Accommodation and Hyperaccommodation in Foreign Language Learners: Contrasting Responses to French and Spanish English Speakers by Native and Non-native Recipients.

Garrett, Peter

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Publication Date: 1992

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Accommodation and Hyperaccommodation in Foreign Language Learners: Contrasting Responses to French and Spanish English Speakers by Native and Non-native Recipients.

Garrett, Peter

Language and Communication, v12 n3-4 p295-315 Jul-Oct 1992

A modified matched guise technique was used with 57 subjects to evaluate 14 recorded voices in 3 accent categories (broad, mild, hypercorrect). Some differences were found between native speakers and nonnative speakers, and the results pose questions in terms of the two distinct judgmental dimensions of solidarity and status. (60 references) (LB)

Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Dialects, English, French, Interlanguage, Language Research, Native Speakers, Second Language Learning, Sociometric Techniques, Spanish, Vowels

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