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Direct linkMajor, Roy C.; Fitzmaurice, Susan M.; Bunta, Ferenc; Balasubramanian, Chandrika – Language Learning, 2005
It is widely believed that listeners understand some dialects more easily than others, although there is very little research that has rigorously measured the effects. This study investigated whether listeners experience more difficulty with regional, ethnic, and international dialects of English than with Standard American English. The results…
Descriptors: North American English, Listening Comprehension Tests, Listening Comprehension, Dialects
