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Hello, thank you for participating in the Socio-Linguistic survey on US regional accents!

There will be a short audio clip featuring one of 4 major US regional accents. After listening to the clip, please answer the questions before moving onto the next clip. All of  the audio clips feature the same vocabulary words pronounced, the same 6 questions about each accent.

Thank you!
 
Accent 1
 
 
* What accent do you hear?
 
a Western one
 
a Midwestern one
 
a Southern one
 
a Northeastern one
 
 
 
* Would you consider this accent to be "genuinely American"?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
* How formally educated do you believe the speaker to be?
 
elementary level
 
secondary level
 
college level
 
post graduate study and beyond
 
 
 
* Which class do you believe the speaker to belong to?
 
lower class
 
working class
 
middle class
 
upper class
 
 
 
* What racial or ethnic group do you believe the speaker to belong to?
 
Asian
 
Black
 
White
 
Hispanic
 
 
 
* How friendly do you believe the speaker to be?
 
not friendly
 
somewhat friendly
 
friendly
 
very friendly
 
 
 
 
 
* What accent do you hear?
 
a Western one
 
a Midwestern one
 
a Southern one
 
a Northeastern one
 
 
 
* Would you consider this accent to be "genuinely American"?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
* How formally educated do you believe the speaker to be?
 
elementary level
 
secondary level
 
college level
 
post graduate study and beyond
 
 
 
* Which class do you believe the speaker to belong to?
 
lower class
 
working class
 
middle class
 
upper class
 
 
 
* What racial or ethnic group do you believe the speaker to belong to?
 
Asian
 
Black
 
White
 
Hispanic
 
 
 
* How friendly do you believe the speaker to be?
 
not friendly
 
somewhat friendly
 
friendly
 
very friendly
 
Accent 3
 
 
 
* What accent do you hear?
 
a Western one
 
a Midwestern one
 
a Southern one
 
a Northeastern one
 
 
 
* Would you consider this accent to be "genuinely American"?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
* How formally educated do you believe the speaker to be?
 
elementary level
 
secondary level
 
college level
 
post graduate study and beyond
 
 
 
* Which class do you believe the speaker to belong to?
 
lower class
 
working class
 
middle class
 
upper class
 
 
 
* What racial or ethnic group do you believe the speaker to belong to?
 
Asian
 
Black
 
White
 
Hispanic
 
 
 
* How friendly do you believe the speaker to be?
 
not friendly
 
somewhat friendly
 
friendly
 
very friendly
 
Accent 4
 
 
 
* What accent do you hear?
 
a Western one
 
a Midwestern one
 
a Southern one
 
a Northeastern one
 
 
 
* Would you consider this accent to be "genuinely American"?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
* How formally educated do you believe the speaker to be?
 
elementary level
 
secondary level
 
college level
 
post graduate study and beyond
 
 
 
* Which class do you believe the speaker to belong to?
 
lower class
 
working class
 
middle class
 
upper class
 
 
 
* What racial or ethnic group do you believe the speaker to belong to?
 
Asian
 
Black
 
White
 
Hispanic
 
 
 
* How friendly do you believe the speaker to be?
 
not friendly
 
somewhat friendly
 
friendly
 
very friendly