Disadvantaged group members are prouder of their group when using the language of the dominant group compared to their native language.

ABSTRACT: In ethnically and linguistically diverse societies, disadvantaged groups often face pressures to acquire and speak the advantaged group's language to achieve social inclusion and economic mobility. This work investigates how using the advantaged group's language affects disadvantaged group members' in-group pride and collective self-esteem, relative to using their native language. Across six experimental studies involving Palestinian citizens of Israel (total N = 1,348), we test two competing hypotheses: Disadvantaged group members may experience greater in-group pride when using a) their native language, due to its emotional significance (the nativity hypothesis), or b) the language of the advantaged group, due to activation of habituated compensatory responses to dominance

SUBMITTER: Hasan-Aslih S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10769828 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature