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Native Dutch listeners can quickly adapt to foreign-accented speech. Short exposure to non-canonical stress in Hungarian-accented Dutch improves word recognition by helping listeners tune into speaker-specific suprasegmental cues.

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Area of Science:

Psycholinguistics
Phonetics
Auditory Perception

Background:

Foreign-accented speech presents challenges for native listeners.
Suprasegmental features, like lexical stress, are crucial for speech perception.
Adaptation to non-canonical pronunciation is key for effective communication.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate if Dutch listeners can rapidly adapt to suprasegmental mispronunciations in Hungarian-accented Dutch.
To determine if exposure to non-canonical lexical stress improves word recognition.

Main Methods:

An exposure-test paradigm was employed with Dutch listeners.
Listeners were exposed to Hungarian-accented Dutch, with one group hearing canonical stress and another non-canonical stress.
Eye movements were tracked during a word recognition task using target-competitor pairs.

Main Results:

Listeners exposed to non-canonical stress showed improved discrimination of target-competitor pairs.
This suggests listeners tuned into speaker-specific suprasegmental realizations.
Even brief exposure facilitated adaptation to foreign-accented speech.

Conclusions:

Native listeners can rapidly adapt to suprasegmental variations in foreign-accented speech.
Exposure to non-canonical stress aids in adapting to speaker-specific pronunciation patterns.
This adaptation enhances word recognition in accented speech.