In:Speaking of Writing Romani: Language attitudes, text editing, and variability
Melanie Schippling
[IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society 56] 2026
► pp. 61–224
Chapter 4Language attitudes and language use among speakers of Romani
Published online: 23 January 2026
https://doi.org/10.1075/impact.56.c4
https://doi.org/10.1075/impact.56.c4
Article outline
- 4.1Study 1: Interviews with individual speakers of Romani
- 4.1.1Participants
- 4.1.2Method: Qualitative content analysis
- 4.1.3Results: Romani perceived as the key element of Romani culture
- 4.1.4Results: Relations of spoken and written Romani as described by the interviewees
- 4.1.5Results: The role of Romani in society and its implications
- 4.1.6Results: Further relevant aspects in the interview setting
- 4.1.7Discussion: Individual perspectives on spoken and written Romani
- 4.2Study 2: Survey on language use and explicit attitudes
- 4.2.1Method: Design of the questionnaire
- 4.2.1.1Questions on language use (question set LU)
- 4.2.1.2Measuring language attitudes
- 4.2.1.2.1Semantic differential (question set DF: DFSG, DFWG, DFSR, DFWR)
- 4.2.1.2.2Likert scale (question set LS)
- 4.2.1.3Sociodemographic data (question set SD)
- 4.2.2Method: Pre-test and adaption of the questionnaire
- 4.2.2.1Results of the pre-test
- 4.2.2.2Interpretation of the pre-test results
- 4.2.3Participants: Survey distribution and sociodemographic composition
- 4.2.4Results
- 4.2.4.1Language use of the participants
- 4.2.4.2Data on explicit language attitudes of the participants
- 4.2.4.3Additional insights from the comments of the questionnaire finishers
- 4.2.5Discussion: Insights from a small-scale survey
- 4.2.1Method: Design of the questionnaire
- 4.3Study 3: Implicit attitudes towards spoken and written Romani
- 4.3.1Method: Implicit Association Test
- 4.3.1.1Target stimuli
- 4.3.1.2Attribute stimuli
- 4.3.1.3Procedure
- 4.3.2Participants
- 4.3.3Results
- 4.3.4Discussion: First data on implicit attitudes towards the modalities of Romani
- 4.3.5Extended study: A baseline and another language to compare with
- 4.3.1Method: Implicit Association Test
- 4.4Interim conclusions based on findings on explicit and implicit attitudes (studies 1–3)
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