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| Sociolinguistics | 2 |
| Black Community | 1 |
| Black Dialects | 1 |
| Cultural Influences | 1 |
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Peer reviewedGiles, Howard; And Others – Quarterly Journal of Speech, 1974
A study into the reasons why certain dialects become standard. (CH)
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Diachronic Linguistics, Dialect Studies, Dialects
Peer reviewedGiles, Howard; Bourhis, Richard Y. – Anthropological Linguistics, 1976
This paper presents certain innovations in the "matched-guise" technique of dialect study, which is used to determine people's immediate evaluative responses to tape-recorded speakers of various accents, dialects and languages. (CHK)
Descriptors: Dialect Studies, Language Attitudes, Language Research, Language Role
Peer reviewedGiles, Howard; Bourhis, Richard Y. – Language Sciences, 1975
An investigation is reported which was designed to determine to what extent second generation male West Indians have accommodated to local white speech norms in the city of Cardiff. (RM)
Descriptors: Black Community, Black Dialects, Dialect Studies, Ethnic Groups
