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ERIC Number: EJ628091
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0802-6106
Of Mouths and Men: Non-Native Listeners' Identification and Evaluation of Varieties of English.
Jarvella, Robert J.; Bang, Eva; Jakobsen, Arnt Lykke; Mees, Inger M.
International Journal of Applied Linguistics, v11 n1 p37-56 2001
Advanced Danish students of English tried to identify the national origin of young men from Ireland, Scotland, England, and the United States from their speech and then rated the speech for attractiveness. Listeners rated speech produced by Englishmen as most attractive, and speech by Americans as least attractive. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Advanced Students, College Students, English, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Language Attitudes, Language Variation, Males, Oral Language
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Denmark; England; Ireland; Scotland; United States