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2025

11.
Avoir un accent, une source de préjugés lorsqu’on cherche un emploi [Accent as a source of prejudice when looking for a job]

Mary Grantham O’Brien, Cesar Teló, Pavel Trofimovich

Avoir un accent, une source de préjugés lorsqu’on cherche un emploi [Accent as a source of prejudice when looking for a job] Online Open Access

2025.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: accentedness, employability, intelligibility, interaction, job applicant, pronunciation, workplace communication

2024

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How accent bias can impact a person’s job prospects

Mary Grantham O’Brien, Cesar Teló, Pavel Trofimovich

How accent bias can impact a person’s job prospects Online Open Access

2024.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: accentedness, comprehensibility, employability, experience, intelligibility, job applicant, pronunciation, social variables, workplace communication

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What do students in human resource management know about accent bias?

Pavel Trofimovich, Anamaria Bodea, Thao-Nguyen Nina Le, Mary Grantham O’Brien, Masako Shimada, Cesar Teló

What do students in human resource management know about accent bias? Journal Article Postprint

In: Language Awareness, vol. 33, iss. 3, pp. 447–467, 2024.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: accentedness, awareness, comprehensibility, employability, English for specific purposes, intelligibility, job applicant

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Visual cues to speakers’ religious affiliation and listeners’ understanding of second language French speech

Sara Kennedy, Pavel Trofimovich, Rachael Lindberg, Oguzhan Tekin

Visual cues to speakers’ religious affiliation and listeners’ understanding of second language French speech Journal Article Open AccessData | Materials

In: Languages, vol. 9, iss. 5, no. 154, pp. 1–21, 2024.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: comprehensibility, ethnic identity, intelligibility, pronunciation, social variables, speech ratings

2023

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Strategies for avoiding misunderstanding in English L2 conversations

Kim McDonough, Chen Liu, Pavel Trofimovich

Strategies for avoiding misunderstanding in English L2 conversations Journal Article Postprint

In: ELT Journal, vol. 77, iss. 4, pp. 426–434, 2023.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: English as lingua franca, intelligibility, interaction, linguistic dimensions, non-verbal behaviours, pragmatics, task

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The visual signature of non-understanding: A systematic replication of McDonough, Trofimovich, Lu, and Abashidze (2019)

Kim McDonough, Rachael Lindberg, Pavel Trofimovich, Oguzhan Tekin

The visual signature of non-understanding: A systematic replication of McDonough, Trofimovich, Lu, and Abashidze (2019) Journal Article Postprint

In: Language Teaching, vol. 56, iss. 1, pp. 113–127, 2023.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: English as lingua franca, intelligibility, interaction, replication

2022

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Examining rater perception of holds as a visual cue of listener nonunderstanding

Kim McDonough, Rachael Lindberg, Pavel Trofimovich

Examining rater perception of holds as a visual cue of listener nonunderstanding Journal Article Open Access

In: Studies in Second Language Acquisition, vol. 44, iss. 5, pp. 1240–1259, 2022.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: English as lingua franca, intelligibility, interaction, non-verbal behaviours, speech ratings

2019

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The occurrence and perception of listener visual cues during nonunderstanding episodes

Kim McDonough, Pavel Trofimovich, Libing Lu, Dato Abashidze

The occurrence and perception of listener visual cues during nonunderstanding episodes Journal Article Postprint

In: Studies in Second Language Acquisition, vol. 41, no. 5, pp. 1151–1165, 2019.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: English as lingua franca, intelligibility, interaction, non-verbal behaviours, speech ratings

3.
Comprehensibility: A useful tool to explore listener understanding

Sara Kennedy, Pavel Trofimovich

Comprehensibility: A useful tool to explore listener understanding Journal Article Postprint

In: Canadian Modern Language Review, vol. 75, no. 4, pp. 275–284, 2019.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: comprehensibility, dynamic, instruction, intelligibility, research methods, social variables

2018

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Is it because of my language background? A study of language background influence on comprehensibility judgments

Jennifer A. Foote, Pavel Trofimovich

Is it because of my language background? A study of language background influence on comprehensibility judgments Journal Article Postprint

In: Canadian Modern Language Review, vol. 74, no. 2, pp. 253–278, 2018.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: comprehensibility, cross-language similarity, intelligibility, linguistic dimensions, pronunciation, speech perception

2008

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Intelligibility, comprehensibility, and accentedness of L2 speech: The role of listener experience and semantic context

Sara Kennedy, Pavel Trofimovich

Intelligibility, comprehensibility, and accentedness of L2 speech: The role of listener experience and semantic context Journal Article

In: Canadian Modern Language Review, vol. 64, no. 3, pp. 459–489, 2008.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: accentedness, comprehensibility, experience, intelligibility, speech ratings