Pronunciation among Adult Indigenous Language Learners: the case of SENĆOŦEN /t’/

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dc.contributor.authorBird, Sonya
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-15T13:52:25Z
dc.date.available2023-10-15T13:52:25Z
dc.date.copyright2020en_US
dc.date.issued2020
dc.descriptionThis work was conducted on the traditional territories of the W̱ SÁNEĆ Nation. HÍ,SW̱ ḴE SI,IÁM to all the speakers who participated in this research, I raise my hands to you and to your continued SENĆOŦEN language work. I am also grateful to Sarah Kell, Janet Leonard, Timothy Montler, and Tye Swallow for your support, to audience members of the 50th International Conference on Salish and Neighbouring Languages (2015) conference for your questions and comments, and to two anonymous reviewers for your thorough and thoughtful feedback. Any errors are my own.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis paper describes the features that set adult Indigenous language learning apart from other types second language learning, examining in particular the role that unique teaching and learning contexts might play in the acquisition of pronunciation. As a case study, the pronunciation of SENĆOŦEN (Coast Salish) /t’/ is compared across four groups of speakers, including two groups of adult learners. Acoustic analysis shows that /t’/, described as a weak ejective in previous work, is now consistently realized as a strong ejective, especially among learners and teachers. These findings are discussed with reference to factors relevant to language learning and teaching in general, as well as to ones relevant to Indigenous language learning and teaching in particular.en_US
dc.description.reviewstatusRevieweden_US
dc.description.scholarlevelFacultyen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipResearch funded by Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (410-2011 0224) to Sonya Bird.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBird, S. (2020). Pronunciation among adult Indigenous language learners: The case of SENĆOŦEN /t’/. Journal of Second Language Pronunciation, 6(2), 148- 179. https://doi.org/10.1075/jslp.17042.bir.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1075/jslp.17042.bir
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/15527
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Second Language Pronunciationen_US
dc.subjectAdult Indigenous Language Learningen_US
dc.subjectSENĆOŦENen_US
dc.subjectejectivesen_US
dc.subjecthyperarticulationen_US
dc.subjectsocial identityen_US
dc.subjectlanguage revitalizationen_US
dc.titlePronunciation among Adult Indigenous Language Learners: the case of SENĆOŦEN /t’/en_US
dc.typePostprinten_US

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