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Kinzler, Katherine D.; Shutts, Kristin; Spelke, Elizabeth S. – Language Learning and Development, 2012
Monolingual English-speaking children in the United States express social preferences for speakers of their native language with a native accent. Here we explore the nature of children's language-based social preferences through research with children in South Africa, a multilingual nation. Like children in the United States, Xhosa South African…
Descriptors: Linguistics, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Speech Communication