Speech is a complex auditory signal that contains multiple layers of linguistic and non‐
linguistic structure. Perceivers are exquisitely sensitive to this layered structure and extract …

Upon hearing someone's speech, a listener can access information such as the speaker's
age, gender identity, socioeconomic status, and their linguistic background. However, an …

An unresolved issue in social perception concerns the effect of perceived ethnicity on
speech processing. Bias-based accounts assume conscious misunderstanding of native …

Higher education institutions are growing as international spaces, making it crucial to
understand how international scholars are subjected to US conceptions of race and …

Standard varieties are often perceived as morally superior compared with nonstandard
varieties. Consequently, these differences lead to ideologies that racialize nonstandard …

This paper examines how American listeners' expectations of non‐native English speech
from speakers of East Asian descent can be modulated by the persona invoked by a …

When encountering speakers whose accents differ from the listener's own, listeners initially
show a processing cost, but that cost can be attenuated after short term exposure. The extent …

Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate the distraction reported by unfamiliar
adults when listening to a speaker who stutters, and whether listener distraction is …

The centering of whiteness in English Language Teaching (ELT) renders the industry
callous, corrupt and cruel; or, antisocial. Using the diagnostic criteria for Antisocial …

Deploying a social robot in the real world means that it must interact with speakers from
diverse backgrounds, who in turn are likely to show substantial accent and dialect variation …