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5billionpeoplespeakEnglisharoundtheworld
Butformorethan1
1billionofthem,Englishistheirsecondlanguage—oftenwithanoticeableaccent
“Someone'saccentreallyrevealsalotaboutwhotheyareandtheiridentity
Itwilltellpeoplewhattheirnativelanguageisandprobablywheretheycomefrom,”saysMarcPell,acommunication'sprofessoratMcGillUniversityinMontreal
AndaccordingtoPell,onereactiontoitcanbeabias(偏见)againstthatperson
Previousresearchthathasbeendoneelsewhereshowedthatpeoplewhohaveanaccenttendtobetrustedless,simplybecausetheyhaveanaccent
Butaccentsaren'ttheonlythingwelistenforwhenwehavetodecideifwetrustanotherperson
Toneofvoicealsoplaysarole
Pellandhisteamwantedtoknowifpeoplewouldtrustaconfidenttone,evenifitcamefromsomeonewithanaccent
TheresearchershadCanadianEnglishspe