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dc.contributor.authorKonieczny, Lars
dc.contributor.authorHemforth, Barbara
dc.contributor.authorGibson, Edward A
dc.contributor.authorTan, Caitlin M.
dc.contributor.authorFutrell, Richard Landy Jones
dc.contributor.authorMahowald, Kyle Adam
dc.contributor.authorFedorenko, Evelina G
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-08T19:19:25Z
dc.date.available2018-01-08T19:19:25Z
dc.date.issued2017-04
dc.date.submitted2016-07
dc.identifier.issn0956-7976
dc.identifier.issn1467-9280
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/113024
dc.description.abstractBeing a nonnative speaker of a language poses challenges. Individuals often feel embarrassed by the errors they make when talking in their second language. However, here we report an advantage of being a nonnative speaker: Native speakers give foreign-accented speakers the benefit of the doubt when interpreting their utterances; as a result, apparently implausible utterances are more likely to be interpreted in a plausible way when delivered in a foreign than in a native accent. Across three replicated experiments, we demonstrated that native English speakers are more likely to interpret implausible utterances, such as “the mother gave the candle the daughter,” as similar plausible utterances (“the mother gave the candle to the daughter”) when the speaker has a foreign accent. This result follows from the general model of language interpretation in a noisy channel, under the hypothesis that listeners assume a higher error rate in foreign-accented than in nonaccented speech.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Science Foundation (U.S.) (Award 1534318)en_US
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherSage Publicationsen_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttps://doi.org/10.1177/0956797617690277en_US
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alikeen_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/en_US
dc.sourceProf. Gibson via Courtney Crummetten_US
dc.titleDon’t Underestimate the Benefits of Being Misunderstooden_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.citationGibson, Edward et al. “Don’t Underestimate the Benefits of Being Misunderstood.” Psychological Science 28, 6 (April 2017): 703–712 © 2017 The Author(s)en_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciencesen_US
dc.contributor.approverGibson, Edwarden_US
dc.contributor.mitauthorGibson, Edward A
dc.contributor.mitauthorTan, Caitlin M.
dc.contributor.mitauthorFutrell, Richard Landy Jones
dc.contributor.mitauthorMahowald, Kyle Adam
dc.contributor.mitauthorFedorenko, Evelina G
dc.relation.journalPsychological Scienceen_US
dc.eprint.versionAuthor's final manuscripten_US
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticleen_US
eprint.statushttp://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerRevieweden_US
dspace.orderedauthorsGibson, Edward; Tan, Caitlin; Futrell, Richard; Mahowald, Kyle; Konieczny, Lars; Hemforth, Barbara; Fedorenko, Evelinaen_US
dspace.embargo.termsNen_US
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5912-883X
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2656-6139
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9786-8716
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3823-514X
mit.licenseOPEN_ACCESS_POLICYen_US


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