"口音地图":基于地理位置的评估,对非本土口音熟悉度和语言多样性的评估
Yuting Gu1, Seth Cutler2, Xin Xie3
1Department of Language Science, School of Social Sciences, University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA. yuting.gu@uci.edu.
Psychonomic bulletin & review
|February 25, 2026
概括
环境语言多样性,以当地非母语英语使用者来衡量,预测了语音适应. 这个地理位置指标显示了口音特定的便利化,改善了对不同环境如何塑造语言感知的理解.
科学领域:
- 心理语言学 心理语言学
- 社会语言学 社会语言学
- 语音感知 语音感知
背景情况:
- 成功的语言理解需要快速适应语言变异,如发音.
- 现有的研究表明,长期接触语言多样性有助于适应,但现实中的接触难以量化.
- 对语言接触的自我报告措施受到回忆偏差和错过偶然学习的限制.
研究的目的:
- 引入和验证一种基于地理位置的新型指标,用于量化当地语言多样性和环境中对口音发言的暴露.
- 评估这个指标与听众适应音英语之间的关系.
- 调查环境暴露是否预测了特定于口音的感知适应.
主要方法:
- 开发了一个基于地理位置的指标,使用美国人口普查数据 (邮政编码级别) 来估计当地语言多样性,使用非母语英语说话者的比例作为音语言暴露的代理.
- 进行了一项大规模的在线交叉模式匹配研究 (N=647) 与美国各地的单语英语使用者.
- 评估了参与者的快速适应中文口音的英语.
主要成果:
- 基于人口普查的语言多样性指标显著预测了对中国口音英语的主观熟悉程度.
- 通过指标测量,环境暴露在中国口音的语言中,预测了初次暴露期间的感知适应.
- 适应性与中国口音的普遍性有关,而不是其他口音 (如西班牙语),这表明了依赖于口音的效应.
结论:
- 一种基于地理位置的新型指标提供了一种可扩展和客观的方法来量化环境语言多样性及其对语音感知的影响.
- 环境中特定口音的本地流行可以促进听众适应这些口音.
- 这种方法补充了自我报告措施,适用于不同的人群,增强了对环境语言多样性如何塑造语音适应和学习的研究.
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