Newton Caroline, Burns Rebecca, Bruce Carolyn
Division of Psychology & Language Sciences, University College London, London, UK.
Clin Linguist Phon. 2013 Apr;27(4):287-98. doi: 10.3109/02699206.2012.753111. Epub 2013 Jan 22.
The UK is a diverse society where individuals regularly interact with speakers with different accents. Whilst there is a growing body of research on the impact of speaker accent on comprehension in people with aphasia, there is none which explores their ability to identify accents. This study investigated the ability of this group to identify the geographical origins of a speaker. Age-matched participants with and without aphasia listened to 120 audio recordings of five speakers each of six accents, reading aloud four sentences each. Listeners were asked to make a forced-choice decision about the geographical origin of the speaker. Adults with aphasia were significantly less accurate than control participants at identifying accents but both groups made the same pattern of errors. Adults with aphasia who are able to identify a new speaker as being from a particular place may draw on this information to help them "tune in" to the accent.
英国是一个多元化的社会，人们经常与口音不同的人交流。虽然关于说话者口音对失语症患者理解能力影响的研究越来越多，但尚无研究探讨他们识别口音的能力。本研究调查了这一群体识别说话者地理来源的能力。年龄匹配的有失语症和无失语症的参与者听了120段录音，每个录音中有五个说话者，分别带有六种口音，每人朗读四个句子。听众被要求对说话者的地理来源做出强制选择。患有失语症的成年人在识别口音方面明显不如对照组准确，但两组的错误模式相同。能够识别新说话者来自特定地方的失语症成年人可以利用这些信息来帮助他们“适应”口音。
