The Effect Of Dialect On Employability
- ASU Author/Contributor (non-ASU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Rebecca Riggsbee (Creator)
- Institution
- Appalachian State University (ASU )
- Web Site: https://library.appstate.edu/
- Advisor
- Murray Joselson
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to determine if the applicants' use of Appalachian dialect or standard North Carolina English would affect employment decisions made about the applicant(s) and to measure the evaluative reactions of potential employers to standard North Carolina English and Appalachian dialect speakers by assessing their responses to speech characteristics of those speakers.
The Effect Of Dialect On Employability
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- Publication
- Thesis
- Riggsbee, R. (1983). The Effect Of Dialect On Employability. Unpublished Master’s Thesis. Appalachian State University, Boone, NC.
- Language: English
- Date: 1983
- Keywords
- Appalachian dialect, regional English, North Carolina, employment, employers, speech, speech pathology, Appalachia