The Development of Regional Dialect Locality Judgments and Language Attitudes Across the Life Span

The development of language attitudes and perception of talker regional background was investigated across the life span (N = 240, age range = 4-75 years). Participants rated 12 talkers on dimensions of geographic locality, status, and solidarity. Children could classify some dialects by locality by...

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Published in:Child development 2019-07, Vol.90 (4), p.1080-1096
Main Authors: McCullough, Elizabeth A., Clopper, Cynthia G., Wagner, Laura
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Adults
Age
Age Factors
Aged
Attitude
Attitudes
Child
Child Development
Child, Preschool
Children
Court decisions
Dialects
EMPIRICAL ARTICLES
Evaluative Thinking
Female
Geographic Regions
Humans
Judgment
Knowledge Level
Language
Language Attitudes
Life span
Locality
Male
Middle Aged
Ratings & rankings
Regional Characteristics
Regional dialects
Regions
Social cohesion
Speech Perception
Status
United States
Young Adult
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