Accent Scaling and Language Attitudes: Reactions to Mexican American English Speech.

Brennan, Eileen M.; Brennan, John Stephen

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Publication Date: 1981

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Accent Scaling and Language Attitudes: Reactions to Mexican American English Speech.

Brennan, Eileen M.; Brennan, John Stephen

Language and Speech, v24 n3 p207-21 Jul-Sep 1981

Explores the relationship between degree of accent in the English of Mexican American speakers as assessed by native raters, and the social judgments of raters toward accented speakers. Results of the study are discussed in relation to Giles and Powesland's (1975) incremental theory of class-related standard. (Author/MES)

Descriptors: Anglo Americans, English (Second Language), Ethnic Stereotypes, Language Attitudes, Language Research, Mexican Americans, Minority Groups, Pronunciation, Social Attitudes, Social Bias, Social Differences, Social Status, Sociolinguistics

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Language: English

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