Subjective accent strength perceptions are not only a function of objective accent strength. Evidence from Netherlandic Standard Dutch
Nave listeners can recognize three regional accents of Netherlandic Standard Dutch. Nave listeners agree in their subjective ratings of the strength of these accents. Accent strength can be objectively measured on the basis of vowel formants. Subjective ratings and objective measurements of accent strength strongly correlate. But: subjective accentedness ratings are co-determined by speaker prestige variables.
l1 accent strength speech perception speech evaluation formant analysis language attitudes