美国英语中的种族识别
Yolanda Feimster Holt1, Tessa Bent2, Melissa Baese-Berk3
1Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC.
Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR
|November 21, 2024
概括
听众准确地识别了北卡罗来纳州方言中的说话者种族. 然而,西北卡罗来纳州的黑人发言者更难识别,这表明共同的语言模式影响了种族分类.
科学领域:
- 社会语言学 社会语言学
- 声学语音学的声音学
- 种族和语言感知 语言感知
背景情况:
- 种族认同受到语言线索的影响.
- 南美英语方言呈现区域差异.
- 语音的声学特性可以与社会身份相关联.
研究的目的:
- 调查自我认同的种族,方言区域和声学语音特征如何影响南美英语说者的种族分类.
- 为了确定听众是否可以准确地识别来自北卡罗来纳州不同地区的演讲者的种族.
- 探索声学变量在听众种族分类中的作用.
主要方法:
- 来自南方 (北卡罗来纳州) 和中部 (印第安纳州) 地区的听众参加了会议.
- 参与者听到了来自东北卡罗来纳州和西北卡罗来纳州的黑人和白人演讲者制作的 /hVd/词.
- 分析了听众对分类演讲者种族的准确性.
主要成果:
- 听众准确地分类了所有小组的演讲者种族超越机会.
- 西北卡罗来纳州的黑人说话者被归类的准确性最低,仅略高于偶然.
- 精度差异表明方言相似之处影响了种族感知.
结论:
- 在北卡罗来纳州西部的黑人和白人说话者之间的语音产生的相似性影响了黑人说话者的种族分类.
- 语音的声谱特征与这些分类模式有关.
- 这些发现突出了方言,声学特性和种族感知之间的复杂相互作用.
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