The effect of speakers’ regional varieties on listeners’ decision-making

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The effect of speakers’ regional varieties on listeners’ decision-making. / Leemann, Adrian; Bernardasci, Camilla; Nolan, Francis.
Proceedings of Interspeech 2015: 16th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association. 2015. p. 1670-1674 (Proceedings of Interspeech).

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Leemann, A, Bernardasci, C & Nolan, F 2015, The effect of speakers’ regional varieties on listeners’ decision-making. in Proceedings of Interspeech 2015: 16th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association. Proceedings of Interspeech, pp. 1670-1674. <https://www.isca-speech.org/archive/interspeech_2015/i15_1670.html>

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Leemann, A., Bernardasci, C., & Nolan, F. (2015). The effect of speakers’ regional varieties on listeners’ decision-making. In Proceedings of Interspeech 2015: 16th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association (pp. 1670-1674). (Proceedings of Interspeech). https://www.isca-speech.org/archive/interspeech_2015/i15_1670.html

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Leemann A, Bernardasci C, Nolan F. The effect of speakers’ regional varieties on listeners’ decision-making. In Proceedings of Interspeech 2015: 16th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association. 2015. p. 1670-1674. (Proceedings of Interspeech).

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Leemann, Adrian ; Bernardasci, Camilla ; Nolan, Francis. / The effect of speakers’ regional varieties on listeners’ decision-making. Proceedings of Interspeech 2015: 16th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association. 2015. pp. 1670-1674 (Proceedings of Interspeech).

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title = "The effect of speakers{\textquoteright} regional varieties on listeners{\textquoteright} decision-making",

abstract = "It has been widely reported that speech provides cues to a speaker's regional background. Little is known about how such cues influence human behavior, however. In the present study we used a matched-guise design to test how speakers' regional accents affect listeners' decision-making. In three scenarios, 72 subjects from three regions in Switzerland were asked to choose either the Standard German, Bern, or Zurich German speaker when asked to select a secretary, surgeon, or travel companion. Results revealed that preferences differed depending on the scenario. We further report two results that have not been described before: (1) the Standard accent was least preferred in all scenarios; (2) in-group favoritism seems to apply only partially to the Swiss context: the Zurich variety was the most preferred variety for all listener groups. We discuss implications from the point of view of accent prestige and social identity theory.",

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