Marjoleine Sloos
Biographic Data
| ID | 169510 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marjoleine Sloos |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marjoleine |
| FAMILY NAME | Sloos |
| SIGNATURE | SLOOS M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Fryske Akademy |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5111-4647 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Huangyan Taizhou
Huangyan dialect ( , local name: [wɔ̤ɲjɛ ̤̃wa̤]) is a variety of Taizhou dialect ( ) as spoken in Zhejiang Province in China 1 (see Figure 1). 2 Huangyan District had a population of 616,000 people in 2019. 3 The Zhejiang Taizhou dialect belongs to the Wu dialect group, which forms the second largest dialect group in China (after Mandarin). The language genealogy of Huangyan is presented in Figure 2. Wu dialects are spoken in the city of Shanghai…
The role of word frequency in the L2 acquisition of variable patterns: A case study of the pronunciation of English words with –man by Chinese learners
Second language acquisition often involves the acquisition of stable patterns in a target language. Here we investigate how the acquisition of a variable pronunciation pattern, viz. the pronunciation of the semisuffix -man in professional names in English (e.g. policeman , businessman ) is related to the lexical frequency of the words concerned. The pronunciation of this suffix varies between a full vowel and a reduced one in a lexically unpredic…
Intonation in Hong Kong English and Guangzhou Cantonese-accented English: A Phonetic Comparison
Hong Kong English is to a certain extent a standardized English variety spoken in a bilingual (English-Cantonese) context. In this article we compare this (native) variety with English as a foreign language spoken by other Cantonese speakers, viz. learners of English in Guangzhou (mainland China). We examine whether the notion of standardization is relevant for intonation in this case and thus whether Hong Kong English is different from Cantonese…
Vowel reduction in English - man compounds
We investigate the pronunciation of English compounds ending in -man (e.g. policeman, clergyman, mailman ), some of which are usually pronounced with a full vowel in - man ( mailman ), some usually with a reduced vowel ( policeman ), while other words vary between the two ( businessman, gunman ). Is it possible to predict when the vowel is reduced or not? We investigate a number of factors that could play a role in this issue: (i) the age of intr…
Accent-induced bias in linguistic transcriptions
Many linguistic analyses rely on phonetic transcriptions. Two factors that might affect the accuracy of transcriptions are perceived accent and the listener's linguistic knowledge about that accent. This article focuses on the susceptibility of transcribers to such accent-induced bias, based on speaker's accent, transcriber's variety, and the transcriber's knowledge about the language variety they are transcribing. We offer a method to statistica…
What can adult speech tell us about child language acquisition
This contribution explores a methodological problem in language acquisition studies. Much research in language acquisition has shown that children use statistical learning as a strategy in the acquisition of their native language (Saffran et al. 1996 and many others). Frequency of occurrence is also believed to determine the order of acquisition of phonological structures in the construction of the grammar (Boersma and Levelt 2000, Levelt et al. …
The four tones of Mandarin Chinese: Representation and acquisition
In this paper we discuss the four tones of Standard (Beijing) Mandarin Chinese. First, we will suggest a proposal for their phonological representation. Then, we discuss the order in which they are acquired in first language acquisition, relating this both to the representations we propose and to the relative frequency with which these tones appear in the most frequently used Chinese words. It turns out that the former predicts the order of acqui…
Acquiring markedness constraints: The case of French
This paper questions the assumption made in classic Optimality Theory (Prince & Smolensky 1993 [2004]) that markedness constraints are an innate part of Universal Grammar. Instead, we argue that constraints are acquired on the basis of the language data to which L1 learning children are exposed. This is argued both on general grounds (innateness is an assumption that should not be invoked lightly) and on the basis of empirical evidence. We invest…
Input-Reduplicant correspondence in Leti
In this paper, we show that Input-Reduplicant correspondence is a necessary ingredient of a full analysis of Leti reduplication. IR correspondence accounts for reduplication patterns that fail to be explained by Base-Reduplicant correspondence and also by earlier accounts in linear phonology (van Engelenhoven 2004; van der
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Input-Reduplicant correspondence in Leti
In this paper, we show that Input-Reduplicant correspondence is a necessary ingredient of a full analysis of Leti reduplication. IR correspondence accounts for reduplication patterns that fail to be explained by Base-Reduplicant correspondence and also by earlier accounts in linear phonology (van Engelenhoven 2004; van der
Acquiring markedness constraints: The case of French
This paper questions the assumption made in classic Optimality Theory (Prince & Smolensky 1993 [2004]) that markedness constraints are an innate part of Universal Grammar. Instead, we argue that constraints are acquired on the basis of the language data to which L1 learning children are exposed. This is argued both on general grounds (innateness is an assumption that should not be invoked lightly) and on the basis of empirical evidence. We invest…
The four tones of Mandarin Chinese: Representation and acquisition
In this paper we discuss the four tones of Standard (Beijing) Mandarin Chinese. First, we will suggest a proposal for their phonological representation. Then, we discuss the order in which they are acquired in first language acquisition, relating this both to the representations we propose and to the relative frequency with which these tones appear in the most frequently used Chinese words. It turns out that the former predicts the order of acqui…
What can adult speech tell us about child language acquisition
This contribution explores a methodological problem in language acquisition studies. Much research in language acquisition has shown that children use statistical learning as a strategy in the acquisition of their native language (Saffran et al. 1996 and many others). Frequency of occurrence is also believed to determine the order of acquisition of phonological structures in the construction of the grammar (Boersma and Levelt 2000, Levelt et al. …
Vowel reduction in English - man compounds
We investigate the pronunciation of English compounds ending in -man (e.g. policeman, clergyman, mailman ), some of which are usually pronounced with a full vowel in - man ( mailman ), some usually with a reduced vowel ( policeman ), while other words vary between the two ( businessman, gunman ). Is it possible to predict when the vowel is reduced or not? We investigate a number of factors that could play a role in this issue: (i) the age of intr…
Accent-induced bias in linguistic transcriptions
Many linguistic analyses rely on phonetic transcriptions. Two factors that might affect the accuracy of transcriptions are perceived accent and the listener's linguistic knowledge about that accent. This article focuses on the susceptibility of transcribers to such accent-induced bias, based on speaker's accent, transcriber's variety, and the transcriber's knowledge about the language variety they are transcribing. We offer a method to statistica…
Intonation in Hong Kong English and Guangzhou Cantonese-accented English: A Phonetic Comparison
Hong Kong English is to a certain extent a standardized English variety spoken in a bilingual (English-Cantonese) context. In this article we compare this (native) variety with English as a foreign language spoken by other Cantonese speakers, viz. learners of English in Guangzhou (mainland China). We examine whether the notion of standardization is relevant for intonation in this case and thus whether Hong Kong English is different from Cantonese…
The role of word frequency in the L2 acquisition of variable patterns: A case study of the pronunciation of English words with –man by Chinese learners
Second language acquisition often involves the acquisition of stable patterns in a target language. Here we investigate how the acquisition of a variable pronunciation pattern, viz. the pronunciation of the semisuffix -man in professional names in English (e.g. policeman , businessman ) is related to the lexical frequency of the words concerned. The pronunciation of this suffix varies between a full vowel and a reduced one in a lexically unpredic…
Huangyan Taizhou
Huangyan dialect ( , local name: [wɔ̤ɲjɛ ̤̃wa̤]) is a variety of Taizhou dialect ( ) as spoken in Zhejiang Province in China 1 (see Figure 1). 2 Huangyan District had a population of 616,000 people in 2019. 3 The Zhejiang Taizhou dialect belongs to the Wu dialect group, which forms the second largest dialect group in China (after Mandarin). The language genealogy of Huangyan is presented in Figure 2. Wu dialects are spoken in the city of Shanghai…
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