Deborah Loakes
Biographic Data
| ID | 3844517 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Deborah Loakes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Deborah |
| FAMILY NAME | Loakes |
| SIGNATURE | LOAKES D |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Melbourne |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Can you t[æ]ll I’m from M[æ]lbourne: An overview of the dress and trap vowels before /l/ as a regional accent marker in Australian English
This study gives an overview of the merger of the dress and trap vowels before laterals, which occurs for some speakers of Australian English in the state of Victoria (in the south-east of the country), as well as in some other varieties of English. Research on this phenomenon in Australian English has been preliminary to date, but has uncovered some general tendencies in distribution, as well as possible motivators for actuation and spread of th…
Vowels in Wunambal, a Language of the North West Kimberley Region
This paper presents an acoustic-phonetic analysis of vowel data from recordings of Wunambal, a Worrorran language of the Kimberley region in North West Australia. Wunambal has been analysed as a six vowel system with the contrasts /i e a o u i{stroke}/, with /i{stroke}/ only found in the Northern variety. Recordings from three senior (60+) male speakers of Northern Wunambal were used for this study. These recordings were originally made for docum…
An Investigation of the /el/–/æl/ Merger in Australian English: A Pilot Study on Production and Perception in South-West Victoria
This exploratory study looks at evidence of merger between /el/ and /æl/ in Australian English, and the possible relationship between production and perception that might be involved in such a process. This merger appears to occur primarily in Victoria, although its regional distribution within that state still requires investigation. The phenomenon appears to be motivated by the interaction of three different phonetic processes: increasing later…
Children’s language input: A study of a remote multilingual Indigenous Australian community
Indigenous children growing up in the remote regions of Australia live in multilingual communities which are often undergoing rapid language shift. In these communities, children are exposed to a range of language input, including the traditional language
Children’s language input: A study of a remote multilingual Indigenous Australian community
Indigenous children growing up in the remote regions of Australia live in multilingual communities which are often undergoing rapid language shift. In these communities, children are exposed to a range of language input, including the traditional language of the area, a local creole and Standard Australian English. The extent to which the different languages are used may vary by age of interlocutor as well as other factors. In this paper we exami…
Writing Aboriginal English & Creoles: Five case studies in Australian education contexts
Texts in Aboriginal English (AE) and creole varieties have been created by Indigenous and non-Indigenous writers for a range of purposes. In this paper, we focus on materials created in and for five educational contexts, and investigate the orthographic or spelling systems developed in each setting. Choices about orthography are guided by linguistic and non-linguistic considerations. They are sensitive to matters of prestige and identity, and new…
Creole Speakers and Standard Language Education
Speakers of creole languages experience educational disadvantage in schools that teach in the standard language of their region, but there remain many misconceptions about why this is the case and how best to facilitate academic improvement, despite research demonstrating that actively using creoles in the classroom leads to a range of positive outcomes for these students. This paper reviews how attitudes towards creoles influence their place in …
Individual Variation in the Frication of Voiceless Plosives in Australian English: A Study of Twins' Speech
Deborah Loakes and Kirsty McDougall, Individual Variation in the Frication of Voiceless Plosives in Australian English: A Study of Twins' Speech, Australian Journal of Linguistics, Vol. 30 (2): 155-181, April 2010, doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/07268601003678601
A forensic phonetic investigation into the speech patterns of identical and non-identical twins
Three pairs of similar-sounding twin pairs are analysed from a forensic phonetic perspective. The questions ‘does each person in the population have a measurably unique voice?’ (re. Nolan & Oh 1996:39) and can perceptually similar voices be adequately distinguished (re. Rose e.g. 1996, 1999a, 1999b)? are answered positively. The results cannot disprove the assertion that each person in the population has a measurably unique voice, and show that t…
Can you t[æ]ll I’m from M[æ]lbourne: An overview of the dress and trap vowels before /l/ as a regional accent marker in Australian English
This study gives an overview of the merger of the dress and trap vowels before laterals, which occurs for some speakers of Australian English in the state of Victoria (in the south-east of the country), as well as in some other varieties of English. Research on this phenomenon in Australian English has been preliminary to date, but has uncovered some general tendencies in distribution, as well as possible motivators for actuation and spread of th…
Creole Speakers and Standard Language Education
Speakers of creole languages experience educational disadvantage in schools that teach in the standard language of their region, but there remain many misconceptions about why this is the case and how best to facilitate academic improvement, despite research demonstrating that actively using creoles in the classroom leads to a range of positive outcomes for these students. This paper reviews how attitudes towards creoles influence their place in …
Individual Variation in the Frication of Voiceless Plosives in Australian English: A Study of Twins' Speech
Deborah Loakes and Kirsty McDougall, Individual Variation in the Frication of Voiceless Plosives in Australian English: A Study of Twins' Speech, Australian Journal of Linguistics, Vol. 30 (2): 155-181, April 2010, doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/07268601003678601
Vowels in Wunambal, a Language of the North West Kimberley Region
This paper presents an acoustic-phonetic analysis of vowel data from recordings of Wunambal, a Worrorran language of the Kimberley region in North West Australia. Wunambal has been analysed as a six vowel system with the contrasts /i e a o u i{stroke}/, with /i{stroke}/ only found in the Northern variety. Recordings from three senior (60+) male speakers of Northern Wunambal were used for this study. These recordings were originally made for docum…
An Investigation of the /el/–/æl/ Merger in Australian English: A Pilot Study on Production and Perception in South-West Victoria
This exploratory study looks at evidence of merger between /el/ and /æl/ in Australian English, and the possible relationship between production and perception that might be involved in such a process. This merger appears to occur primarily in Victoria, although its regional distribution within that state still requires investigation. The phenomenon appears to be motivated by the interaction of three different phonetic processes: increasing later…
Writing Aboriginal English & Creoles: Five case studies in Australian education contexts
Texts in Aboriginal English (AE) and creole varieties have been created by Indigenous and non-Indigenous writers for a range of purposes. In this paper, we focus on materials created in and for five educational contexts, and investigate the orthographic or spelling systems developed in each setting. Choices about orthography are guided by linguistic and non-linguistic considerations. They are sensitive to matters of prestige and identity, and new…
Children’s language input: A study of a remote multilingual Indigenous Australian community
Indigenous children growing up in the remote regions of Australia live in multilingual communities which are often undergoing rapid language shift. In these communities, children are exposed to a range of language input, including the traditional language
A forensic phonetic investigation into the speech patterns of identical and non-identical twins
Three pairs of similar-sounding twin pairs are analysed from a forensic phonetic perspective. The questions ‘does each person in the population have a measurably unique voice?’ (re. Nolan & Oh 1996:39) and can perceptually similar voices be adequately distinguished (re. Rose e.g. 1996, 1999a, 1999b)? are answered positively. The results cannot disprove the assertion that each person in the population has a measurably unique voice, and show that t…
Individual Variation in the Frication of Voiceless Plosives in Australian English: A Study of Twins' Speech
Deborah Loakes and Kirsty McDougall, Individual Variation in the Frication of Voiceless Plosives in Australian English: A Study of Twins' Speech, Australian Journal of Linguistics, Vol. 30 (2): 155-181, April 2010, doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/07268601003678601
Children’s language input: A study of a remote multilingual Indigenous Australian community
Indigenous children growing up in the remote regions of Australia live in multilingual communities which are often undergoing rapid language shift. In these communities, children are exposed to a range of language input, including the traditional language
Children’s language input: A study of a remote multilingual Indigenous Australian community
Indigenous children growing up in the remote regions of Australia live in multilingual communities which are often undergoing rapid language shift. In these communities, children are exposed to a range of language input, including the traditional language of the area, a local creole and Standard Australian English. The extent to which the different languages are used may vary by age of interlocutor as well as other factors. In this paper we exami…
Writing Aboriginal English & Creoles: Five case studies in Australian education contexts
Texts in Aboriginal English (AE) and creole varieties have been created by Indigenous and non-Indigenous writers for a range of purposes. In this paper, we focus on materials created in and for five educational contexts, and investigate the orthographic or spelling systems developed in each setting. Choices about orthography are guided by linguistic and non-linguistic considerations. They are sensitive to matters of prestige and identity, and new…
Creole Speakers and Standard Language Education
Speakers of creole languages experience educational disadvantage in schools that teach in the standard language of their region, but there remain many misconceptions about why this is the case and how best to facilitate academic improvement, despite research demonstrating that actively using creoles in the classroom leads to a range of positive outcomes for these students. This paper reviews how attitudes towards creoles influence their place in …
An Investigation of the /el/–/æl/ Merger in Australian English: A Pilot Study on Production and Perception in South-West Victoria
This exploratory study looks at evidence of merger between /el/ and /æl/ in Australian English, and the possible relationship between production and perception that might be involved in such a process. This merger appears to occur primarily in Victoria, although its regional distribution within that state still requires investigation. The phenomenon appears to be motivated by the interaction of three different phonetic processes: increasing later…
Vowels in Wunambal, a Language of the North West Kimberley Region
This paper presents an acoustic-phonetic analysis of vowel data from recordings of Wunambal, a Worrorran language of the Kimberley region in North West Australia. Wunambal has been analysed as a six vowel system with the contrasts /i e a o u i{stroke}/, with /i{stroke}/ only found in the Northern variety. Recordings from three senior (60+) male speakers of Northern Wunambal were used for this study. These recordings were originally made for docum…
Can you t[æ]ll I’m from M[æ]lbourne: An overview of the dress and trap vowels before /l/ as a regional accent marker in Australian English
This study gives an overview of the merger of the dress and trap vowels before laterals, which occurs for some speakers of Australian English in the state of Victoria (in the south-east of the country), as well as in some other varieties of English. Research on this phenomenon in Australian English has been preliminary to date, but has uncovered some general tendencies in distribution, as well as possible motivators for actuation and spread of th…
Linguistics (9 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Geography (5 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (5 works) · Phonetics and Phonology Research (5 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Artificial Intelligence (3 works) · Indigenous (3 works)