American Attitudes Toward Six Varieties of English in the USA and Britain

Authors

Katherine Morris, Brigham Young University
Dr. Wendy Baker, Brigham Young University

Keywords

American attitudes, varieties of English, USA, Britain

College

Humanities

Department

Linguistics and English Language

Abstract

Studying attitudes toward different varieties of English has helped researchers understand how different language groups interact. When a listener judges a particular speaker based solely on his or her variety of English, the listener is really making a judgment on the group the speaker belongs to. Thus, a listener’s attitude toward a particular variety of English can indirectly reveal the listener’s prejudices (good or bad) toward the group of people who speak that variety. For this project, I conducted an attitudinal study that examined how Americans feel about different varieties of British and American English.

Recommended Citation

Morris, Katherine and Baker, Dr. Wendy (2013) "American Attitudes Toward Six Varieties of English in the USA and Britain," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013: Iss. 1, Article 912.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/912