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. 2019 Dec 30;146(6):4625–4643. doi: 10.1121/1.5139423

TABLE I.

Summary of linguistic influences reported by included participants. Geographic region of origin was elicited with the question “Which state or region do you think has had the biggest impact on your accent?”.

Number of participants Detail
Languages spoken
Speak another language with some fluency 18 Spanish (n = 11), Korean (n = 5), Tagalog (n = 1), Vietnamese (n = 1)
Some exposure to another language 41 Spanish (n = 38), Italian (n = 3), Hebrew (n = 3), Latin (n = 3), Japanese (n = 2), Korean (n = 1)
Speak only English 6
Geographic region of origin
Northeast 30
Pacific West 12
Midwest 9
Southwest 4
Southeast 9
No response 1