This article analyses the responses of 1,003 respondents to one question from the representative survey of the Lithuanian population: Which language do you think is appropriate for school, higher education, business, services, and communication with officials in Lithuania? The aim is to answer two RQs: (1) To what extent are the different languages—Lithuanian, English, Russian, Polish—perceived as appropriate in the various spheres of life? (2) Do the factors of age, L1, and place of residence influence target attitudes statistically significantly? Descriptive and inferential (Pearson's Chi-squared test) statistics were used for data analysis. The results show that the Lithuanian language has maintained its position as appropriate in various domains. However, in the business domain, Lithuanian competes with English. English has considerably strengthened its position in all domains analyzed. Target attitudes towards Russian and Polish have slightly changed in favour of these languages, especially in business. The factor of age statistically significantly affects attitudes according to Lithuanian and English in all domains analyzed. In the case of other languages, attitudes depend not only on age but also on domain. The same applies to the influence of the factor of place of residence: it works together with the domain. The L1 factor has a statistically significant effect when ethnic minorities express attitudes about their L1.
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