Correctness And Pleasantness In English Case Study
The first thing to note is that the votes for Latino/Hispanic English are more evenly distributed across both scales, compared to AAE’s peak towards the high end of the scales. Still, the average rank numbers for Latino/Hispanic English are 4.5 (correct-ness) and 3.7 (pleasantness). This yields the biggest difference between correctness and pleasantness in this study (0.8 discrepancy). While participants perceive this dialect to be almost as correct/incorrect as AAE, Latino/Hispanic English is ranked more pleasant. This is clearly indicated in figure X, as the two lines to not have a similar progression. The red line (pleasantness) shows two peaks on both sides of the middle of the scale, signifying that participants have rather strong opinions
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In both categories, Chicagoan English received the second-lowest scores (2.6 correctness, 3.1 pleasantness). New York City English completes the top three. Figures 14 and 15 show how closely connected correctness and pleasantness appear to be for the participants. Again, similar to AAE, correctness is rated a little low-er than pleasantness (meaning, more correct than pleasant). This contradicts the findings from the Latino/Hispanic English evaluation, where the dialect was perceived more pleasant than correct. The vast majority of respondents (17) ranked California on both rankings between 1 and 3. Reasons for this impressive outcome will be explored through respondents’ comments in subsection 7.3. Regarding the difference between native and non-native speakers, no significant observation can be made. However, the following example presents the only case that became apparent in this study, where native speakers ranked differently than non-native …show more content…
Non-native speakers rank U.S. Southern English on a 3.9 for correct-ness; native speakers perceive this dialect to be even less correct. For pleasantness, the exact opposite holds true: native speakers perceive U.S. Southern English as more pleasant than non-native speakers.
In order to better understand the findings of this task and answer all questions that presented themselves, the next subsection presents the results from the final task, where respondents were able to comment on their previous answers.
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In both categories, Chicagoan English received the second-lowest scores (2.6 correctness, 3.1 pleasantness). New York City English completes the top three. Figures 14 and 15 show how closely connected correctness and pleasantness appear to be for the participants. Again, similar to AAE, correctness is rated a little low-er than pleasantness (meaning, more correct than pleasant). This contradicts the findings from the Latino/Hispanic English evaluation, where the dialect was perceived more pleasant than correct. The vast majority of respondents (17) ranked California on both rankings between 1 and 3. Reasons for this impressive outcome will be explored through respondents’ comments in subsection 7.3. Regarding the difference between native and non-native speakers, no significant observation can be made. However, the following example presents the only case that became apparent in this study, where native speakers ranked differently than non-native …show more content…
Non-native speakers rank U.S. Southern English on a 3.9 for correct-ness; native speakers perceive this dialect to be even less correct. For pleasantness, the exact opposite holds true: native speakers perceive U.S. Southern English as more pleasant than non-native speakers.
In order to better understand the findings of this task and answer all questions that presented themselves, the next subsection presents the results from the final task, where respondents were able to comment on their previous answers.
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