An emerging field of research suggests that much like Cajun English or African American Vernacular English — otherwise known as Ebonics — unique speech patterns also have developed among indigenous ...

Those with native accents are often unaware of the pervasive bias that those with perceived foreign accents experience. A new study from Sutton Trust indicates that accent discrimination is still a ...

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Our brains process foreign-accented speech with better real-time accuracy if we can identify the accent we hear, according to a team of neurolinguists. Our brains process foreign-accented speech with ...

Anyone who speaks a language other than their mother tongue has inevitably had moments of self-doubt about their accent: “Do they understand me? Do I sound silly? Is my pronunciation okay?” While it’s ...