Do We Judge People by the Way They Sound? How Accents Shape Our Lives Valerie Fridland's new book, Why We Talk Funny, sheds light on the often overlooked world of accents and their impact on how we perceive one another.
This raises questions about what this means for our increasingly homogeneous society.
The Early Warning Signs Research by Fridland reveals that prejudice towards certain accents is not an innate trait – it's something we learn early in life.