Disentangling Accent from Comprehensibility

Autor/inn/en	Trofimovich, Pavel; Isaacs, Talia
Titel	Disentangling Accent from Comprehensibility
Quelle	In: Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 15 (2012) 4, S.905-916 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1366-7289
DOI	10.1017/S1366728912000168
Schlagwörter	Experienced Teachers; Syllables; French; Pronunciation; Second Language Learning; Speech; Native Speakers; English (Second Language); Correlation; Phonology; Language Rhythm; Grammar; Evaluators; Novices + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Silbe; Französisch; Aussprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Speaking; Sprechen; Muttersprachler; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Korrelation; Fonologie; Sprachrhythmus; Grammatik
Abstract	The goal of this study was to determine which linguistic aspects of second language speech are related to accent and which to comprehensibility. To address this goal, 19 different speech measures in the oral productions of 40 native French speakers of English were examined in relation to accent and comprehensibility, as rated by 60 novice raters and three experienced teachers. Results showed that both constructs were associated with many speech measures, but that accent was uniquely related to aspects of phonology, including rhythm and segmental and syllable structure accuracy, while comprehensibility was chiefly linked to grammatical accuracy and lexical richness. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10