Doctor of Philosophy Generals Paper 1, University of Manitoba:Cross-language activation in ASL-English bilingual children (currently in progress)
I am investigating how cross-language lexical processing occurs in bimodal-bilingual Deaf children as proficiency develops in both languages. This first stage of my doctoral dissertation involves working with American Sign Language (ASL)-English bimodal-bilingual children. For the dissertation I plan to expand the project to Québec to work with Language des signes québecoise (LSQ)-French bimidal-bilingual children as well. The results are expected to provide us with a better understanding of the extent to which bimodal-bilingual Deaf children’s reading lexicon is determined by the structure of the sign language lexicon.
Supervisor: Dr. Erin Wilkinson
Doctor of Philosophy Generals Paper 2, University of Manitoba:The Michif Vowel System: an acoustic study (currently in progress)
Supervisor: Dr. Erin Wilkinson
Doctor of Philosophy Generals Paper 2, University of Manitoba:The Michif Vowel System: an acoustic study (currently in progress)
This study focuses on the Michif language at the phonetics-phonology interface. The phonology of Michif has been an area of interest and contention among linguists: particularly whether the language has two co-phonologies in a hybrid system or two separate and autonomous systems. I examine pre-existing recordings from two different eras: data elicited in the 1960s and 1970s, and data elicited after 2000 in order to address the question: Has the language changed, or have changes in theoretical approach caused the conflicting claims about Michif phonology? This research is intended to serve as a pilot study to the dissertation.
Supervisor: Dr. Kevin Russell
Supervisor: Dr. Kevin Russell
