Language and nationality attitudes as distinct factors that influence speaker evaluations: Explicit versus implicit attitudes in Luxembourg

Many language attitude models have proposed that attitudes towards a speaker’s linguistic
aspects have an influence on evaluations of that speaker. However, only a little attention
has been paid to how a speaker’s nationality might affect speaker evaluations. We
examined whether language and nationality attitudes, on both explicit and implicit levels,
are distinct concepts, and whether these attitude types affect speaker evaluations. Findings
confirmed the convergent and discriminant validity of language and nationality attitudes,
thus confirming their conceptual distinctness. Moreover, explicit language attitudes
affected explicit speaker evaluations, a finding that is discussed in the light of its implications
for future research.