Publications

Publication details [#51430]

Giles, Howard, Valerie Barker and Jessica R. Abrams. 2009. An examination of the validity of the Subjective Vitality Questionnaire. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 30 (1) : 59–72.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

language vitality | question answering | subjectivity

Language as a subject

English, African American | English, Caucasian American | English, Hispanic American

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This study uses the outcome of data, collected in the USA from African, Asian and Hispanic American ethnic groups, evaluating the vitalities of Caucasian, African, and Hispanic Americans via first-order confirmatory and exploratory factor analysis, to propose improvemens to enhance the validity of the Subjective Vitality Questionnaire (SVQ).