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Abstract
This study investigated accent bias against job applicants with extralocal (non-Canadian)
English accents in the Greater Toronto Area. Verbal guises recorded by British, Chinese, German,
Indian, Jamaican, and Nigerian women and by Canadian women with at least one parent from
these countries were evaluated by forty-eight human resources students, who rated the content of
job interview responses and the candidates’ ‘expression’ and ‘employability’, determined what job
they should be interviewed for, and provided commentary. Canadian voices were especially privileged
in comments on speech. Quantitative analysis of responses reflected bias against extralocal
voices. Consequently, we provide recommendations for relevant stakeholders.
期刊介绍:
Language, the official journal for the Linguistic Society of America, is published quarterly and contains articles, short reports, book reviews and book notices on all aspects of linguistics, focussing on the area of theoretical linguistics. Edited by Greg Carlson, Language serves a readership of over 5,000 and has been the primary literary vehicle for the Society since 1924.