Methodological Issues in Dialect Perception: Some Social Psychological Perspectives.

Giles, Howard; Bourhis, Richard Y.

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Publication Date: 1976

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Methodological Issues in Dialect Perception: Some Social Psychological Perspectives

Giles, Howard; Bourhis, Richard Y.

Anthropological Linguistics, 18, 7, 294-304, Oct 76

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, Language Variation, Research Methodology, Responses, Social Attitudes, Sociolinguistics

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