Abstract
This article reviews literature from the fields of
psycholinguistics, communications, and social psychology that has
examined the effects of speech accents (i.e.,
regional, national, and international variations in
same-language use) on interpersonal attitudes, casual
attributions, and subsequent behaviors. The authors link
selected findings from this literature to the field of counseling to show
that these findings can inform service delivery, particularly
counseling conducted with ethnic minority and immigrant populations in the
United States. Implications for practice and ideas for future research
in this area are also discussed.