2012
DOI: 10.1121/1.4730884
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Adapting to suprasegmental lexical stress errors in foreign-accented speech

Abstract: Can native listeners rapidly adapt to suprasegmental mispronunciations in foreign-accented speech? To address this question, an exposure-test paradigm was used to test whether Dutch listeners can improve their understanding of non-canonical lexical stress in Hungarian-accented Dutch. During exposure, one group of listeners heard a Dutch story with only initially stressed words, whereas another group also heard 28 words with canonical second-syllable stress (e.g., EEKhorn, "squirrel" was replaced by koNIJN "rab… Show more

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“…Our results nicely complement an eye-tracking study by Reinisch and Weber (2011), which examined Dutch listeners’ learning of the non-canonical lexical stress patterns of a novel foreign accent. Their results showed that listeners who received evidence about the accented talker’s stress patterns during training performed better at test than those who had received no evidence.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 74%
“…Our results nicely complement an eye-tracking study by Reinisch and Weber (2011), which examined Dutch listeners’ learning of the non-canonical lexical stress patterns of a novel foreign accent. Their results showed that listeners who received evidence about the accented talker’s stress patterns during training performed better at test than those who had received no evidence.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 74%
“…Using incorrect stress patterns can cause communication to break down, as shown in Reinisch and Weber (2012), among others. In combination with stress patterns, the correct use of weak forms is crucial for a proper understanding, especially in fast speech (Cruttenden 2008).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…From the work mentioned above (e.g., Dahan et al, 2008;Hanulíková & Weber, 2012;Reinisch & Weber, 2012;Witteman et al, 2013), as well as from other previous work (Sumner & Samuel, 2009;Weber, Di Betta, & McQueen, 2014;White, Yee, Blumstein, & Morgan, 2013), there is indication that listener experience (either short-term or long-term), may play a role in the ability to process accented speech. Apart from short-term adaptation, it appears that listeners also make use of long-term linguistic experience with accents to facilitate processing.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 93%
“…Two studies have employed the visual world/word eye-tracking methodology to investigate the recognition of non-native pronunciation variants (Hanulíková & Weber, 2012;Reinisch & Weber, 2012). First, Reinisch and Weber (2012) examined the effect of suprasegmental mispronunciation in Hungarian-accented disyllabic Dutch words.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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