Who speaks "broken English"? US undergraduates' perceptions of non-native English

International Journal of Applied Linguistics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 187-212

  Lindemann, Stephanie ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accent evaluations; Language attitudes; Non native English; Perceptual dialectology; Pronunciation

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944467862     PISSN: 08026106     EISSN: 14734192     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1473-4192.2005.00087.x     Document Type: Article

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