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Peer reviewedBall, Peter – Language Sciences, 1983
Reports on four Australian experiments using Lambert's Matched Guise Technique for obtaining sociolinguistic attitudes. The accents studied include Australian; Received Pronunciation English, Liverpool, Glasgow Scots, East Coast U.S.A., French, German, and Italian. (EKN)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Attitudes, Language Research, Language Styles
Peer reviewedBall, Peter; And Others – Social Behavior and Personality, 1982
Presents arguments concerning the linguistic assimilation of Blacks (West Indians) in Britain, and the research methodology used to examine this issue. One argument holds that the studies' designs are flawed, allowing a false interpretation that Blacks are linguistically assimilated; the other argument upholds the research findings. (WAS)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Blacks, Classification, Foreign Countries
