Aesthetic Evaluation of Dutch

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. List of Figures vii
4. List of Tables xi
5. Preface xv
6. Acknowledgments xvii
7. Introduction xix
8. Miami Cuban Perceptions of Varieties of Spanish 1
9. Aesthetic Evaluation of Dutch 13
10. Perceptions of Languages in the Mandingo Region of Mali 31
11. Gender Differences in the Perception of Turkish Regional Dialects 41
12. Mental Maps 51
13. Attitudes of Montreal Students Towards Varieties of French 71
14. An Acoustic and Perceptual Analysis of Imitation 95
15. California Students’ Perceptions of, You Know, Regions and Dialects? 113
16. Perception of Dialect Distance 135
17. A Dialect with ‘Great Inner Strength’? 151
18. Dialect Recognition and Speech Community Focusing in New and Old Towns in England 173
19. Where is the “Most Beautiful” and the “Ugliest” Hungarian Spoken? 205
20. Microcosmic Perceptual Dialectology and the Consequences of Extended Linguistic Awareness 219
21. Regional Differences in the Perception of Korean Dialects 249
22. A Perceptual Dialectology of Anglophone Canada from the Perspective of Young Albertans and Ontarians 277
23. Madrid Perceptions of Regional Varieties in Spain 295
24. Attitudes Toward Midwestern American English 321
25. The Perception of Urban Varieties 329
26. A Perceptual Dialect Study of French in Switzerland 351
27. Influence of Vowel Devoicing on Dialect Judgments by Japanese Speakers 367
28. About the Contributors 397
29. Index 403