The Social Meanings of Language, Dialect and Accent by Howard Giles

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This volume represents a unique contribution to the area of language attitudes research with its focus on how languages, dialects and accents induce us to form social judgments about people who use these forms.

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The Social Meanings of Language, Dialect and Accent by Howard Giles

This volume represents a unique contribution to the area of language attitudes research with its focus on how languages, dialects and accents induce us to form social judgments about people who use these forms.
Howard Giles is Professor of Communication at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is founding and current editor of the Journal of Language and Social Psychology and the co-founding and current co-editor of the Journal of Asian Pacific Communication. Giles is past president of The International Communication Association and the International Association of Language and Social Psychology. He is the editor of The Handbook of Intergroup Communication (2012).
Bernadette Watson is Senior Lecturer in psychology at The University of Queensland and completed her PhD under the supervision of Professor Cindy Gallois. She is a health psychologist who studies communication. Her research focuses on effective communication between health professionals and patients. She researches the influence of identity and intergroup processes both on patient-health professional communication and on communication in multi-disciplinary health teams.
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ISBN 13 9781433118685
ISBN 10 1433118688
Title The Social Meanings of Language, Dialect and Accent
Author Howard Giles
Series Language As Social Action
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Year published 2012-11-30
Number of pages 196
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