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| Behavior Patterns | 1 |
| English | 1 |
| Language Attitudes | 1 |
| Language Styles | 1 |
| Language Usage | 1 |
| Nonstandard Dialects | 1 |
| Personality Assessment | 1 |
| Sociolinguistics | 1 |
| Standard Spoken Usage | 1 |
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| Linguistics | 1 |
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| Giles, Howard | 1 |
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Peer reviewedGiles, Howard; And Others – Linguistics, 1975
This study was designed to determine whether subjects would behave differently to a standard and nonstandard British-accented speaker. The matched-guise procedure was used with a stimulus speaker present, face-to-face with listeners. Listeners did not know they would subsequently be required to evaluate the speaker's personality. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, English, Language Attitudes, Language Styles
