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The effects of degrees of D utch accentedness in ELF and in F rench, G erman and S panish
Author(s) -
Hendriks Berna,
Meurs Frank,
Groot Elizabeth
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
international journal of applied linguistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.712
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1473-4192
pISSN - 0802-6106
DOI - 10.1111/ijal.12101
Subject(s) - stress (linguistics) , psychology , linguistics , philosophy
In a verbal guise experiment, 178 listeners with three nationalities (58 F rench, 59 G erman and 61 S panish) listened to samples recorded by female speakers with three degrees of accentedness (strong/slight accented‐ D utch and native) in E nglish, F rench, G erman and S panish. Findings indicate that a strong accent had a detrimental effect on understanding and attitudinal evaluations, while a slight accent hardly led to negative effects. A speaker with a strong D utch accent in E nglish was evaluated as less competent than speakers with a slight or native accent. Speakers with a strong D utch accent in F rench, G erman or S panish were evaluated as less friendly and less competent than speakers with a native accent.