Categorization of second language accents by bilingual and multilingual listeners
Georgios P. Georgiou
Abstract:This study examines how listeners categorize second language (L2) accents and how their linguistic background affects this categorization. Ninety‐eight adult bilingual and multilingual Greek listeners categorized accents in a familiar (British English)–unfamiliar (Australian English) L2 accent condition. Data were collected through an online survey and analysed using binomial mixed‐effects models and signal detection analysis. The results demonstrated that both bilinguals and multilinguals exhibited low perfor… Show more
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