Intro
Aims
Background
Methods
Influence
Questionnaire
Accent Samples
Personnel
Results
- New Zealand
- Australia
- USA
- England
- Finland
- Sweden
- Germany
- Singapore
- Fiji
- Hong Kong
- Japan
- China
- Ireland
- Brazil
- Indonesia
- Argentina
- Malaysia
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Current Research
Cross-cultural
Intonation
References
Anthropology
Otago
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Evaluating English Accents WorldWide Results: AMERICA
USA Personality Trait Means
53 Cleveland State University Students
34 female, 18 male, 1 missing, mean age 25.0
(collected by George Ray)
American Students' Accent Guesses
majority/plurality percentage for each speaker in boldface;
major erroneous guesses italicised
Points to note:
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The NAm female voice is the clear leader in all traits except income and class.
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The NAm male is almost always rated second, just below her.
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The AusE male voice is usually in third or fourth place.
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All voices are downgraded in the humour variable relative to the other national
samples.
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Except for the solidarity traits, the NZE male is more highly rated by the
Americans than he is by the New Zealanders.
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