| Among English-Spanish bilingual heritage speakers of Spanish on O`ahu, Hawai`i, various interrelated social factors are examined in relation to how they may pattern with attitudes and preference towards Spanish language use. Data sourced from an English-Spanish bilingual questionnaire designed to elicit attitudinal responses from 32 adults of both sexes were analyzed within the Markedness Model, Accommodation Theory, and Language Expectancy Theory and discussed in terms of Smith's (2006) three-stage language categorization. Analysis revealed that among informants categorized as language stage one, Spanish is preferred. Informants who are categorized as language stage two can be associated with more reported English use than stage one informants, and Spanish preference. For those respondents categorized as stage three, English is the majority language preferred, among participants in this study. |
