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van Compernolle, Rémi A. – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2016
This article explores the links between multilingualism, the personality trait Tolerance of Ambiguity (TA), and attitudes toward linguistic variation among 379 mono-, bi-, and multilingual adults who completed an online questionnaire. A self-reported high level of proficiency in multiple languages, short- and long-term residence abroad, and high…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Language Variation, Language Attitudes, Language Proficiency
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Bayard, Donn; Weatherall, Ann; Gallois, Cynthia; Pittam, Jeffery – Journal of Sociolinguistics, 2001
Describes a series of evaluations of gender pairs of New Zealand English, Australian English, American English, and received-pronunciation-type-English English voices by over 400 students in New Zealand, Australia, and the United States. Twenty-two personality and demographic traits were evaluated by Likert-scale questionnaires. Results are…
Descriptors: Demography, Foreign Countries, Language Attitudes, Language Variation