Upon hearing someone's speech, a listener can access information such as the speaker's
age, gender identity, socioeconomic status, and their linguistic background. However, an …

Standard varieties are often perceived as morally superior compared with nonstandard
varieties. Consequently, these differences lead to ideologies that racialize nonstandard …

Much effort has been put into the design of video lectures, but little attention has been paid
to the social environment in which learning takes place. The present study addressed this …

Purpose The purpose of this study is to further our understanding of the effects of service
employees' accents on service outcomes and to investigate the boundary conditions of …

In our continuously globalizing world, cross-cultural and cross-linguistic communications are
far from exceptional. A wealth of research has indicated that the processing of nonnative …

Extracting linguistic information from the speech signal is critical to successfully
communicate with others. We usually carry out this sound-to-meaning mapping easily, but …

When listening to a speaker, we need to adapt to her individual speaking characteristics,
such as error proneness, accent, etc. The present study investigated two aspects of …

Abstract Picture-in-Picture (PIP) is an effective lecture video design that includes a screen
capture video in the center and the instructor's talking head in one corner. Few research …

Research has shown that older adults have increased difficulty comprehending foreign-
accented speech. As these studies have only used behavioral measures, we exploited the …

In our highly interconnected and technological society, cross-cultural conversations are
progressively increasing, resulting in heightened exposure to foreign-accented speech …