Sociolinguistic Factors Influencing the Perception of Non-Native Speech

Agnieszka Bryła-Cruz

Agnieszka Bryła-Cruz Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej w Lublinie

Słowa kluczowe: mowa z obcym akcentem; percepcja angielszczyzny Polaków

Abstrakt

Czynniki socjolingwistyczne wpływające na percepcję mowy z obcym akcentem

W artykule zaprezentowano dane empiryczne dotyczące percepcji angielszczyzny Polaków przez trzy grupy rodzinnych użytkowników z Wysp Brytyjskich (Anglików, Irlandczyków i Szkotów). Głównym celem przeprowadzonego badania było sprawdzenie, w jakim stopniu socjolingwistyczny kontekst odbiorcy (płeć, wiek, wykształcenie, stopień osłuchania z angielszczyzną Polaków i częstotliwość kontaktów z Polakami) wpływa na odbiór mowy z obcym akcentem. Sędziowie oceniali dwie próbki dźwiękowe angielszczyzny Polaków pod względem natężenia obcego akcentu i irytacji, którą one wywołują u słuchaczy. Analiza danych pokazała, że wiek i płeć respondentów nie ma wpływu na ocenę powyższych parametrów (zaobserwowane różnice nie są istotne statystycznie). Wykształcenie odbiorców oraz stopnień osłuchania z angielszczyzną Polaków różnicował natomiast ocenę odsłuchiwanych próbek.

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