The Effects of Social Status and Social Dialect on Listener Responses

Authors

Brenda Bochner, Cleveland State University
Arthur P. Bochner, Cleveland State University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1973

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.1080/10510977309363150

Abstract

The findings of this experimental study indicate that the response to the dialect speech of another is not unidimensional and that dialect is more likely a determinant of speaker ethos for middle social status persons than for high or low social status persons.

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Citation / Publisher Attribution

Central States Speech Journal, v. 24, issue 2, p. 75-82

Scholar Commons Citation

Bochner, Brenda and Bochner, Arthur P., "The Effects of Social Status and Social Dialect on Listener Responses" (1973). Communication Faculty Publications. 60.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/spe_facpub/60