Why don't we believe non-native speakers? The influence of accent on credibility

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1093-1096

  Lev Ari, Shiri ^a   Keysar, Boaz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Attribution; Credibility; Fluency; Foreign accent

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956614530     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2010.05.025     Document Type: Article

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