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Levon, Erez; Sharma, Devyani; Ilbury, Christian – Sutton Trust, 2022
Accent is one of the most recognisable signals of social background in the United Kingdom (UK) today. It can cue a listener to a speaker's ethnicity, gender, sexuality, age, region, culture, or social class. For traits that are not visible, such as socio-economic status, accent is often the primary signal. Research in the United States has shown…
Descriptors: Dialects, Pronunciation, Social Mobility, Foreign Countries