Speaking Ebonics in a Professional Context: The Role of Ethos/Source Credibility and Perceived Sociability of the Speaker.

Payne, Kay|Downing, Joe|Fleming, John Christopher

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ERIC Number: EJ622775

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Publication Date: 2000

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Speaking Ebonics in a Professional Context: The Role of Ethos/Source Credibility and Perceived Sociability of the Speaker.

Payne, Kay; Downing, Joe; Fleming, John Christopher

Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, v30 n4 p367-83 2000

Reports results of a study in which 72 African-American college students listened to and evaluated a tape-recorded excerpt of a speech in two versions, one in Ebonics and one in Standard English. Finds students rated the speaker who used Standard English as more credible (i.e. , more competent and having a strong character) and more sociable than the Ebonics speaker. (SR)

Descriptors: Black Dialects, Black Students, College Students, Communication Research, Credibility, Higher Education, Interpersonal Competence, Speech Communication, Student Attitudes

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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