This study explores the influence of lexicality on gradient judgments of Swedish sibilant
fricatives by contrasting ratings of initial fricatives in words and word fragments (initial CV …

Previous research has shown that speakers' visual appearance influences listeners'
perception of second language (L2) speech. In Québec, Canada, the context of this study …

There is a long-standing gap in literacy achievement between African American and
European American students (eg, NAEP, 2019, 2022). A large body of research has …

This thesis investigates the influence of social network size and social network “racial”
diversity on regional accent processing. 122 participants listened to recorded English …

0. Abstract The Caribbean varieties of Spanish have long been marginalized, with many
aspects of Caribbean Spanish (ie/ɾ/lateralization,/s/deletion, intervocalic/d/deletion,/l …

The article discusses minimal issue identifying words that are visually presented, the
procedures by which orthography is translated into phonology and semantics are far from …

Extralinguistic factors have been shown to affect the perceived strength of foreign accents.
The current research investigates whether labelling speakers along a group membership …