Perceived Accent Discrimination

Psychosocial Consequences and Perceived Legitimacy

Bibliographic Data

ID2350722
AuthorsNathalie Freynet (0000-0001-9263-4016, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, corresponding author), Richard Clément (0000-0002-6481-2273, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
Year2019
Volume38
Issue4
Pages496-513
Publication date2019-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Language and Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0261-927X • E-ISSN: 1552-6526
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0261927x19865775
OpenAlexW2964521719
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited36

Prior research has documented that nonstandard ways of speaking can be subject to discrimination, and that nonstandard speakers are aware of the biases toward their accents. However, few studies have investigated the consequences of this for the stigmatized speaker. The objectives of this study are to explore how perceived legitimacy of discrimination moderates the relationship between perceived accent discrimination and the following two variables: (a) situated francophone identity and (b) French language confidence. Participants were nonnative ( n = 113) and native ( n = 225) speakers of French who completed questionnaires assessing the above constructs. Moderated regression analyses revealed that language discrimination is significantly and negatively related to language confidence. For native speakers from a high vitality region, legitimacy was found to moderate the relation between language discrimination and identity. When discrimination was perceived to be less legitimate, the relation between perceived discrimination and situated identity was positive

Legitimacy · Linguistics · Political science · Psychosocial · Situated · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology · Social Psychology

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