Kayla Palakurthy
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 930286 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Kayla Palakurthy |
| NOMBRES | Kayla |
| APELLIDO | Palakurthy |
| FIRMA | PALAKURTHY K |
| AFILIACIONES | University of California, Santa Barbara |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3669-6014 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 5 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 1 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 5 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2017 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2022 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Phonetic transfer in Diné Bizaad (Navajo)
Research on bilingual populations finds that phonetic transfer between languages is common, especially in similar sounds. Yet, phonetic studies that include bilingual speakers of Indigenous languages remain rare. This paper analyzes phonetic transfer in Diné Bizaad (Navajo), a Dene language i ndigenous to North America. Specifically, I examine the evidence for intergenerational change and convergence with English in the release period durations o…
New speakers and language change in Diné Bizaad (Navajo)
Aims and objectives: This paper analyzes the extent to which new speakers are participating in an ongoing phonological change in Diné Bizaad (Navajo). The implications of these patterns are discussed as they relate to theories of new speakers and language change. Methodology design: I apply a variationist methodology to analyze the pronunciation of lateral affricates from speakers representing different generations and language learning contexts.…
The status of sibilant harmony in Diné Bizaad (Navajo)
This article presents an acoustic phonetic study of contemporary Diné Bizaad (Navajo) sibilant harmony, with a focus on the realization of /s/ and /ʃ/ in two verbal prefixes and one nominal prefix. Data come from wordlists and connected speech recorded in interviews with 50 Diné Bizaad–English bilinguals, aged 18–75 years. The frequency of harmony in each prefix is calculated for speakers of different ages, then acoustic measurements of spectral …
Prosody in Diné Bizaad Narratives
This article is an empirical examination of prosodic correlates used to demarcate discourse units in a collection of Diné bizaad narratives. This study builds on observations of prosodic patterns in related Dene languages and evaluates the presence of hypothesized correlates of following pause, syllable lengthening, pitch lowering, and pitch reset at boundaries for intonation units and syntactic sentences. Based on an analysis of nine narratives,…
Marking the unexpected
Typological discussions of mirativity often consider the relationship between mirativity and evidentiality ( DeLancey 1997 , 2001 ; Aikhenvald 2004 ). However, in interaction speakers mobilize pragmatic extensions of miratives in ways that defy specific categorization. This study analyzes the function and distribution of the Navajo enclitic lá in a Navajo Conversational Corpus ( Mithun ed 2015 NSF-DEL project 0853598). The enclitic most frequentl…
Prosody in Diné Bizaad Narratives
This article is an empirical examination of prosodic correlates used to demarcate discourse units in a collection of Diné bizaad narratives. This study builds on observations of prosodic patterns in related Dene languages and evaluates the presence of hypothesized correlates of following pause, syllable lengthening, pitch lowering, and pitch reset at boundaries for intonation units and syntactic sentences. Based on an analysis of nine narratives,…
Marking the unexpected
Typological discussions of mirativity often consider the relationship between mirativity and evidentiality ( DeLancey 1997 , 2001 ; Aikhenvald 2004 ). However, in interaction speakers mobilize pragmatic extensions of miratives in ways that defy specific categorization. This study analyzes the function and distribution of the Navajo enclitic lá in a Navajo Conversational Corpus ( Mithun ed 2015 NSF-DEL project 0853598). The enclitic most frequentl…
Prosody in Diné Bizaad Narratives
This article is an empirical examination of prosodic correlates used to demarcate discourse units in a collection of Diné bizaad narratives. This study builds on observations of prosodic patterns in related Dene languages and evaluates the presence of hypothesized correlates of following pause, syllable lengthening, pitch lowering, and pitch reset at boundaries for intonation units and syntactic sentences. Based on an analysis of nine narratives,…
The status of sibilant harmony in Diné Bizaad (Navajo)
This article presents an acoustic phonetic study of contemporary Diné Bizaad (Navajo) sibilant harmony, with a focus on the realization of /s/ and /ʃ/ in two verbal prefixes and one nominal prefix. Data come from wordlists and connected speech recorded in interviews with 50 Diné Bizaad–English bilinguals, aged 18–75 years. The frequency of harmony in each prefix is calculated for speakers of different ages, then acoustic measurements of spectral …
Phonetic transfer in Diné Bizaad (Navajo)
Research on bilingual populations finds that phonetic transfer between languages is common, especially in similar sounds. Yet, phonetic studies that include bilingual speakers of Indigenous languages remain rare. This paper analyzes phonetic transfer in Diné Bizaad (Navajo), a Dene language i ndigenous to North America. Specifically, I examine the evidence for intergenerational change and convergence with English in the release period durations o…
New speakers and language change in Diné Bizaad (Navajo)
Aims and objectives: This paper analyzes the extent to which new speakers are participating in an ongoing phonological change in Diné Bizaad (Navajo). The implications of these patterns are discussed as they relate to theories of new speakers and language change. Methodology design: I apply a variationist methodology to analyze the pronunciation of lateral affricates from speakers representing different generations and language learning contexts.…
Linguistics (5 obras) · Psychology (5 obras) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (4 obras) · Navajo (4 obras) · Phonetics and Phonology Research (4 obras) · Computer Science (2 obras) · First language (2 obras) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (2 obras) · Philosophy (2 obras) · Phonology (2 obras)