Americans tend to assume British people who use an upper-class dialect are more intelligent and sophisticated. This is an example of

a. cocultural dialects.
b. positive linguistic profiling.
c. positive socioeconomic status.
d. assertive conversationalists.


Ans: b. positive linguistic profiling.

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