Effects of prestige on accentual convergence in shadowing tasks.

Accents carry social biases, which may affect language attitudes towards a certain culture or community. Research has shown that speech convergence or imitation is socially-mediated, both implicitly and explicitly. Hence language attitudes may influence the extent of imitation towards a stimulus. Si...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fu, Kai Li.
Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Format: Final Year Project (FYP)
Language:English
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/54971