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Publication details [#62358]

Ćoso, Bojana and Irena Bogunović. 2017. Person perception and language: A case of English words in Croatian. Language & Communication 53 : 25–34.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
Elsevier

Annotation

Inquiry on language attitudes has demonstrated that speech style plays a notable role in social evaluation. In Croatia, English words frequently occur in everyday interaction, which could impact the way we perceive other people. This research sets out to explore the link between English words and person perception. 200 Croatian elementary school students, adolescents and young adults were given one of the three versions of the same text, differing in the frequency of English words, and a questionnaire to assess personal features of the author of the text. The results displayed that frequent use of English words was linked to higher estimations of social attractiveness, pointing out that the use of English words has become a notable cue in person perception.