The role of priming in grammatical acceptability judgements for native versus non-native speakers: Effects of intelligibility

ABSTRACT: Comprehenders frequently need to adapt to linguistic variability between talkers and dialects. Previous research has shown, given repeated exposure to quasi-grammatical structures, comprehenders begin to perceive them as more grammatical (Luka & Barsalou 2005, Luka & Choi 2012). We examined whether grammatical acceptability judgements differ for native versus non-native speech. In an exposure phase, native English speakers listened to, retyped, and rated the grammaticality of quasi-grammatical sentences (e.g., What Emily is thankful for is that she is here) spoken by a native or non-native speaker. In a subsequent test phase, participants rated additional sentences, some of which had the same structure as exposure sentences. Participants rated native-accented sentences as more grammatical,

SUBMITTER: Constantine R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9518884 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature