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Investigate how spoken language acts as a social identifier of cultural groups and shapes listener evaluations of speaker traits.

January 1, 1960Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology1,553 citations

Evaluational reactions to spoken languages.

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WLWallace E. Lambert RHRichard Hodgson RGR. C. Gardner

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Investigate how spoken language acts as a social identifier of cultural groups and shapes listener evaluations of speaker traits.
Bilingual individuals recorded identical audio passages in both English and French.
English and French student participants evaluated the speakers on various desirability and personality traits based on the recordings.
Listener evaluations of personal traits varied significantly depending on whether the speaker was speaking French or English.
Spoken language functioned as an immediate cue for group identification and evaluational bias among listeners.

Abstract

Regarding language as an identifying feature of a national or cultural group, English and French students were asked to evaluate English-speaking and French-speaking speakers. Bilinguists were used who recorded passages in both French and English. Ss rated on the basis of traits related to desirabil

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Lambert et al. (1960) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69df1a36d85e58e37b7a13a5 https://doi.org/10.1037/h0044430

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January 1, 1960Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology1,553 citations

Evaluational reactions to spoken languages.

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WLWallace E. Lambert RHRichard Hodgson RGR. C. Gardner

Key Points

Investigate how spoken language acts as a social identifier of cultural groups and shapes listener evaluations of speaker traits.
Bilingual individuals recorded identical audio passages in both English and French.
English and French student participants evaluated the speakers on various desirability and personality traits based on the recordings.
Listener evaluations of personal traits varied significantly depending on whether the speaker was speaking French or English.
Spoken language functioned as an immediate cue for group identification and evaluational bias among listeners.

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Lambert et al. (1960) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69df1a36d85e58e37b7a13a5 https://doi.org/10.1037/h0044430

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