The accent went from a simple place signifier to a stereotypical white girl phenomenon. It’s a dictionary entry. A movie, ...

That is, speaking with a non-native accent is different from competency or fluency in English. We used the stereotype content model to conduct our research. This model suggests that all people are ...

Teenage girls from Essex feel pressure to change the way they talk due to negative stereotypes ... found the girls felt pressure to change their accents when they moved between different regions.