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Publication Date: 2006-Oct
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Does a Regional Accent Perturb Speech Processing?
Floccia, Caroline; Goslin, Jeremy; Girard, Frederique; Konopczynski, Gabrielle
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, v32 n5 p1276-1293 Oct 2006
The processing costs involved in regional accent normalization were evaluated by measuring differences in lexical decision latencies for targets placed at the end of sentences with different French regional accents. Over a series of 6 experiments, the authors examined the time course of comprehension disruption by manipulating the duration and presentation conditions of accented speech. Taken together, the findings of these experiments indicate that regional accent normalization involves a short-term adjustment mechanism that develops as a certain amount of accented signal is available, resulting in a temporary perturbation in speech processing.
Descriptors: Pronunciation, Language Processing, Dialects, Sentences, French, Experiments, Listening Comprehension, Speech Communication
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Language: English
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