Responses to speaker nativeness and speaker gender.
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2023-01-31
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The process of globalization of trade is increasing the importance of the use of English as a lingua franca (ELF), which facilitates intercultural communication. As tolerance towards non- native speakers of English is not yet established, persuasiveness of non-native speakers is often diminished. Persuasiveness is determined by investigating source credibility. This study is built on the work of Lev-Ari and Keysar (2010), who researched statement truthfulness and speaker credibility and comprehensibility. Research on source credibility shows that gender might influence this. Multiple differences are found between men and women regarding communicational styles, personal needs in communication and gender evaluations. The presents study is different from the study Lev-Ari and Keysar (2010) conducted as credibility and comprehensibility are accompanied by extra variables aimed at the sociolinguistic segment of accentedness such as intelligibility, status, competence and likeability.
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