Self-monitoring and linguistic adaptation.

Autor/inn/en	Blank, Hartmut; Ziegler, René; Bloom, Jessica de
Titel	Self-monitoring and linguistic adaptation.
Quelle	In: Social psychology, 43 (2012) 2, S. 67-80Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1864-9335; 2151-2590
DOI	10.1027/1864-9335/a000085
Schlagwörter	Selbstbeobachtung; Dialekt; Sprachfertigkeit; Fremdsprache; Adaptation
Abstract	This article explores the role of self-monitoring in the adaptation to different linguistic environments (dialects and foreign languages). An Internet study (N = 505) found the motivation and ability of speakers of local German dialects to switch to the German high language (as measured by a specifically developed scale) to be moderately related (r = .24) to their self-monitoring scores. Further analyses found this relationship to be stronger for people with stronger dialects. Also, in a survey of German first-year students (N = 88) at a Dutch university, self-monitoring was strongly related (r = .43) to a scale measuring various aspects of adaptation to the Dutch language; high self-monitors also reported less social and study-related problems due to language. The authors conclude from these results that self-monitoring is an important determinant of oral linguistic adaptation. Put differently, these findings extend the reach of the self-monitoring construct to the domain of language. (ZPID).
Erfasst von	Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie, Trier
Update	2013/1