Project

Speech intelligibility and foreign accent: New perspectives on the perception of non-native Dutch

Code
01N01818
Duration
01 January 2018 → 31 December 2024
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
  • Humanities and the arts
    • Language studies not elsewhere classified
    • Linguistics not elsewhere classified
    • Literary studies not elsewhere classified
  • Social sciences
    • Education curriculum not elsewhere classified
Keywords
speech intelligibility phonetics Dutch foreign language acquisition
 
Project description

Oral proficiency targets in foreign language learning are typically expressed in terms of intelligibility. However, what makes non-native speech intelligible and accented is ill understood. The proposed project examines the link between intelligibility, foreign accentedness, and listeners' attitudes towards non-native Dutch. The results will contribute to our understanding of these concepts and underpin the teaching of Dutch as a foreign language.