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Publication details [#3053]
Elyan, Olwen, Philip M. Smith, Howard Giles and Richard Bourhis. 1978. RP-accented female speech: The voice of perceived androgyny? In Trudgill, Peter, ed. Sociolinguistic patterns in British English. E. Arnold. pp. 122–131.
Publication type
Article in book
Publication language
English
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Report of an empirical investigation showing that when females adopt RP rather than a regional accent they are perceived not only as more competent but also as both more male-like on certain personality attributes and as more feminine (that is, androgynously).