Who said what ... and how? [Elektronische Ressource] : on the influence of pronunciation on social categorization / von Tamara Rakić

Tamara

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• Psychologie
• Soziologie

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• Publié par: friedrich-schiller-universitat_jena
• Publié le: 01 janvier 2009
• Nombre de lectures: 24
• Langue: English

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Dissertation

Tamara Rakić




































Who Said What… and How?

On the Influence of Pronunciation on Social
Categorization




Dissertation

zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades


doctor philosophiae (Dr. phil.)








vorgelegt dem Rat der Fakultät für Sozial- und Verhaltenswissenschaften

der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena

von Dipl. -Psych. Tamara Rakić

geboren am 05.06.1980 in Split, Kroatien






















Gutachter

1. Prof. Dr. Melanie C. Steffens, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena

2. Prof. Dr. Amélie Mummendey, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena

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Tag des Kolloquiums: 18.02.2009

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Acknowledgments
First of all I would like to thank my supervisors Melanie Steffens and Amélie
Mummendey for believing in my idea and for giving me the possibility to do so many different
and challenging experiments. Also, I would like to express my gratitude to the Deutsche
Forschungsgemeinschaft for their financial support, and offering me possibility for visiting and
presenting at diverse congresses and workshops.
Very special thanks goes to my Master Thesis supervisor and dear friend Anne Maass,
for passing on to me such enthusiasm for research and always being so inspiring, encouraging
and knowing always to say the right thing. Grazie mille!
Furthermore I would like to thank my colleagues at the International Graduate College
for sharing this study/work experience with me for the past three years. Specially I would like to
thank: Daniel for listening and helping me with many German corrections, Christopher not only
for his statistical advices but what is more for his friendship; Beatrice for her kindness and
understanding, Friederike for sharing the passion for languages and films without forgetting the
last-minute help, encouragement and opportunities to always learn something new also about
myself, Janine first for being a great research student and later dear colleague. Danke!
My dear friends from Jena: Katharina for her friendship and patience, Gerhard for his
good mood and helping me when needed, Anne for supporting me in moments of need, Irena for
her help and understanding, Most of all thank you for so many nice moments passed together.
Vielen Vielen Dank!
In Italy I left some of the most important people in my life: Loris for being there, even if
sometimes in rush, but caring and sustaining me throughout the last ten years like a older
brother; Elena, for her very precious friendship and for making me part of her family; Marco for
being my very dear friend and for always being able to count on him no matter what especially in
these last three years. Grazie, vi voglio tanto bene!
Many thanks go to my friends in far Split: Mare for always giving me that feeling as if I
never left, Jelena for many challenging discussions and fun moments; Ante for ordering a signed
copy of my thesis before I even started writing it, but moreover for his friendship in all these
years. Hvala!
I’m very grateful to two most important people in my life: my Mom and brother Toni for
encouraging me throughout these years, for hearing me out, for being there for me even if I’m
always so far from home. Volim vas puno!
Grazie! Hvala! Thank you! Danke!
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Table of Contents
List of Tables ............................................................................................................................... VII
List of Figures .............................................................................................................................VIII
1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 1
1.1 Language and ethnicity .................................................................................................... 2
1.2 Social perception and categorization................................................................................ 5
1.3 Outline of the Dissertation ............................................................................................... 7
2 Influence of Accents and Gender on Job Interview Outcome ................................................ 9
2.1 Potential influence factors in a job interview ................................................................... 9
2.1.1 Perceived attractiveness ............................................................................................ 9
2.1.2 Language and person perception ............................................................................ 10
2.2 Research questions ......................................................................................................... 11
2.3 Method ........................................................................................................................... 12
2.4 Overall analyses ............................................................................................................. 15
2.5 Research question 1: Foreign Accent vs. Dialect Accent & Gender ............................. 16
2.5.2 Results ..................................................................................................................... 16
2.5.3 Discussion ............................................................................................................... 17
2.6 Research question 2: German dialect accents ................................................................ 20
2.6.2 Results ..................................................................................................................... 20
2.6.3 Discussion ............................................................................................................... 21
2.7 General Discussion ......................................................................................................... 22
2.8 Conclusions .................................................................................................................... 24
3 Influence of Accents on Social Categorization ..................................................................... 26
3.1 Cross categorization and audiovisual person perception ............................................... 26
3.2 Who said what paradigm ................................................................................................ 28
3.3 Overview of present studies ........................................................................................... 30
3.3.1 Materials selection .................................................................................................. 31
3.4 Experiment 1 .................................................................................................................. 32
3.4.1 Method .................................................................................................................... 33
3.4.2 Results & Discussion .............................................................................................. 35
3.5 Experiment 2 .................................................................................................................. 37
3.5.1 Method .................................................................................................................... 38 V

3.5.2 Results & Discussion .............................................................................................. 39
3.6 Experiment 3 .................................................................................................................. 41
3.6.1 Multinomial model.................................................................................................. 42
3.6.2 Method .................................................................................................................... 44
3.6.3 Results & Discussion .............................................................................................. 46
3.7 Experiment 4 .................................................................................................................. 48
3.7.1 Method .................................................................................................................... 50
3.7.2 Results & Discussion .............................................................................................. 51
3.8 Experiment 5 .................................................................................................................. 54
3.8.1 Multinomial model.................................................................................................. 54
3.8.2 Method .................................................................................................................... 56
3.8.3 Results & Discussion ....................................................