Charm or Harm: Effect of Passage Content on Listener Attitudes Toward American English Accents  

Oleh:

Heaton, Hayley ; Nygaard, Lynne C.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Language and Social Psychology (Full Text) vol. 30 no. 2 (Jun. 2011), page 202-211.
Topik: accent; listener attitudes; speech perception

Fulltext: p. 202-211.pdf (285.55KB)

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This study examined how passage content influences attitudes toward American English Accents. Participants listened to passages differing in topic content spoken in an American Southern English or Standard American English accent. Although Southern-accented speakers were rated higher in sociality, but lower in status, than standard-accented speakers, sociality ratings varied as a function of passage topic only for standard-accented speakers. Linguistic content appeared most likely to influence listeners’ attitudes when preexisting assumptions based on regional accent were absent.

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