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Accents and Languages

This piece explores the nuances of English accents around the globe, from Australia to South Africa and various regions in the United States and Canada. It delves into how everyone inherently speaks with an accent but may not recognize their own. The article also examines the challenges infants and toddlers face in understanding different accents, the significance of familiar speech patterns, and how voice recognition affects comprehension. Key studies and findings from cognitive psychology highlight the influence of accent familiarity on communication.

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Accents and Languages

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  1. Accents and Languages Why do people speak the accent they do.

  2. English around the world • Australia • UK-Scotland, England, Wales, Northern Ireland • South Africa • United States – Varies by Region • Canada

  3. Non Verbal Communication • Everyone speaks with an accent • We only notice other peoples accent • Things like Pitch, Volume, rate, Articulation are all things that vary with different forms of English (Floyd. Kory, 2011)

  4. Testing of Infants understanding • Infants have difficulty understanding other languages unlike Adults • American English speaking infants have a problem with understanding Jamaican Accents • Bowl and Ball, About and “aboot” • It still unsolved how infants understand accents (van Heugten,2004)

  5. Testing of Toddlers http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=6&sid=ad03feb8-6816-4f0e-b9b0-4dbef320a559%40sessionmgr4005&hid=4106

  6. On-Target Experience w/ English and Scottish speakers • “Own-Accent” • Voice recognition and its importance • Usually familiar accents are better understood by the individual Stevenage, Sarah V

  7. On-Target Experience w/ English and Scottish speakers results • Greater Accuracy for Our own accents compared to when being exposed to other accents • Greater Confidence for our own Accents • English listeners had an easier time with Scottish accents then Scots did with English accents (Stevenage, 2012)

  8. English in South Africa • 5 dominant languages of South Africa • Afrikaner- White South Africans of Dutch Decent • White South African English-Spoken by White South African of British decent • Black South African English –spoken by many black south Africans • Indian South African English • Cape Flat English- spoken Mix race south Africans in the Cape Flat area (Kamper,2014)

  9. Bibliography • By: Stevenage, Sarah V.; Clarke, Gabriella; McNeill, Allan. Journal of Cognitive Psychology. Sep2012, Vol. 24 Issue 6, p647-653. 7p. 2 Charts. DOI: 10.1080/20445911.2012.675321http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=6&sid=ad03feb8-6816-4f0e-b9b0-4dbef320a559%40sessionmgr4005&hid=4214&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=aph&AN=78935902 • By: Kamper, Herman; Niesler, Thomas R. South African Journal of Science. Jan/Feb2014, Vol. 110 Issue 1/2, p63-68. 6p. DOI: 10.1590/sajs.2014/20120049. http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=6&sid=ad03feb8-6816-4f0e-b9b0-4dbef320a559%40sessionmgr4005&hid=4214 • By: van Heugten, Marieke; Johnson, Elizabeth K. Journal of Experimental Psychology. General. Feb2014, Vol. 143 Issue 1, p340-350. 11p. DOI: 10.1037/a0032192http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=6&sid=ad03feb8-6816-4f0e-b9b0-4dbef320a559%40sessionmgr4005&hid=4214 • By: Schmale, Rachel; Cristia, Alejandrina; Seidl, Amanda. Developmental Science. Nov2012, Vol. 15 Issue 6, p732-738. 7p. 1 Diagram, 2 Charts, 1 Graph. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2012.01175.x. http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=6&sid=ad03feb8-6816-4f0e-b9b0-4dbef320a559%40sessionmgr4005&hid=4214 • Floyd. Kory. (2011). Interpersonal Communication. 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020:McGraw-Hill

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