Date:
May 1995
Page No.:
85
Writer(s):
Richard A. Humphries, Kansai junior College of Foreign Languages, Hotani campus
Attitudes toward accents and dialects have been investigated in a variety of
studies. Though differing in scope, they have shown that accents/dialects reflect
their perceived prestige value. This study examines the attitudes of Japanese L1
college students toward eight English accents/dialects. The study confirms that
,NNSs are able to differentiate between accents/dialects and have assigned different
,levels of prestige to them.
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