Accents provide listeners with information about speakers, such as where they come from or what other languages they speak. However, accents can also be a source of listener bias.
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Your subconscious sense of identity can influence how much your accent changes.
007 uses an English upper-class, ‘Received Pronunciation’ accent.
Outdated and harmful ideas associated with certain south-east England accents are still pervasive, according to new research.
Bothered by ‘expresso’? An expert on speech and language explains why you shouldn’t correct mispronunciations.
Stereotyping people based on their accents is still a big problem at universities in England.
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Professor of Phonetics, University of Reading
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Associate Professor in Sociolinguistics, University of Cambridge
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Reader in Language and Education, University of Manchester
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Professor of Linguistics; Vice-Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies, Simon Fraser University
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Professor of Applied Linguistics, Department of Education, Concordia University