Harriett Davidson
Biographic Data
| ID | 295246 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Harriett Davidson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Harriett |
| FAMILY NAME | Davidson |
| SIGNATURE | DAVIDSON H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oxford |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2332-9194 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Switching or selecting: Competing and/or complementary perspectives on discourse markers in multilingual conversations
Discourse Markers (DMs) are particularly susceptible to borrowing between languages and several approaches can provide a framework to analyse speech in multilingual contexts. This paper examines a structural and a pragmatic-functional perspective: Myers-Scotton’s Matrix Language Frame (MLF) model and Matras’ Pragmatic-Functional (PF) perspective. It considers how DMs fit into these approaches and how they deal with code-switching in Kreol Morisie…
Eski fitir-la touzour insertin? Is the future still uncertain: The acceptability of Mauritian Creole’s elusive VA marker in future contexts
Most research regarding Mauritian Creole future marking was carried out in the 1990s and assumed differences in ‘certainty’ dictated the choice of future marker ( Baker 1993 ; Hazaël-Massieux 1993 ; Touchard & Véronique 1993 ). The consensus was that the two main markers, POU and VA , were used for ‘definite’ and ‘indefinite’ future events respectively. However, this distinction was inadequately defined, and although intuitively solid, it could n…
Engaging Youth in Bladder Health Research: Perspectives from a National Consortium's Young Women's Health Council
Engaging community stakeholders is increasingly an expected component of health-related research. This paper describes the development and implementation of a Young Women's Health Council (YWHC) within the context of a multicenter research consortium focused on the emerging field of bladder health from the perspective of its members. The principles of mutual benefit and social exchange direct the council's activities. To participate in the YWHC, …
Stress, coping, and positive aspects of caregiving among caregivers of children with rare disease
Objective Caregivers of children with rare diseases often consider caregiving to be a rewarding experience, despite high levels of burden. The present study examined associations between caregiver stress and positive aspects of caregiving (PAC); investigated associations between interpersonal coping strategies and PAC; and determined whether coping strategies moderated associations between stressors and PAC.Design Survey data came from a study on…
The Role of Language Contact in the Development of Three Mauritian Pragmatic Markers: Dizon, koumadir and savedir
Although the last few years have seen an increased interest in the communicative power of Creoles (cf. Migge, 2020; Rickford, 2019), thus starting to shift the focus away from the traditionally dominant structural and historical research perspectives, pragmatic markers ( PM s) in Creoles generally, and Mauritian Creole ( MC ) in particular, are yet to be studied in detail. A notable exception is Chady’s (2018) thesis, the first in-depth analysis …
Pragmatic markers and verba dicendi: An investigation of Mauritian Creole
Offering a detailed investigation of three Mauritian Creole pragmatic markers based on one of the verba dicendi, dir 'say', in a corpus of spoken discourse, this article sets out to offer a preliminary insight into a category of elements that, to date, is mostly unexplored. By applying a methodology inspired by Canonical Typology, each marker is scored against a set of defined features, identifying their most and least prominent uses, and a detai…
The evolution of the (in)definite future markers POU and VA in 20th century Mauritian Creole
Following a series of articles about the status of Mauritian’s future markers in the 1993 edition of Etudes Créoles (Baker 1993; Hazaël-Massieux 1993; Touchard & Véronique 1993) there has been little debate about the division of labour between POU and VA in the domain of future marking. With the exception of the article by Hazaël-Massieux (1993), literature on the distinction between POU and VA in Mauritian exhibits a strong consensus that the ch…
Involving Homeless Persons in the Leadership of a Health Care Organization
Consumer advisory boards (CABs) are a way of involving patients in their health care. To engage the homeless in the administration of a health care organization for the homeless, a service agency formed such a board comprising homeless and formerly homeless individuals. The purpose was to integrate experiences of homelessness into programmatic design and research efforts of the organization, and to promote participatory research among the homeles…
Involving Homeless Persons in the Leadership of a Health Care Organization
Consumer advisory boards (CABs) are a way of involving patients in their health care. To engage the homeless in the administration of a health care organization for the homeless, a service agency formed such a board comprising homeless and formerly homeless individuals. The purpose was to integrate experiences of homelessness into programmatic design and research efforts of the organization, and to promote participatory research among the homeles…
Pragmatic markers and verba dicendi: An investigation of Mauritian Creole
Offering a detailed investigation of three Mauritian Creole pragmatic markers based on one of the verba dicendi, dir 'say', in a corpus of spoken discourse, this article sets out to offer a preliminary insight into a category of elements that, to date, is mostly unexplored. By applying a methodology inspired by Canonical Typology, each marker is scored against a set of defined features, identifying their most and least prominent uses, and a detai…
Involving Homeless Persons in the Leadership of a Health Care Organization
Consumer advisory boards (CABs) are a way of involving patients in their health care. To engage the homeless in the administration of a health care organization for the homeless, a service agency formed such a board comprising homeless and formerly homeless individuals. The purpose was to integrate experiences of homelessness into programmatic design and research efforts of the organization, and to promote participatory research among the homeles…
The evolution of the (in)definite future markers POU and VA in 20th century Mauritian Creole
Following a series of articles about the status of Mauritian’s future markers in the 1993 edition of Etudes Créoles (Baker 1993; Hazaël-Massieux 1993; Touchard & Véronique 1993) there has been little debate about the division of labour between POU and VA in the domain of future marking. With the exception of the article by Hazaël-Massieux (1993), literature on the distinction between POU and VA in Mauritian exhibits a strong consensus that the ch…
Pragmatic markers and verba dicendi: An investigation of Mauritian Creole
Offering a detailed investigation of three Mauritian Creole pragmatic markers based on one of the verba dicendi, dir 'say', in a corpus of spoken discourse, this article sets out to offer a preliminary insight into a category of elements that, to date, is mostly unexplored. By applying a methodology inspired by Canonical Typology, each marker is scored against a set of defined features, identifying their most and least prominent uses, and a detai…
Stress, coping, and positive aspects of caregiving among caregivers of children with rare disease
Objective Caregivers of children with rare diseases often consider caregiving to be a rewarding experience, despite high levels of burden. The present study examined associations between caregiver stress and positive aspects of caregiving (PAC); investigated associations between interpersonal coping strategies and PAC; and determined whether coping strategies moderated associations between stressors and PAC.Design Survey data came from a study on…
The Role of Language Contact in the Development of Three Mauritian Pragmatic Markers: Dizon, koumadir and savedir
Although the last few years have seen an increased interest in the communicative power of Creoles (cf. Migge, 2020; Rickford, 2019), thus starting to shift the focus away from the traditionally dominant structural and historical research perspectives, pragmatic markers ( PM s) in Creoles generally, and Mauritian Creole ( MC ) in particular, are yet to be studied in detail. A notable exception is Chady’s (2018) thesis, the first in-depth analysis …
Switching or selecting: Competing and/or complementary perspectives on discourse markers in multilingual conversations
Discourse Markers (DMs) are particularly susceptible to borrowing between languages and several approaches can provide a framework to analyse speech in multilingual contexts. This paper examines a structural and a pragmatic-functional perspective: Myers-Scotton’s Matrix Language Frame (MLF) model and Matras’ Pragmatic-Functional (PF) perspective. It considers how DMs fit into these approaches and how they deal with code-switching in Kreol Morisie…
Eski fitir-la touzour insertin? Is the future still uncertain: The acceptability of Mauritian Creole’s elusive VA marker in future contexts
Most research regarding Mauritian Creole future marking was carried out in the 1990s and assumed differences in ‘certainty’ dictated the choice of future marker ( Baker 1993 ; Hazaël-Massieux 1993 ; Touchard & Véronique 1993 ). The consensus was that the two main markers, POU and VA , were used for ‘definite’ and ‘indefinite’ future events respectively. However, this distinction was inadequately defined, and although intuitively solid, it could n…
Engaging Youth in Bladder Health Research: Perspectives from a National Consortium's Young Women's Health Council
Engaging community stakeholders is increasingly an expected component of health-related research. This paper describes the development and implementation of a Young Women's Health Council (YWHC) within the context of a multicenter research consortium focused on the emerging field of bladder health from the perspective of its members. The principles of mutual benefit and social exchange direct the council's activities. To participate in the YWHC, …
Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (3 works) · Creole language (2 works)