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Intelligibility, Comprehensibility, and Accentedness of L2 Speech: The Role of Listener Experience and Semantic Context
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Kennedy, Sara; Trofimovich, Pavel – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2008
This study investigated how listener experience (extent of previous exposure to non-native speech) and semantic context (degree and type of semantic information available) influence measures of intelligibility, comprehensibility, and accentedness of non-native (L2) speech. Participants were 24 native English-speaking listeners, half experienced…
Descriptors: Communication Strategies, Semantics, Mandarin Chinese, English (Second Language)