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Peer reviewedSeggie, Ian – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1983
Investigates the role of accent in attributing guilt to persons accused of a crime. A 3x3 repeated-measures design required three groups to rate three accents (Received British Pronunciation, Broad Australian, Asian) on their probability of having committed a particular crime (embezzlement, damage to property, violence against a person). Results…
Descriptors: Crime, Foreign Countries, Language Attitudes, Language Research
