ABSTRACT Three experiments tested the proposition that factors that make foreign-accented speech easier to process (i.e., increase listeners’ processing fluency) positively bias listeners’ evaluations of foreign-accented speakers. Participants listened to an audio recording of a Mandarin-accented speaker either in the presence or absence of subtitles (Studies 1 and 2) or were either familiar or unfamiliar with the content of the message prior to listening to the recording (Study 3). Compared to the unsubtitled/unfamiliar conditions, the subtitled/familiar conditions increased listeners’ fluency, elicited more positive affect, and resulted in more favorable language attitudes. The effects of subtitles/familiarity on language attitudes were mediated by fluency and affect. An extension of the fluency principle is proposed.

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扩展流利原则：增加听者处理流利度的因素会积极地影响他们的语言态度

摘要 三项实验测试了以下命题：使外语口音更容易处理的因素（即增加听者的处理流利度）积极地偏向听者对外国口音说话者的评价。参与者在有或没有字幕（研究 1 和 2）或在听录音之前熟悉或不熟悉消息内容的情况下听了一个普通话口音的人的录音（研究 3）。与无字幕/陌生条件相比，字幕/熟悉条件提高了听众的流畅度，引发了更多的积极情感，并导致了更有利的语言态度。字幕/熟悉度对语言态度的影响受流利度和情感的调节。提出了对流畅性原则的扩展。