ikaans-accen ed English. In o de o shed ligh on he ole o language in he p ocess o social ca ego iza ion among he younge gene a ions, I p esen a mixed- me hodological app oach ha in es iga es he in e ela ion be ween he esul s o an Implici Associa ion Tes (IAT) owa ds he wo selec ed accen s and he pa icipan s’ linguis ic backg ound, language exposu e, and social dis ance le els. Wi hin he a ge demog aphic, he da a con i m he exis ence o an o e all posi i e implici a i ude owa ds S anda d Sou h A ican English, al hough posi i e a i udes owa ds A ikaans-accen ed English we e no uncommon. Co ela ions be ween IAT e ec and he a iables “social dis ance le els wi h Whi es” and “places o esidence” p o ide po en ial explana ions and aluable sociolinguis ic in o ma ion abou he language dynamics in his di e se e hnic g oup. Keywo ds: Sou h A ican English, language a i udes, Implici Associa ion Tes , Colou ed Sou h A icans, social dis ance, accen s Ál a ez-Mosque a, Ped o (2019). Young Colou eds’ implici a i udes owa ds wo his o ically Whi e English accen s in he Sou h A ican con ex : A case s udy. English Wo ld-Wide, 40 (3): 325-344. 2 Ped o Ál a ez-Mosque a 1. In oduc ion The s udy o language a i udes in Sou h A ica, a mul ilingual coun y whe e English is conside ed one o he main lingua anca in many social con ex s (De Kle k 1996; Dye s 2000, 2004; Kamwangamalu 2003; Mes h ie 2006), is slowly ecei ing academic a en ion. As a o me ly Whi e/colonising language ( oge he wi h A ikaans), he cu en highe s a us o English is una oidably in luenced by he his o ical and cu en social dynamics o he popula ion (Kamwangamalu 2003; G een ield 2010), which is o icially composed o Blacks (79.2 pe cen ), Colou eds (8.9 pe cen ), Whi es (8.9 pe cen ), and Indians (2.5 pe cen ) (“Census 2011”). In his ega d, Pain e and Dixon (2013) highligh ed he impo ance o conduc ing esea ch on language a i udes ac oss he majo e hnic g oups in Sou h A ica since hey play a signi ican ole in he p ocess o social ca ego isa ion and his is especially impo an in p esen imes whe e acial disc imina ion is being ep oduced in ine ways (Pain e and Dixon 2013: 109). The e o e, due o he dominan posi ion o English in in e g oup/in e e hnic communica ion, he s udy o a i udes owa ds English accen s can con ibu e e ec i ely o un angling Sou h A ica’s complex social dynamics. Among o he possibili ies, in es iga ing he non-Whi e g oups’ a i udes owa ds English accen s la gely associa ed wi h he Whi e g oups p esen s high sociolinguis ic alue in pos -apa heid Sou h A ica. By means o he Implici Associa ion Tes (IAT), Ál a ez-Mosque a (2017a) explo ed he implici a i udes o young black pa icipan s owa ds he wo accen s adi ionally associa ed wi h he whi e g oup in Sou h A ica. Resul s showed a clea posi i e bias owa ds S anda d Sou h A ican English o e A ikaans- accen ed English, while ele an sociolinguis ic ai s – namely he pa icipan s’ linguis ic epe oi es, he dominan languages spoken in hei places o o igin, and he ype o school a ended – e e ed his end among some pa icipan s in his sample (see Ál a ez-Mosque a and Ma ín-Gu ié ez 2018, c.). This a icle seeks o ex end his pionee ing s udy o in es iga e language a i udes among young Colou ed Sou h A icans. Mo e speci ically, we 1 a e in e es ed in lea ning how young indi iduals om his e hnic g oup, who we e ei he bo n o aised du ing he democ a ic e a (unde 25 yea s old), cogni i ely p ocess he same Whi e accen s. Cu en ly, we a e a a poin in his o y whe e A ikaans has been expe iencing a no iceable downg ading in socio-poli ical and educa ional e ms (McCo mick 2002b: 127; P insloo 2007; Pain e and Dixon 2013), while English 1 While I am he only au ho o his pape , I ha e been wo king hand in hand wi h Sou h A ican sociolinguis s, phone icians, s a is icians, and o he p o essionals while collec ing and analysing he da a. Young Colou eds’ implici a i udes owa ds Whi e English accen s 3 has unde gone an opposi e de elopmen (Kamwangamalu 2003; Casale and Posel 2011). As we will explain in he ollowing Sec ions, hese changes, coupled wi h he complex and di e se sociolinguis ic dynamics o he Colou ed g oup, unde line he esea ch in e es o moni o ing he e olu ion o con empo a y language a i udes among he younge Sou h A ican Colou eds. 2. Colou ed communi ies in Sou h A ica In pos -apa heid Sou h A ica, he use o e hnic labels, such as he e m “Colou ed”, con inues o be e y con o e sial. A numbe o s udies and public es imonies o membe s o his g oup ha e a es ed o he exis ence o di e ging a i udes owa ds i s usage (Adhika i 2009). While some ejec he label as pa o he legacy o he apa heid e a, o he s p oudly de end i as an inalienable ea u e o hei iden i y. In he academic sphe e howe e , he e m has been widely used o a numbe o easons, such as o keep ack o he social demog aphics in Sou h A ica. In gene al, he e m “Colou ed” e e s o people pa ly descended om Eu opean se le s, bu la gely om Cape sla es, he indigenous Khoisan popula ion, and o he people o A ican and Asian (mos ly Malay) 2 o igin who had been assimila ed in o Cape colonial socie y by he la e 19 h cen u y (Adhika i 2005: 1; see also Adhika i 2009: x iii; Thu loa and Huddles one 2011). As Adhika i (2005: 1) poin s ou , Colou eds a e commonly ega ded as being o mixed ace and “ha e held an in e media e s a us in he Sou h A ican acial hie a chy, dis inc om he his o ically dominan Whi e mino i y and he nume ically p eponde an A ican popula ion”. This po en ial de ini ion o he label “Colou ed” illus a es he di e si y and complexi ies o his g oup in e ms o di e en pheno ypes, eligious a ilia ions, his o ical backg ounds, and social s a uses. Fu he in o ma ion ega ding he speci ic sample o pa icipan s om his g oup will be p o ided in Sec ion 5. Equally ele an o his s udy, he language p ac ices o membe s o his g oup ha e also ecei ed academic a en ion in he las decades. McCo mick (2002a: 221), in he s udy o he iconic Dis ic Six in Cape Town, claims ha he as majo i y o English and A ikaans 3 speake s li ing he e by he 1950s did no all 2 Malay is a local e m o he Asian popula ion o mainly Indonesian o igin. 3 A ikaans, a language mos ly de i ed om Du ch bu also in luenced by o he languages om Malay sla es, local Khoisan communi ies, English, and Po uguese, was ecognised as a medium o ins uc ion by he P o incial Educa ion Depa men s in 1914, which led o i s s anda disa ion om 1925 onwa ds ( an Rensbu g and Jo daan 1995: 118; 4 Ped o Ál a ez-Mosque a in o he ca ego ies usually deno ed by he e ms “ he A ikane s” and “ he English”, as hey we e no Whi e. Consequen ly, hei mixed ances y and pe cei ed lack o linguis ic pu i y excluded hem om he igh s and p i ileges enjoyed by he “pu e” Whi e English and A ikaans speake s. When s udying he linguis ic side, McCo mick uses he e m “ e nacula ” o e e o all non-s anda d local usages o he mixed code (A ikaans and English) spoken in his communi y as, o cou se, no e e yone had an equal command o he wo languages (see Figu e 1). Mo e speci ically, he local a ie y o Colou ed A ikaans (also known as Kaaps o Cape Ve nacula A ikaans) con ained many English lexical i ems and showed s uc u al in luence om English in e ms o e b-placemen ules (see also Saal and Blignau 2011; Hend icks 2017 o u he de ails). Due o i s highe p es ige, English did no seem as suscep ible o he use o A ikaans lexical i ems. Howe e , as English was in he p ocess o becoming he i s language o many speake s in he communi y, i s g amma was no as s able (McCo mick 2002a: 222–223; see also Malan 1996). I is pe haps impo an o no e ha he use o his mixed “ e nacula ” code as well as code-swi ching we e (and s ill a e) a no m wi hin he Colou ed communi ies as i had symbolic and solida i y alue, keeping bo h “pu e English” and “suiwe [pu e] A ikaans” ou o any in o mal in e ac ion (McCo mick 2002b: 123). [inse Figu e 1 he e] Figu e 1. The e nacula (a e McCo mick 2002a: 223) Gi en such a speci ic linguis ic backg ound, he s udy o he implici a i udes o membe s o his e hnic g oup owa ds bo h he S anda d Sou h A ican English accen and A ikaans-accen ed English is ele an o he s udy o social dynamics in pos -apa heid Sou h A ica. This ele ance is ein o ced i we ake in o accoun ha he younge gene a ion, who will be he a ge g oup in his pape , ha e expe ienced he social and linguis ic ans o ma ion o he new Sou h A ica mo e in ensi ely han he olde ones. In 2002, McCo mick (2002b: 120) highligh ed he exis ence o an appa en spli be ween (Colou ed) speake s o e he age o 30 who communica ed mos ly in A ikaans, and hose in hei wen ies who we e equally luen in English and A ikaans. She obse ed ha A ikaans-dominan amilies we e aising hei child en in English, al hough A ikaans was s ill used in he household in in e ac ions wi h olde ela i es (McCo mick 2002b: 127; see also An honissen 2009). Al hough mos o hese pa en s’ i s language was he local Giliomee 2004). Since an Rensbu g (1983), h ee a ie ies o A ikaans a e adi ionally dis inguished: Cape A ikaans, O ange Ri e A ikaans, and Eas e n Cape A ikaans. The la e became S anda d A ikaans, which is cu en ly augh a schools (Robe ge 2003: 26). Young Colou eds’ implici a i udes owa ds Whi e English accen s 5 a ie y o A ikaans and many p obably had insu icien educa ion o ha e mas e ed S anda d English syn ax and idioma ic usage, McCo mick (2002a: 223) s a es ha mos o he dis inc i e ea u es o his L2 a ie y o English migh be ading away as new gene a ions ha e mo e o mal English-medium educa ion han hei pa en s did. Howe e , while hey ha e he (academic and p o essional) mo i a ion o lea n S anda d English, a numbe o s udies ha e sugges ed ha A ikaans s ill endu es as an impo an in-g oup ma ke (dis inc i eness) and s ill plays a i al ole in pee - o-pee in e ac ions in local domains (McCo mick 2002b: 133; see also Nee hling 1998; Dye s 2004, 2007, 2008). Finally, an addi ional e lec ion ha unde lines he ele ance o he p esen s udy om a sociolinguis ic pe spec i e is he ac ha (S anda d) A ikaans has no only p og essi ely los i s s a us as a language o powe in he new Sou h A ica, bu i is also gene ally nega i ely pe cei ed a a social le el (Beukes 2009: 54; G een ield 2010: 525). In his ega d, McCo mick (2002b: 96, 102–103) obse ed ha Colou ed speake s disassocia e hemsel es om (S anda d) A ikaans by using hei e nacula a ie y as well as a g ea deg ee o code- swi ching be ween English and A ikaans (see also Nee hling 1998). This co- occu ence, o Whi es and Colou eds speaking di e en a ie ies o A ikaans and possibly a aching a di e en cogni i e load o each a ie y when acked h ough he accen s in English, unde lines he social ele ance o ou s udy in he Sou h A ican con ex . 3. Con ex ualiza ion o he s udy Gi en he complexi y o he language dynamics and he socio-cul u al di e si y subsumed unde he e m Colou ed, i is impo an o p o ide a clea con ex ualiza ion o he s udy in o de o be e in e p e he esul s. This s udy ook place du ing he i s semes e o 2018 a he Uni e si y o Cape Town (UCT). 4 UCT is he oldes uni e si y in Sou h A ica and he highes anked A ican uni e si y in di e en in e na ional classi ica ions. Fo me ly an o e whelmingly Whi e-only ins i u ion, he uni e si y now has a much mo e mul i-e hnic s uden body (see Table 1). 4 The esea che ob ained e hical clea ance bo h om he Linguis ics sec ion o he School o A ican and Gende S udies, An h opology and Linguis ics (AXL) and he S uden s A ai s O ice a UCT. Pa icipa ion was en i ely olun a y. The names o he pa icipan s we e no used excep o he in o med consen o m ha hey ead and signed. This s udy in ol ed no known isks o he pa icipan s. 6 Ped o Ál a ez-Mosque a Table 1. E hnic dis ibu ion o UCT s uden s (Cen e o Highe Educa ion T us ) [inse Table 1 he e] As can be seen in Table 1, he Colou ed popula ion a his ins i u ion comp ises oughly 13 pe cen o he s uden body. This is a ela i ely low pe cen age i we ake in o accoun ha 42.4 pe cen o he o e 3.7 million esiden s in his ci y belong o his e hnic g oup (“Census 2011”). While a numbe o ac o s, such as s uden s’ mobili y, ype o schooling, o highe uni e si y ees, 5 migh explain his igu e, i is pe haps impo an o unde line ha he mo e con enien and o me Colou ed-only Uni e si y o he Wes e n Cape s ill ends o a ac a highe numbe o Colou ed s uden s. The e o e, al hough hese ac o s (mobili y, unds, e c.) migh somehow ha e shaped he ype o Colou ed pa icipan s included in his s udy, he esul s can be alid and ep esen a i e o pa o his he e ogeneous g oup. Ha ing said his, all he pa icipan s in he s udy sel -iden i ied as Colou ed in he pos -IAT su ey. In addi ion, he ac ha UCT has a di e se s uden popula ion makes i an ideal place o explo e implici a i udes owa ds S anda d Sou h A ican English accen and A ikaans-accen ed English as s uden s a e likely o come ac oss such accen s du ing hei academic li es. Likewise, UCT’s e hnic dynamics a e ele an o he s udy o o he sociolinguis ic a iables included in his esea ch, such as social dis ance, as i gua an ees enough exposu e o all majo e hnic g oups. 4. Me hodology Ou me hodological app oach seeks o p o ide scien i ic insigh in o he na u e o young Colou eds’ language a i udes by means o he IAT (G eenwald, McGhee, and Schwa z 1998). This analy ical ool, adap ed om he ield o social psychology and success ully es ed o sociolinguis ic pu poses in he Sou h A ican con ex (Ál a ez-Mosque a 2017b; Ál a ez-Mosque a and Ma ín- Gu ié ez 2018), enables he associa ion o audio inpu s (accen s) wi h posi i e and nega i e social ai s so as o keep eco d o pa icipan s’ implici a i udes owa ds hem h ough hei eac ion imes. 6 This is due o he ac ha audio s imuli 5 No e ha UCT makes a ailable ZAR 500 million h ough se e al sou ces as inancial aid o bo h ensu e ha i a ac s he bes s uden s and ed esses pas disad an age, while ensu ing a di e se s uden body (UCT Admission Policy). 6 As no ed by Ál a ez-Mosque a and Ma ín-Gu ié ez (2018), he da a gene a ed by his ool ha e been c i ically es ed and e ised by a numbe o esea che s who con ibu ed o Young Colou eds’ implici a i udes owa ds Whi e English accen s 7 can also igge measu able au oma ic eac ions based on p e-exis ing s e eo ypes and cogni i e connec ions esul ing om he pa icipan s’ expe iences, exposu e, e c. (Wi enb ink and Schwa z 2007; see also B unel, Tie je, and G eenwald 2004: 387; Pan os and Pe kins 2013). In o he wo ds, he indexical capaci y o languages and accen s, de e mined by he speci ici ies o each communi y o speake s (among o he socio-cul u al p ac ices), ac i a es associa ed (s e eo ypical and non- s e eo ypical) in o ma ion o speake s o such a ie ies acco ding o one’s own knowledge, exposu e, and p e ious expe iences wi h hose speaking communi ies (see also Anwa d 1993; C isp and Hews one 2006; Bekke and Le on 2017). In using his analy ical ool, ou app oach o e comes me hodological limi a ions associa ed wi h he use o he classic ma ched-guise echnique (Agheyisi and Fishman 1970; Smi 1996; Campbell-Kible 2006), as well as o he sho comings de ec ed in p e ious s udies in he Sou h A ican con ex in ha he a ge g oup and con ex o his s udy also gua an ee pa icipan s’ exposu e o he wo accen s unde compa ison (see Smi 1996). Mo e p ecisely, ea lie s udies o language a i udes did no equi e pa icipan s o iden i y he a ie ies hey we e asked o e alua e. In a mul ilingual and socially di e se coun y like Sou h A ica, his en ails a signi ican isk ha migh a ec he alidi y o he esea ch ou come. Wi h ou app oach, we no only ec ui ed pa icipan s in a con ex (i.e. UCT) whe e hey had exposu e o speake s o he a ge a ie ies, bu we also designed ou expe imen o cap u e pa icipan s’ (subconscious) eac ions o audio- iles con aining hese selec ed accen s (see de ails below). The speci ic design o his expe imen en ailed he use o E-p ime 2.0.10 (build 353) o display he audio clips and social ai s o pa icipan s as well as o eco d hei esponses and eac ion imes (see Ál a ez-Mosque a 2017a). A o al o 14 audio eco dings con aining he same se en p e- es ed neu al sen ences in each o he selec ed English accen s we e used. These se en sen ences we e p onounced by wo emales om a simila age g oup, compa able (educa ed) social backg ound, and wi h a pe cep ible accen o hei mo he ongue (English and A ikaans espec i ely). The English speake ’s ou pu can be desc ibed as S anda d Sou h A ican English o b oadly e e o L1 Whi e Sou h A ican s eng hening i s eliabili y (B unel, Tie je, and G eenwald 2004; Nosek, G eenwald, and Banaji 2005; Nosek and Hansen 2008) and u he de eloped he algo i hm (G eenwald, Nosek, and Banaji 2003), among o he imp o emen s. Based on hese p e ious s udies, we can a i m ha he IAT can be a use ul ool o conduc sociolinguis ic esea ch as long as we ha e a clea idea o i s scope, s eng hs, and weaknesses. 8 Ped o Ál a ez-Mosque a middle-class u ban English. 7 The ou pu o he second speake would co espond o a L1 Whi e Sou h A ican middle-class u ban A ikaans accen in English. 8 Due o he impo ance o p ese ing he indexicali y o hese accen s, he audio eco dings ha e no been no malised as doing so could po en ially a ec pa icipan s’ eac ion imes. Following he IAT model, each accen was e en ually associa ed wi h clea ly posi i e social ai s (e.g. e icien , lo ing, iendly, e c.) and clea ly nega i e social ones (e.g. ude, lazy, acis , e c.). In o de o comple e he expe imen , pa icipan s we e p esen ed wi h i e blocks on a compu e equipped wi h headphones. Wi h a p o o ypical IAT design, block 1 (so ing ai s) and block 2 (so ing audios) cons i u ed aining blocks in which pa icipan s only had o ca ego ise he s imuli in isola ion as as as hey could. Following he same p ocedu e, in block 3 (measu emen block) pa icipan s ound ha A ikaans-accen ed English was pai ed wi h bad (nega i e) social ai s by assigning bo h ca ego ies o he same esponse key, while S anda d Sou h A ican English was associa ed wi h good (posi i e) ai s unde ano he esponse key. Based on he p edominan ly highe s a us o S anda d English bo h a a social and academic le el, we conside ed his block as he cong uen condi ion. A e changing he o de o he accen s in block 4 ( e- aining), block 5 p esen ed o he pa icipan s he incong uen condi ion. In o he wo ds, in his sec ion A ikaans- accen ed English was pai ed wi h posi i e ai s and S anda d Sou h A ican English wi h nega i e ones. Wi h his design, i he mapping o any o hese wo a ie ies o English is in line wi h one o he ypes o social ai s (posi i e o nega i e) asc ibed by he pa icipan s, sho e esponse la encies will be egis e ed by IAT. On he con a y, i he mapping o he wo ca ego ies is no in line, longe la encies will be eco ded. 7 This a ie y can also be e e ed as “Gene al Sou h A ican English”. Recen esea ch shows ha ea u es o S anda d Sou h A ican English ha e been adop ed o di e en ex en s by middle-class speake s om o he e hnic g oups in wha can be de ined as a p ocess o linguis ic de acialisa ion (see Mes h ie 2010, 2017; Wilmo 2014). The e o e, we a e awa e ha his label is no unp oblema ic. 8 In he con ex o Cape Town, i is impo an o bea in mind ha Colou ed A ikaans (also known as Kaaps o Cape Ve nacula A ikaans), as well as o he non-s anda d a ie ies o A ikaans in he na ion, has dis inc i e lexical, phonological, syn ac ic and mo phological ea u es (see Blignau and Lesch 2014: 21; Dye s 2015: 57–58) ha se his a ie y apa om he S anda d A ikaans mos ly spoken by whi es (see also McCo mick 1990). The e o e, na i e speake s o bo h S anda d A ikaans and Colou ed A ikaans end o ha e dis inc i e accen s/phonological ea u es when speaking English. This di e ence is a he aken o g an ed o ob ious and no majo esea ch has been done on he opic (see Malan 1996; Wa e meye 1996). Young Colou eds’ implici a i udes owa ds Whi e English accen s 9 Finally, a e each pa icipan comple ed he expe imen , a sociolinguis ic su ey was adminis a ed in o de o keep ack o hei basic demog aphic and linguis ic backg ound, language exposu e, and social dis ance le els. Mo e speci ically, pa icipan s’ language exposu e was de e mined by a numbe o pa ame e s including languages spoken a home, he mos common languages p esen in hei immedia e communi y, and he language dis ibu ion in hei places o esidence. As o he la e , o he pu pose o ou his s udy, we used he 2011 census da a (Census 2011) o de e mine each pa icipan ’s ela i e language exposu e in hei home a eas. To do so, we classi ied hei places o esidences as clea ly A ikaans-domina ed a eas, English domina ed a eas, o a eas whe e bo h English and A ikaans we e p esen o a simila deg ee. When pa icipan s had li ed in se e al places wi h di e en language dis ibu ions o in places wi h an unclea dominan language, we used he ca ego y “ ai ly mul ilingual a eas” ins ead. Wi h ega ds o social dis ance, his a iable has been used in a numbe o s udies, including in he Sou h A ican con ex (see Hol man e al. 2005; Finchilescu e al. 2007; Ál a ez-Mosque a 2017b). Based on hese p e ious examples, and wi h he collabo a ion o a numbe o local schola s, pa icipan s esponded o i e con ex -speci ic ques ions 9 o de e mine hei deg ee o social dis ance wi h membe s o he ou majo e hnic g oups in Sou h A ica. Taking in o accoun ha hei highes sco e could be 50, as we we e using 10 poin g ading scales, social dis ance le els we e es ablished as ollows: low (39–50), mid-low (26–38), mid-high (13–25), high (0–12). Finally, sho in e iews o en ook place o cla i y o u he de elop some o hei answe s (see Ál a ez-Mosque a and Ma ín-Gu ié ez c.). 5. Pa icipan s Eigh y i e Colou ed pa icipan s we e ec ui ed o his expe imen . One was elimina ed because o he age (o e 30 yea s old) and because she had also li ed ab oad o a numbe o yea s. Resul s we e calcula ed ou o he emaining 84 9 1) How amilia would you say you a e wi h membe s o hese g oups?; 2) How o en do you do hings socially wi h membe s o his g oup? (This includes hings like going o mo ies o pa ies, ea ing oge he , e c.); 3) How o en do you s udy o do o he class wo k wi h membe s o his g oup?; 4) How o en do you ha e social con ac wi h membe s o his g oup in you / hei home?; and 5) How many people om his g oup do you conside co e/close iends? 16 Ped o Ál a ez-Mosque a hese communi ies. In addi ion, a new e sion o his IAT model which compa es pa icipan s’ a i udes owa ds audio inpu s wi h bo h S anda d A ikaans accen / a ie y and Kaaps accen / a ie y may also help unco e he ine de ails o he language dynamics o his g oup. 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