The Impact of Race on Speech Perception and Accentedness Judgements in Racially Diverse and Non-Diverse Groups

Autor/inn/en	Kutlu, Ethan; Tiv, Mehrgol; Wulff, Stefanie; Titone, Debra
Titel	The Impact of Race on Speech Perception and Accentedness Judgements in Racially Diverse and Non-Diverse Groups
Quelle	In: Applied Linguistics, 43 (2022) 5, S.867-890 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Kutlu, Ethan)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0142-6001
DOI	10.1093/applin/amab072
Schlagwörter	Race; Standard Spoken Usage; Language Attitudes; Language Variation; Nonstandard Dialects; Stereotypes; Speech Communication; Intelligibility; Social Networks; Diversity; Negative Attitudes; Whites; Asians; Human Body; North American English; Indians; Foreign Countries; Prediction; English (Second Language); Pronunciation; Scores; Task Analysis; Decision Making; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rasse; Abstammung; Gesprochene Sprache; Umgangssprache; Sprachverhalten; Sprachenvielfalt; Klischee; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Negative Fixierung; White; Weißer; Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate; Menschlicher Körper; Amerikanisches Englisch; Inder; Ausland; Vorhersage; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Aussprache; Aufgabenanalyse; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Großbritannien
Abstract	"Standard" varieties are often perceived as morally superior compared with "nonstandard" varieties (Hill 2008). Consequently, these differences lead to ideologies that racialize "nonstandard" varieties (Rosa 2016), and increase the negative stereotypes towards "nonstandard" varieties (Giles and Watson 2013). One outlet of such stereotypes can be observed with speech intelligibility and accentedness judgements. This study examines whether seeing a White or a South Asian face impacts listeners' perception of American, British, and Indian English and to what extent listeners' social network diversity plays a role in predicting their perception of speech. Results indicated that intelligibility scores decreased and accentedness judgements increased for all varieties when speech was paired with South Asian faces. However, listeners with less racially diverse social networks had the highest accentedness judgements. Understanding how to account for the emergence and behavioral implications of different English varieties is a pressing question, and these results shed light on how English varieties are perceived. The implications will be discussed in light of language teaching, linguistic practices, and language research. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01