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The relative effects of phonetic and phonological salience on speech sound processing
chercheur principal: Barzilai, Maya L
Année(s) de permis: 2019
Résumé: 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 ...


Tlicho On-line and Print Dictionary
chercheur principal: Saxon, Leslie A.
Année(s) de permis: 2015 2014 2013 2011 2009
Résumé: 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...


Phonetics and Phonology of two Northern Athabaskan Languages
chercheur principal: Jaker, Alessandro M
Année(s) de permis: 2014 2013 2012 2009 2008 2007 2005
Résumé: This project is the continuation of a previous year's project, "Teaching our Yellowknives Dene Languages". The research team will produce two published materials, in each language (Dogrib and Chipewyan): an intermediate-level reader, and a verb dictionary. The reader will contain elders' stories on topics from Dene Kede, with a focus on animals: the research team would like to include at least two...


Light verbs and predicate types in Tlicho Yatii
chercheur principal: Welch, Nicholas D S
Année(s) de permis: 2013 2009 2007
Résumé: 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...


A language survey of Michif in the North Slave region
chercheur principal: Saunders, Susan J
Année(s) de permis: 2013
Résumé: 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...


Learning the Language of the Land: The representation of land in web-based Indigenous language education
chercheur principal: Parker, Aliana
Année(s) de permis: 2011
Résumé: 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 ...


ESL Educational Techniques
chercheur principal: SARIKAYA, SULEYMAN
Année(s) de permis: 2010
Résumé: The objective of this research is to learn different English as a Second Language (ESL) teaching techniques by observation of ESL classes. The researcher will produce a formal written report that will include all observational data, curriculum comparisons, a summary of student work comparisons and all new ESL teaching techniques. The final formal report will be presented to the Yellowknife/Nort...


Dogrig Syntax: Pronouns and Questions
chercheur principal: Saxon, Leslie A.
Année(s) de permis: 1987
Résumé: 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....


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