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Consider the following scenario: Alicia and Denzel are a celebrity couple who were recently invited onto a talk-show for an exclusive interview

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Consider the following scenario:

Alicia and Denzel are a celebrity couple who were recently invited onto a talk-show for an exclusive interview. After the interview, comments swirled around the internet about how Alicia kept saying "like" and "umm" every few words. Some of the criticisms she received were that she sounded "unintelligent", "uneducated", and "annoying". Others who watched the interview pointed out that Denzel also used "like" and "umm" frequently in his responses, but that it was probably due to anxiety and camera-shyness since he is not a performer like his wife.

Which of the following does the above scenario depict? Choose all that apply.

a)The use of vocal fry in both men and women's speech

b) Inaccurate linguistic profiling

c) Discrimination against a minority dialect

d) Linguistic discrimination

e) Sexism