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Number Marking In Western Armenian: A Non-Argument For Outwardly-Sensitive Phonologically Conditioned Allomorphy, Bert Vaux, Neil Myler, Karlos Arregi

Bert Vaux

The Western Armenian possessive plural data originally reported in Vaux (1998, 2003) have been asserted by Wolf 2011 to involve outwardly-sensitive phonologically conditioned allomorphy, a phenomenon widely argued to be unattested (Carstairs-McCarthy 1987; Paster 2006) and predicted to be impossible by the tenets of Distributed Morphology (Halle and Marantz 1993; Bobaljik 2000). We show that the full complexity of the Western Armenian system is better captured in an account that makes no reference to outwardly-sensitive phonological conditioning of this sort. The analysis is based on standard DM mechanisms of morpheme copying, displacement, and spellout (Harris and Halle 2005, Arregi and …

Retroflex Variation And Methodological Issues: A Reply To Simonsen, Moen, And Cowen (2008), Janne Bondi Johannessen, Bert Vaux

Bert Vaux

We argue that the differences in the articulation of Norwegian retroflex consonants described by Simonsen, Moen, and Cowen (2008) as individual variation may instead be due to factors such as individual and dialectal background, rather than variation across a single variety. Our main argument is based on existing dialect literature and speech corpus data, which show that the phonemes involved in the retroflexion process are not present in the same linguistic contexts in all dialects. SMC’s experimental stimuli and conditions include linguistic contexts which do not necessarily induce retroflexion naturally, and therefore cannot be relied upon to provide an accurate …

Assessment Practices In The Post-Communicative Era: A Multiliteracies Perspective, Heather Willis Allen, Beatrice Dupuy, Kate Paesani

Kate Paesani

Although numerous integrated approaches to foreign language teaching and learning have emerged during the “post-communicative era,” assessment practices have not kept pace with changes reflected within these approaches. Assessment practices often remain form-focused, oriented toward isolated language competencies, and devoid of focus on expression or interpretation of meaning. Yet, as Kern (2000) stated, “what is evaluated constitutes the de facto curriculum and how it is evaluated reflects the de facto philosophy of learning and teaching” (p. 267). In other words, when assessment practices focus on forms and isolated skills while lacking a focus on meaningful communication, instructors see mastery of …

Beyond The Language-Content Divide: Advanced Collegiate Foreign Language Teaching And Learning, Kate Paesani, Heather Willis Allen

Kate Paesani

Presenters will review research on the language-content divide in collegiate FL programs by addressing the following questions: What is the relationship between language, literature, and culture and how are they instantiated in advanced FL teaching and learning? Trends emerging from this research and areas for future inquiry will be addressed.

Reading Literature To Develop Advanced Writing Competencies: A Multiliteracies-Based Approach, Kate Paesani

Kate Paesani

This presentation considers how a multiliteracies-based approach to teaching literary texts (Cope & Kalantzis, 2009; Kern, 2000; New London Group, 1996) can facilitate development of advanced foreign language writing competencies. Specifically, we explore how this approach deepens students’ understanding of the linguistic, stylistic, and cultural content of literature; underscores the complementarity of reading and writing; promotes connections between language and literary-cultural content; and encourages reflection about the role of textual interpretation and production in students’ linguistic development. Discussion of creative writing and journal assignments based on the analysis of literary texts within the context of advanced grammar and composition courses …

Dream Dinner Or Dinner Disaster? French And American Cultures Collide, Wendy W. Amato Ph.D.

French Model Lesson Plans

Sociocultural Model Lesson Plan centered on a translinguistic and transcultural analysis of French and American dinner party conventions.

Variation Et Changement Lexicaux En Situation De Contact De Langues, Alena Barysevich

Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository

Cette thèse porte sur une étude de la variation et du changement lexicaux des mots référant aux notions de « véhicule automobile » et de « travail rémunéré » dans le français de l’Outaouais, une variété de français laurentien caractérisée par le bilinguisme équilibré et stable et le contact intense avec l’anglais. La thèse est réalisée dans le cadre de la sociolinguistique variationniste labovienne combinée avec des méthodes quantitatives et des techniques analytiques multivariationnelles des règles variables. Cette étude se base sur les données empiriques recueillies dans les communautés francophones de la région de la capitale canadienne parmi les locuteurs …

A Diachronic Analysis Of Schwa In French, Joshua M. Griffiths

Student Publications

Since the beginning of the formal study of language, linguists have struggled with the phonological problems posed by the mid-central vowel sound schwa. Schwa poses a series of challenges for linguists who study many languages, and this is particularly true for phonologists and phoneticians who specialize in French. Most of the challenges that come from analyzing the articulations of schwa in French arise from the overlap it has with mid- and open-mid-front-rounded vowels in French such as in the second vowel in the word “atelier” (workshop) and the second vowel in the word “appeler” (to call.) In this study a …

The Armenian Dialect Of Khodorjur, Bert Vaux

Bert Vaux

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French Language Legislation In The Digital Age: The Use Of Borrowed English Telecommunication Terms And Their Official French Replacements On Twitter And In The American Foreign Language Classroom, Gina Caruso

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

How effective is language legislation? In the age of digital communication and increased globalization, is it possible to create vocabulary and enforce its use? In an effort to continue to develop and modernize the French language to compete with the influx of English technology terms, the French government creates replacement terms for borrowed relevant technological English vocabulary. To determine the use and result of these French replacement terms in "real-time" communication, the micro-blogging social media website, Twitter, was used as a means of gathering linguistic data from Twitter users within 15 miles of Paris, France. Then, three leading introductory French …

Adolphe Nourrit, Gilbert Duprez, And The High C: The Influences Of Operatic Plots, Culture, Language, Theater Design, And Growth Of Orchestral Forces On The Development Of The Operatic Tenor Vocal Production, Micheal Lee Smith Jr.

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

The operatic tenor voice has evolved from a variety of influences. This document identifies four influences involved in the development of the operatic tenor voice and describes their impact on performance practices including the chest voice high C (C5). Modern tenors’ performance practices originate in the nineteenth century ascendance of an Italian singing technique. This particular singing technique achieved popularity when Gilbert Duprez sang the role of Arnold in Rossini’s Guillaume Tell with a do di petto (i.e. from-the-chest) production of sound rather than the mix of falsetto and head voice that was traditional at the time. The role of …

Noms Composés En Turc Et Morphème -(S)I, Volha Kharytonava

Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository

Cette thèse est une étude des noms composés. Plus spécifiquement, cette étude se concentre sur la question des noms composés en turc et du morphème –(s)I dans l’approche de la Morphologie distribuée. Dans le Chapitre 3 je suggère que le morphème –(s)I est généré dans la position du n – noeud qui nominalise et catégorise la √racine. J’étudie la question de l’ordre du morphème –(s)I avec d’autres morphèmes : morphèmes dérivationnels et le morphème du pluriel. Je propose que les morphèmes dérivationnels nominalisants sont des √racines liées qui fusionnent avec des √racines libres au-dessous du niveau du n (morphème …

Acquisition De La Liaison Et De L'Enchaînement En Français L2 : Le Rôle De La Fréquence, Nadine Odette De Moras

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Cette thèse porte sur le processus d’acquisition des liaisons des étudiants anglophones de niveau intermédiaire, dans le cadre du Modèle Basé sur l’Usage.

Les étudiants anglophones de Mastromonaco (2000), Thomas (2002) et Howard (2005) ont produit plus de 91% de liaisons obligatoires, pourcentages qui suggèrent que les anglophones maîtrisent les liaisons françaises. Une analyse approfondie des méthodes de recherches et de codage explique ces résultats et indique que ces taux élevés de liaisons ne représentent pas le niveau réel des étudiants.

Nous avons créé un texte que 20 francophones et 37 anglophones ont lu. Les francophones majoritaires ont produit 95.6% …

There’S An App For That: Foreign Language Learning Through Mobile- And Social Media-Based Video Games, Trenton Edward Hoy

Masters Theses

There is no doubt that the video game industry is undergoing a major upheaval, yet in spite of the recent reconceptualization of video games, educational games as a whole remain the pariah of the industry. Very little has been done in the wake of recent social and industry trends to adapt instruction of academic subjects, especially foreign language, for delivery through video games. Prior studies discussing the potential of games developed specifically for language learning have focused primarily on general principles and have offered no recommendations for platform, genre, or other aspects of design. Through an online survey as well …

Claude De France, Mere/Mer De Verueuse Memoire, Lidia Radi

Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Faculty Publications

En 1517, Pierre Gringore met en scène Ies spectacles de rue pour l'Entree de la royne [Claude] de France a Paris faicte le mardy XII. jour du mays de May. L'an de grace mil cinq cens et XVII.² Un an plus tard Guillaume Michel, dit de Tours,³ reprend Ia plupart des personnages représentés dans Ies spectacles de Gringore et Ies fait défiler dans son Soulas de Noblesse sus le coronnement de la Rayne de France Claude (1518), qui est Ia dernière pièce de son Penser de Royal Memoire, ouvrage à visée politique et religieuse, dédié …

Beyond Reading: Developing Foreign Language Literacy Through Literature, Kate Paesani

Kate Paesani

No abstract provided.

Modern-Day Miracles, Jessica Lillie

Lake Union Herald

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“Foreword”, Marc Prou

Marc E. Prou

The Haitian Creole Language is the first book that deals broadly with a language that has too long lived in the shadow of French. With chapters contributed by the leading scholars in the study of Creole, it provides information on this language's history; structure; and use in education, literature, and social interaction. Although spoken by virtually all Haitians, Creole was recognized as the co-official language of Haiti only a little over twenty years ago. The Haitian Creole Language provides essential information for professionals, other service providers, and Creole speakers who are interested in furthering the use of Creole in Haiti …