Principal Investigator:Barzilai, Maya L Licensed Year(s):
2019
Summary:
The objective of this project is to examine cases in which the phonetic and phonological properties of a pair of speech sounds make conflicting about predictions in which sound will be more easily processed. Tlicho, a phonologically Low-marked language, provides an ideal test ground for this question. High tones are more phonetically salient, where as low tones are more salient in the grammatical ...
Principal Investigator:Anisman, Adar Licensed Year(s):
2017
2016 Summary:
This research has two main objectives are to:
1. conduct linguistics research about the structure and meaning of conditional clauses and counterfactuals in Tlicho; and,
2. work towards updating the online Tlicho dictionary with new words, audio for existing words, and additional example sentences to existing entries.
Participants will be asked to translate sentences from English to Tlicho aft...
Principal Investigator:Saxon, Leslie A. Licensed Year(s):
2015
2014201320112009 Summary:
The objectives of this research project are to:
1. continue development of the existing on-line dictionary, available publically at (http://tlicho.ling.uvic.ca);
2. continue development of the iPod/iPad/iPhone application "Yati", which is currently available for download from the iTunes store;
3. develop templates for the production of new print editions of the primary dictionary and larger dic...
Principal Investigator:Welch, Nicholas D S Licensed Year(s):
2013
20092007 Summary:
The grammar of Tlicho Yatii encodes a difference between permanent properties of individuals (individual-level predicates), and temporary, limited ones (stage-level predicates). This project seeks to discover whether this difference comes from lexical meaning or syntactic structure. If the latter, the principal researcher expects that sentences with stage-level predicates such as 'Michel has a col...
Principal Investigator:Saunders, Susan J Licensed Year(s):
2013
Summary:
The aim of this project is to determine the current status of the Michif language in the North Slave region by surveying Metis community members to find out the level of fluency of community members, their attitudes toward Michif, and their goals for the future of Michif in the community. The information will be compiled into a Strategic Language Plan that the community can use to guide its langua...
Principal Investigator:Parker, Aliana Licensed Year(s):
2011
Summary:
The research objective is to understand the connection between Indigenous languages and the land, and to explore how that connection is represented in websites used for Indigenous language education. The central research question is: What is the significance of Indigenous perspectives of land for Indigenous language revitalization efforts? The connection between language and land will be the main ...
Principal Investigator:Marinakis, Aliki Licensed Year(s):
2001
Summary:
The research team will travel to Rae-Edzo by air and road, in order to collaborate with the local dictionary working group. The primary activities of the team will include assisting the working group on the collection, and computer inputting, of lexical and grammatical information on the Dogrib language....
Principal Investigator:Causely, Trisha Licensed Year(s):
1996
Summary:
The research involves two months of fieldwork in the N.W.T. where I will be consulting with native speaker consultants of different dialect and generational groups. Rae-Edzo is the largest of the Dogrib communities, and speakers from all of the different communities are represented there. Initial data collection will come from interviews with speakers in Rae-Edzo, and possibly in other Dogrib co...
Principal Investigator:Saxon, Leslie A. Licensed Year(s):
1987
Summary:
To investigate the pronouns and questions in the Dogrib language as part of research into overall patterns of sentence structure in Dogrib; provide a description of Dogrib sentence structure potentially useful for other applications; compare Dogrib with related languages and to aid the understanding of language structure generally....