Processing changes when listening to foreign-accented speech

Romero-Rivas, Carlos; Martin, Clara D.; Costa, Albert

doi:10.3389/fnhum.2015.00167

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“…In fact, we did not observe significant differences in the lexical anticipation effect (that is, the difference between Unrelated and Best Completion words) between native and foreignaccented speech comprehension. These results are congruent with previous studies showing that listeners adapt very rapidly to foreign-accented speech, using lexical information (Clarke and Garrett, 2004;Romero-Rivas et al, 2015). In addition, our results suggest that lexical anticipation is a very efficient process, since it takes place even when listening to foreign-accented speakers, who usually produce non canonical phonetic and prosodic information (Nissem et al, 2007;Wade et al, 2007;Wester et al, 2007;Gut, 2012;.…”

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“…These results are in line with previous studies showing that indexical properties of the speakers (such as age or gender of the speaker, or a foreign accent) interact with semantic congruity processing during auditory comprehension (Van Berkum et al, 2008;Romero-Rivas et al, 2015). Still, our result is novel in the sense that we show that not only semantic congruency processing is influenced by indexical properties of speakers, but also lexical and semantic anticipation processes.…”

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“…This would reveal that sentences' best completions are anticipated independently of indexical properties of speakers, such as a native/ foreign accent. On the other hand, since foreign-accented speech modulates the availability of lexical and semantic information during sentence comprehension (Goslin et al, 2012;Romero-Rivas et al, 2015), it could be that anticipatory processes differ between native and foreign-accented speech comprehension. If listeners rely to a higher extent on top-down cues in order to normalize the speech signal during foreign-accented lexical processing (Goslin et al, 2012), we would expect narrowed anticipation effects during foreign-accented compared to native speech comprehension.…”

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“…In other words, listeners would rely on topdown contextual cues in order to normalize the signal during foreign-accented lexical processing, narrowing the possible lexical candidates (Goslin et al, 2012). Romero-Rivas et al (2015) also explored sentence comprehension during foreign-accented speech comprehension. We observed that, during native speech comprehension, semantic violations in the critical words ("My favorite breakfast is a toast with marmalade and a coffee/hospital with a lot of milk") elicited an N400 effect followed by a P600 effect.…”

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Foreign-accented speech modulates linguistic anticipatory processes

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a b s t r a c tListeners are able to anticipate upcoming words during sentence comprehension, and, as a result, they also pre-activate semantically related words. In the present study, we aim at exploring whether these anticipatory processes are modulated by indexical properties of the speakers, such as a speaker's accent. Event-related brain potentials were obtained while native speakers of Spanish listened to native (Experiment 1) or foreign-accented speakers (Experiment 2) of Spanish producing highly constrained sentences. The sentences ended in: (1) the highest cloze probability completion, (2) a word semantically related to the expected ending, or (3) a word with no semantic overlap with the expected ending. In Experiment 1, we observed smaller N400 mean amplitudes for the semantically related words as compared to the words with no semantic overlap, replicating previous findings. In Experiment 2, we observed no difference in integrating semantically related and unrelated words when listening to accented speech. These results suggest that linguistic anticipatory processes are affected by indexical properties of the speakers, such as the speaker's accent.

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“…However, developing a "neutral" Spanish version of any assessment without translators of different Hispanic subgroups is unattainable given regional differences (Smith et al, 2011). Besides, electrophysiological evidence indicates that processing foreign-accent interferes with comprehension for native European Spanish speakers (Romero-Rivas, Martin & Costa, 2015).…”

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Título: Adaptación al Español Europeo de la Evaluación Automatizada de la Memoria Operativa (Automated Working Memory Test Battery -AWMA). Resumen: En el presente estudio se presenta la adaptación al idioma Español Europeo de la Evaluación Automatizada de la Memoria Operativa, habiéndose tenido en cuenta la necesidad de calibración para cuestiones de acento y lingüística que no son compatibles con la versión disponible. Con este propósito, el material verbal fue seleccionado cuidadosa y apropiadamente, teniendo en cuenta las especificidades del Español Europeo y con el fin de controlar los posibles efectos de los factores psicolingüísticos, tales como la longitud de las palabras o la frecuencia léxica, y aspectos técnicos, como la velocidad de presentación de los estímulos y la calidad de sonido también fueron controlados. Una muestra exploratoria de 81 niños de 7 a 9 años de edad se evaluó para confirmar que la adaptación es adecuada para su empleo posterior. Además las puntuaciones obtenidas se contrastaron con las de niños argentinos. Los datos mostraron una validez adecuada y una puntuación fiable, lo que permite considerar a esta versión como un instrumento útil para fines de investigación, y su empleo en futuros estudios debería incentivar la recopilación de datos normativos para españoles. Palabras clave: memoria operativa; evaluación; español europeo; infancia; psicolingüística. Abstract:The current study presents the adaptation of Automated Working Memory Assessment into European Spanish, considering the need of calibration for accent and linguistic issues not supported by the version available. For this purpose, verbal material was carefully and properly selected, considering specificities of the European Spanish, in order to control possible effects of psycholinguistic factors, such as word length or lexical frequency, and technical aspects such as stimuli presentation speed and sound quality were also tuned. An exploratory sample of 81 children from 7-to 9-year-old was assessed to confirm that the adaptation is suitable for further use, besides, their scores were contrasted with the Argentinean children. The data showed proper validity and reliability scores, which characterize this version as a useful instrument for research purposes, and its usage in further studies should be encourage to gather normative data for Spaniards.

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Processing of and Attitudes Toward Foreign‐Accented Speech

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In linguistics, the (foreign) accent has been defined as a set of patterns linked to segmental (phones) and suprasegmental (intonation, melody, rhythm, and tone) pronunciation that differ from standard and non‐standard varieties of a language. Other definitions go further by adding that a speaker's (foreign) accent provides information about their geographical, socio‐economic, and ethnic background. In this entry, we argue that an accent, as other traits of a speaker's identity, such as gender, age, or social status, not only affects language processing but also the evaluation of the speaker. We then explain how social categorization, stereotypes, and linguistic (dis)fluency are factors that influence language attitudes and (neuro)cognitive processes, and consequently modulate native speakers' behavior. Finally, we describe the consequences foreign‐accented speech has on everyday life from the point of view of both foreign and native speakers.

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Processing changes when listening to foreign-accented speech

Cited by 63 publications

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Foreign-accented speech modulates linguistic anticipatory processes

Foreign-accented speech modulates linguistic anticipatory processes

Adaptation into European Spanish of the Automated Working Memory Test Battery (AWMA)

Processing of and Attitudes Toward Foreign‐Accented Speech

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