Examining accent bias towards Turkish speakers of Dutch
This contribution investigates the attitudes of Flemish first language speakers towards Turkish-Flemish speakers of Dutch as a second language. We conducted a 2 x 2 x 2 speaker evaluation experiment measuring the effects of accent (native vs. Turkish), language variety (standard vs. colloquial) and name (Flemish vs. Turkish) on attitudes vis-à-vis male speakers of Belgian Dutch. Our findings provide no consistent evidence of a negative bias vis-à-vis Turkish names in Flanders. While this result could be attributed to a social desirability bias, consistent downgrading of the Turkish accent on S... Mehr ...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 2023 |
| Reihe/Periodikum: | Dutch Journal of Applied Linguistics, Vol 12 (2023) |
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| Schlagwörter: | language attitudes / language variation / accent bias / ethnic difference / speaker evaluation experiment / Philology. Linguistics / P1-1091 |
| Sprache: | Englisch Niederländisch |
| Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29401747 |
| Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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| Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.51751/dujal12841 |
This contribution investigates the attitudes of Flemish first language speakers towards Turkish-Flemish speakers of Dutch as a second language. We conducted a 2 x 2 x 2 speaker evaluation experiment measuring the effects of accent (native vs. Turkish), language variety (standard vs. colloquial) and name (Flemish vs. Turkish) on attitudes vis-à-vis male speakers of Belgian Dutch. Our findings provide no consistent evidence of a negative bias vis-à-vis Turkish names in Flanders. While this result could be attributed to a social desirability bias, consistent downgrading of the Turkish accent on Superiority provides an indication of the existence of an accent bias that penalises ethnic minority accents in competence-related judgements.