Accent imitation positively affects language attitudes

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue MAY, 2013, Pages

  Adank, Patti ^a,b   Stewart, Andrew J ^a   Connell, Louise ^a   Wood, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accent; Attitudes; Imitation; Perception; Speech; Stereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878916926     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00280     Document Type: Article

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