Academic research

Question 1

matched-guise approach

Answer 1

involves participants listening to the same speaker using a range of different accents and then passing judgement on each different variant

Question 2

Dixon, Mahoney & Cocks (2002)

Answer 2

To see if there was a correlation between accent and how we perceive someone’s guilt. Found that the suspect was perceived to be significantly more likely to be guilty when he spoke with the nonstandard Birmingham form

Question 3

Neuliep & Speten-Hansen (2013)

Answer 3

those considered to be ethnocentric gave lower ratings to the non native speaker.

Question 4

Seligman, Tucker & Lambert (1972)

Answer 4

found that teachers’ perceptions of students were heavily influenced by their speech

Question 5

Choy &; Dodd (1976)

Answer 5

suggest that teachers make judgements on a student’s ability and their personality based on the way they speak.