Measurements of accent and attitude toward Mexican-American speech

The Social Stratification of English in New York City.

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The Social Motivation of a Sound Change

William Labov · WORD · 1963 · 2K citations

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Bilingualism in the Barrio

Joshua A. Fishman · Modern Language Journal · 1969 · 210 citations

Culture, Multilingualism, Sociolinguistics +5

Evaluative reactions of adolescents toward speakers of standard English and Mexican American accented English.

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Magnitude Estimation, Apparent Accentedness, Image Analysis +14