Pax Americana? Accent Attitudinal Evaluations in New Zealand, Australia and America.

Bayard, Donn; Weatherall, Ann; Gallois, Cynthia; Pittam, Jeffery

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ERIC Number: EJ621574

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Publication Date: 2001

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Pax Americana? Accent Attitudinal Evaluations in New Zealand, Australia and America.

Bayard, Donn; Weatherall, Ann; Gallois, Cynthia; Pittam, Jeffery

Journal of Sociolinguistics, v5 n1 p22-49 Feb 2001

Describes a series of evaluations of gender pairs of New Zealand English, Australian English, American English, and received-pronunciation-type-English English voices by over 400 students in New Zealand, Australia, and the United States. Twenty-two personality and demographic traits were evaluated by Likert-scale questionnaires. Results are discussed. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Demography, Foreign Countries, Language Attitudes, Language Variation, Personality Traits, Pronunciation, Questionnaires, Student Attitudes

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Australia; New Zealand; United States

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