Those with native accents are often unaware of the pervasive bias that those with perceived foreign accents experience. A new study from Sutton Trust indicates that accent discrimination is still a ...

In a fraught political and cultural climate, immigration, nativism, and belonging remain divisive points in American society and culture. Those concerns are particularly acute for both U.S.-born ...

Mary Grantham O'Brien received research funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Cesar Teló received funding from Global Affairs Canada. Pavel Trofimovich received ...

Accentism—discriminating against someone because of their accent—has a long history in the U.K., where the way someone speaks is often an easy way to tell their social class. People with working-class ...

Accents are incredibly difficult and to be clear, this isn't knocking any of the people on this list's acting talents. Some of the best actors in the world often struggle with accents. In fact, ...

In the early days of Hollywood, actors with accents had limitations placed on their careers. Bela Lugosi became the king of horror when he played Dracula in 1931, but his dreams of being a leading man ...

University of Essex provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. From the moment we are born (and even before that, in utero), we tune into the languages around us. This includes the accents ...