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New Englanders Use a Different Dialect of English Than Other

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New Englanders use a different dialect of English than other Americans because they came from different regions of England.


Definitions:

Visual Dominance Behaviour

Tendency to gaze fixedly at a lower-status speaker.

Lower-Status Speaker

Pertains to someone who communicates from a position of reduced social, economic, or professional standing within a given context or hierarchy.

Facial Stress

Tension or strain manifested through facial expressions, often as a result of emotional or physical stress.

Ekman

Refers to Paul Ekman, a psychologist known for his work on the universality of facial expressions and emotions.

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