Table 2.

Frequency of Language-related ‘Discomfort’ by Home Language Variety

	Judged unfavorably because of “way I speak”		Discomfort at work or school because of “way I speak’
Home language variety	Low	High	Low	High
Nonstandardized
Ethnic sociolect (n = 37)	26 (70%)	11 (30%)	22 (60%)	15 (40%)
Regional dialect (n =28)	10 (36%)	18 (64%)	26 (93%)	2 (7%)
L2 (n = 75)	39 (52%)	36 (48%)	30 (40%)	45 (60%)
Other (n = 12)	5 (42%)	7 (58%)	10 (83%)	2 (17%)
Standardized (n = 122)	116 (95%)	6 (5%)	116 (95%)	6 (5%)