Publication year
2007Number of pages
11 p.
Source
Toegepaste Taalwetenschap in Artikelen, 77, 1, (2007), pp. 57-67ISSN
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor
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Organization
Communicatie- en informatiewetenschappen
Engelse Taal en Cultuur
Methodenleer - t/m 2007
Former Organization
Bedrijfscommunicatie
Methodenleer
Journal title
Toegepaste Taalwetenschap in Artikelen
Volume
vol. 77
Issue
iss. 1
Page start
p. 57
Page end
p. 67
Subject
Organizational Cybernetics; Professional CommunicationAbstract
This paper reports on a between subject experiment inwhich the attitudes of 144 highly educated British professionals towards Dutch-accented English and RP were measured. Half of the respondents were familiar with Dutch English, and half unfamiliar. The test items consisted of samples of RP, moderately Dutch-English and lightly Dutch-English accents. Respondents were asked to rate one of the samples on a number of personality traits. An analysis of these traits rates showed a resolution into two factors: STATUS and AFFECT. RP speakers were assigned more Status than both Dutch accents. RP speakers and slightly accented Dutch-English speakers commanded more Affect than moderately accented Dutch English speakers. In addition, respondents unfamiliar with Dutch English had a more positive attitude towards speakers with a moderate Dutch English accent than respondents familiar with Dutch English and the latter assigned a lower affect to RP speakers than the former.
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