Regional and Foreign Accent Processing in English: Can Listeners Adapt?
Regional and Foreign Accent Processing in English: Can Listeners Adapt?
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DOI：
10.1007/s10936-008-9097-8
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发表时间：
2009-08-01
影响因子：
2
通讯作者：
Ellis, Lucy
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作者：
Floccia, Caroline;Butler, Joseph;Ellis, Lucy
最近的数据表明，第一次出现外国口音会导致单词识别的延迟，然后是随后的适应。这项研究考察了在什么情况下延迟恢复到基线水平。这一延迟将通过以外国口音或地方口音向听者呈现句子来实验性地诱导，这是对句尾单词的词汇判断任务的一部分。实验一采用模块化的口音呈现设计，结果表明，口音的改变会导致反应时的暂时干扰，然后是一个较小但持续时间较长的延迟。实验2表明，初始扰动取决于被试对任务的期望。实验3证实，在反复暴露于相同口音后，单词识别的后续长期延迟并不习惯。结果表明，用反应时来衡量重音语音的可理解性并不能从重音暴露中获益，相反，重音的可理解性却不能被理解。
Recent data suggest that the first presentation of a foreign accent triggers a delay in word identification, followed by a subsequent adaptation. This study examines under what conditions the delay resumes to baseline level. The delay will be experimentally induced by the presentation of sentences spoken to listeners in a foreign or a regional accent as part of a lexical decision task for words placed at the end of sentences. Using a blocked design of accents presentation, Experiment 1 shows that accent changes cause a temporary perturbation in reaction times, followed by a smaller but long-lasting delay. Experiment 2 shows that the initial perturbation is dependent on participants' expectations about the task. Experiment 3 confirms that the subsequent long-lasting delay in word identification does not habituate after repeated exposure to the same accent. Results suggest that comprehensibility of accented speech, as measured by reaction times, does not benefit from accent exposure, contrary to intelligibility.