Measuring Implicit and Explicit Attitudes Toward Foreign Accented Speech

Journal of Language and Social Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-20

  Pantos, Andrew J ^a   Perkins, Andrew W ^b  

^a METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

audio IAT; foreign accent; implicit attitudes; language attitudes; nonnative accent

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874101923     PISSN: 0261927X     EISSN: 15526526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261927X12463005     Document Type: Article

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