Effects of short-term exposure to unfamiliar regional accents : Australians’ categorization of London and Yorkshire English consonants

Jason A. Shaw, Catherine T. Best, Karen E. Mulak, Gerard Docherty, Bronwen G. Evans, Paul Foulkes, Jennifer Hay, Jalal Al-Tamimi, Katharine Mair, Mike Peek, Sophie Wood

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    Abstract

    ![CDATA[We evaluated how Australian listeners perceive consonants spoken in two unfamiliar accents of English (Cockney, Yorkshire) and how consonant perception is influenced by short-term exposure to those accents. Results indicate that Australians misperceive some consonants from these accents and that short-term pre-exposure to them actually leads to further degraded performance in consonant categorization for these unfamiliar accents (relative to native Australian). These results rule out an account of perceptual adaptation in terms of the perceptual remapping of one consonant to another.]]
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings of the 15th Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology (SST2014), 2-5 December 2014, Rydges Latimer Hotel, Christchurch, New Zealand
    PublisherAustralasian Speech Science and Technology Association
    Pages72-75
    Number of pages4
    Publication statusPublished - 2014
    EventAustralasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology -
    Duration: 2 Dec 2014 → …

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    ISSN (Print)1039-0227

    Conference

    ConferenceAustralasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology
    Period2/12/14 → …

    Keywords

    • English language
    • pronunciation
    • vowels
    • speech perception

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