There is prejudice based on accents. He recorded someone saying the same text in different accents and asked which they thought sounded the most intelligent.
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What did Giles find?
Found RP was seen as the most prestigious and Birmingham was the least. Accents associated with urban deprivation was the lowest in the hierarchy.
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What was Labov's theory?
Martha's Vineyard. Studied an island where the fishermen thickened their accents so tourists would not be able to understand them.
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What did Labov find?
People use accent and dialect to identify with a group and exclude others
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What was Trudgill's theory?
Non-standard English use is affected by context, class and gender
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What did Giles find?
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Found RP was seen as the most prestigious and Birmingham was the least. Accents associated with urban deprivation was the lowest in the hierarchy.
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