This paper provides a preliminary report on attitudes toward varieties of Belizean Kriol in coastal Belize. We used a verbal-guise test with 141 participants, collecting both quantitative and qualitative data in Belize City and Punta Gorda, and we found that the variety of Kriol spoken in Belize City is rated more highly in general along several dimensions than the variety spoken in Punta Gorda. We also found that BC Kriol was rated more highly by male participants from both test sites. This paper is the first installment of an ongoing project, which investigates the linguistic prestige system(s) in place with respect to Kriol by region and among individual ethnic groups in Belize.

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伯利兹克里奥尔语的语言变化和威望维度

本文提供了关于沿海伯利兹对伯利兹人Kriol品种的态度的初步报告。我们使用了141名参与者的言语化验，收集了伯利兹城和蓬塔戈尔达的定量和定性数据，我们发现伯利兹城所说的Kriol品种在几个维度上的总体评价要比伯里兹城所说的品种高。蓬塔戈尔达。我们还发现，来自两个测试地点的男性参与者对BC Kriol的评价更高。本文是正在进行的项目的第一部分，该项目按区域和伯利兹各个民族之间的克里奥尔语对语言威望体系进行研究。