Evaluating the Dynamics of Speech Accommodation: Evidence from Mixed-reality and Naturalistic L1-L2 Interactions

评估语音适应的动态：来自混合现实和自然 L1-L2 交互的证据

• 批准号: 2141281
• 负责人: Kathrin Rothermich
• 金额: $ 34.05万
• 依托单位: East Carolina University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-01-15 至 2026-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2141281&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Evaluating; Dynamics; Speech; Accommodation; Evidence

In an increasingly global world, people in healthcare, education, and business progressively need to communicate with people whose primary language is not their own. Breakdowns in communication and trust can harm patient care, limit educational outcomes, and can be costly to businesses. In conversations where English is used as the common language, dominant English speakers often change their way of communicating to facilitate comprehension, a phenomenon described as communication accommodation. While research has documented these changes, very little is known about their impact on the listener, and more data is needed on the mechanisms by which accommodation facilitates rather than hinders communication. For instance, communication accommodation could either strengthen relationships or increase stress during interactions. This research project explores the dynamics of communication accommodation through several experiments. The aim is to advance basic knowledge on accommodation between dominant and non-dominant English speakers and to promote successful intercultural communication. A primary outcome of this research will be an educational training module that can be used to instruct future clinicians and other professionals on cross-language communication. Previous research on communication accommodation has predominantly relied on measuring how dominant speakers implement it. This project uses a virtual reality tool to capture conversational dynamics between dominant and non-dominant English speakers while controlling for variables such as speaker characteristics. For instance, the studies will control for the speaker's physical appearance and measure participants' implicit biases. A second experiment will examine the effectiveness of speech accommodation in a naturalistic setting by recording participants while they play a cooperative game. A third experiment will evaluate the perception of accommodative speech by measuring biophysiological stress in response to high or low accommodative interactions. In the context of a growing and understudied population of non-dominant English speakers, this project will inform best practices in communication strategies. These findings will apply to adults from a variety of linguistic backgrounds to better navigate healthcare and social interactions, with broader applications to civic life, academic success, and business.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

在日益全球化的世界中，医疗保健、教育和商业领域的人们越来越需要与母语不是自己母语的人进行交流。沟通和信任的破裂可能会损害患者护理、限制教育成果，并且可能给企业带来高昂的代价。在以英语为共同语言的对话中，以英语为主导的人经常改变沟通方式以促进理解，这种现象被称为沟通适应。虽然研究已经记录了这些变化，但人们对它们对听者的影响知之甚少，并且需要更多关于适应促进而不是阻碍沟通的机制的数据。例如，沟通适应可以加强关系或增加互动过程中的压力。该研究项目通过几个实验探索沟通适应的动态。其目的是提高英语母语者和非英语母语者之间的适应基础知识，并促进成功的跨文化交流。这项研究的主要成果将是一个教育培训模块，可用于指导未来的临床医生和其他专业人员进行跨语言交流。先前关于沟通适应的研究主要依赖于测量主导说话者如何实现它。该项目使用虚拟现实工具来捕获占主导地位的英语使用者和非占主导地位的英语使用者之间的对话动态，同时控制说话者特征等变量。例如，这些研究将控制说话者的外表并测量参与者的隐性偏见。第二个实验将通过记录参与者玩合作游戏时的情况来检查自然环境中言语调节的有效性。第三个实验将通过测量对高或低调节相互作用的生物生理压力来评估调节言语的感知。在非英语母语人口不断增长且未被充分研究的背景下，该项目将提供沟通策略的最佳实践。这些发现将适用于来自不同语言背景的成年人，以更好地指导医疗保健和社会互动，并更广泛地应用于公民生活、学术成功和商业。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准。