Research indicates that ________

a. job interviewers give preferential treatment to people who speak with nonstandard accents
b. people who speak with nonstandard accents are invited for interviews just as often as people who speak standard accents
c. listeners associate violent crimes with people who speak with nonstandard accents
d. listeners tend to think people who speak with nonstandard accents are more honest and therefore more likely to be innocent of a crime


C

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