%0 Journal Article
%T Words Apart: A Study of Attitudes Toward Varieties of South African English Accents in a United States Employment Scenario
%A John R. Baldwin
%A Sean Goatley-Soan
%J Journal of Language and Social Psychology
%@ 1552-6526
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0261927X18800129
%X This study investigates Americans¡¯ attitudes toward the four major accents of South African English (SAfE) and several of their subvarieties in a hypothetical U.S. employment scenario. Participants perceived that SAfE accents possess positive language personality traits in comparison with standard American English; however, respondents identify SAfE speakers as foreign and perceive specific SAfE-accented varieties to be superior and more dynamic (e.g., General/Cultivated White SAfE and Indian SAfE) in relation to other SAfE-accented speakers (e.g., Mesolect Black SAfE and Cape Flats SAfE), even when they do not correctly identify the speaker¡¯s country of origin
%K accents
%K employment
%K language attitudes
%K prejudice
%K South African English (SAfE)
%K stereotypes
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0261927X18800129