Sara Sowers-Wills
Biographic Data
| ID | 6551470 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sara Sowers-Wills |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sara |
| FAMILY NAME | Sowers-Wills |
| SIGNATURE | SOWERS-WILLS S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Minnesota, Duluth |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Phonology from the Inside Out: Constructed Language as a Pedagogical Tool
This paper reflects on a project-based curriculum employing constructed languages to teach linguistics, with a focus on phonology. In a special topics linguistics course, nine students were led through the construction of a language. While students in introductory linguistics courses sometimes struggle with phonology, active engagement with a semester-long language construction project endowed these students with the practical motivation to under…
Sounds like a dynamic system: A unifying approach to Language
While nativist linguistic theory readily captures the regular processes of adult language, it struggles to account for often-unwieldy data collected from children. Any theory of language must house both the predictable and unpredictable turns a linguistic system takes. Some usage-based theories make strides in accounting for connections between multiple linguistic factors contributing to linguistic representation. Dynamic systems theory (DST) is …
Using schema theory to support a whole-word approach to phonological acquisition
Early child phonological acquisition data typically contain exceptional phonetic forms that defy segment-based rules and have long challenged traditional theoretical frameworks. The templatic approach to phonological acquisition claims that whole-word phonotactic patterns emerge as the first primary units of representation, later giving way to segmental knowledge. This approach places importance on the relationships among a child’s forms in addit…
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Using schema theory to support a whole-word approach to phonological acquisition
Early child phonological acquisition data typically contain exceptional phonetic forms that defy segment-based rules and have long challenged traditional theoretical frameworks. The templatic approach to phonological acquisition claims that whole-word phonotactic patterns emerge as the first primary units of representation, later giving way to segmental knowledge. This approach places importance on the relationships among a child’s forms in addit…
Sounds like a dynamic system: A unifying approach to Language
While nativist linguistic theory readily captures the regular processes of adult language, it struggles to account for often-unwieldy data collected from children. Any theory of language must house both the predictable and unpredictable turns a linguistic system takes. Some usage-based theories make strides in accounting for connections between multiple linguistic factors contributing to linguistic representation. Dynamic systems theory (DST) is …
Phonology from the Inside Out: Constructed Language as a Pedagogical Tool
This paper reflects on a project-based curriculum employing constructed languages to teach linguistics, with a focus on phonology. In a special topics linguistics course, nine students were led through the construction of a language. While students in introductory linguistics courses sometimes struggle with phonology, active engagement with a semester-long language construction project endowed these students with the practical motivation to under…
Computer Science (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Phonology (3 works) · Language Development and Disorders (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Artificial Intelligence (1 works) · Cognition (1 works) · Cognitive psychology (1 works) · Cognitive science (1 works) · Education and Critical Thinking Development (1 works)