Effects of dentalization and devoicing of the /z/ phoneme on listeners' judgment of a speaker's sexual orientation.
25 undergraduate listeners judged that a male speaker with normal speech, who dentalized (lisped) or devoiced the /z/ phoneme in the context of a sentence, sounded significantly more "gay" in terms of judged sexual orientation than did the same speaker producing /z/ without phonological processes. Speech-language pathologists should be aware of possible social consequences of speech production disorders.
Huff
Elisa
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Department of Communication Disorders, The University of South Dakota, Vermillion 57069, USA.
Phillips
Susan Davis
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Dancer
Jess
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Davis
Priscilla
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001184:Articulation Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D018451:Homosexuality, Male / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010699:Phonation; D010700:Phonetics; D013067:Speech Perception; D013240:Stereotyping; D014833:Voice Quality