Evaluating regional accent variation in Standard Dutch

Journal of Language and Social Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 101-116

  Grondelaers, Stefan ^a   van Hout, Roeland ^a   Steegs, Mieke ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accent varieties; Impression formation; Language attitudes; Speech evaluation paradigm; Speech perception; Standard language

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649257541     PISSN: 0261927X     EISSN: 15526526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261927X09351681     Document Type: Article

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