Minor Accent and Dialect Theories

What's was the Klein 1978 study?

People helped pick 10 applicants for jobs with different social status. 5 had Canadian-English and 5 had foreign accents.

What were the findings of the Klein 1978 study?

Canadian-English was rated higher for high status jobs and foreign accents were rated higher for low status jobs.

What was Carlson and McHenry’s study?

HR specialist judges three candidates, one Asian, one Spanish and one Asian-American.

What did Carlson and McHenry’s study find?

Minimal accent didn't affect employability, but a stronger accent meant they were less likely to be employed.

What was Singer and Eden’s study in 1989?

Watched videos of job interviews.

What was Singer and Eden’s hypothesis and was it correct?

They thought accent would affect employability more, but it was actually ethnicity.

What was Borhis and Giles’s study about in 1977?

Accent divergence.

What did Bourhis and Giles find?

An English speaker said Welsh was a dying language, caused wleah people to accentuate welsh accent.

What study did Eva Kasalova carry out?

Listened to accents and predicted heir votes on Brexit. Most picked Birmingham, Yorkshire and Newcastle accents.

Where the accents Eva Kasalova picked right?

Yes, they voted more because Birmingham, Yorkshire and Newcastle accents are from economically disadvantaged areas.

What Paul Kerswill find in his 2008 Lancashire study?

Found that children would often change their accent depending on the people they were around.

What happened with Steph McGovern in 2014?

She was sent £20 by viewer to correct ‘horrible’ northern accent.

What did what the viewer asked Steph McGovern show?

Stigma around northern accents.

What did Susanne Williams theorise in 2012?

Celebrities can change how an accent is viewed, such as Ant and Dec who have Geordie accents. So, Newcastle has become associated with their fun and friendly personalities.

What did Micheal Rosen say on Word of Mouth in 2013?

Accents have become more powerful and have a strong sense of individuality to them.

What did Micheal Rosen say about accent convergence?

We make our accents more similar to people we like in order to relate to them.

What did Gary Ives study?

Studies code-switching in MLE speakers.

What did Gary Ives find?

Young MLE speakers showed a sense of superiority over others.

What did Eckett theorise?

Jocks speak in a more prestigious way because middle class. Burnouts use more urban/less standard accent.

What did Chris Montgomery theorise?

People rate standard accents as competent but non-stnsdard accents as more attractive. Could be difference of opinion based on where you're from.