Researchers examine how speech patterns influence social class perception. Speech patterns are among the most significant means of social class perception. Using audio of speakers collected from the ...

For a third time, dialect coach Erik Singer takes us on a tour of different accents across English-speaking North America. Erik, along with a host of other linguists and language experts, takes a look ...

Accents center on the pronunciation of words, while dialects encompass pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar. Here, the subjects of Grant Wood's American Gothic channel speaking styles popular in ...