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Publication details [#60222]
McKenzie, Robert M. 2015. UK university students’ folk perceptions of spoken variation in English: the role of explicit and implicit attitudes. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 2015 (236) : 31–53.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
De Gruyter
Journal WWW
Annotation
Students’ explicit attitudes towards six English speech varieties appear overall positive, whilst implicit listener assessment of UK English varieties is notably more positive, when compared to Asian English forms. This is debated in the light of UK universities' internationalisation agenda.