Ashley McDermott
Biographic Data
| ID | 6894707 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ashley McDermott |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ashley |
| FAMILY NAME | McDermott |
| SIGNATURE | MCDERMOTT A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Michigan |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7612-4021 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Raising Kyrgyz kids
This study investigates the intersection of Family Language Policy, childrearing practices, and language shift from Kyrgyz to Russian in a household in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Through participant observation and analysis of quotidian interactions within one middle-class family, the research examines why despite stigmatization of Russian-speaking Kyrgyz children and fears of language shift, most interactions in the household are in Russian. Preferenc…
Language use in Indigenous-authored television series
For much of telecinematic history depictions of Indigenous characters and languages have instantiated racist stereotypes that perpetuate White, colonial frameworks. However, a new generation of Indigenous writers, directors, producers, and actors use scripted performances to illuminate, contest, and reconfigure these representations, and ideally provoke new interpretations. and three in Australia), focusing on how they diversify and complicate ma…
From Endangerment to (Re)Emergence
What does it mean to acquire an endangered language as a child? How does acquisition manifest across different endangered language scenarios? We propose a view of language acquisition and transmission that encompasses a broad range of language endangerment contexts beyond monolingual settings and thus reframes language endangerment through insights from children's speech, across learning contexts, and in relation to community ideologies. We consi…
The Problematic Concept of Native Speaker in Psycholinguistics
Though the term NATIVE SPEAKER/SIGNER is frequently used in language research, it is inconsistently conceptualized. Factors, such as age, order, and context of acquisition, in addition to social/cultural identity, are often differentially conflated. While the ambiguity and harmful consequences of the term NATIVE SPEAKER have been problematized across disciplines, much of this literature attempts to repurpose the term in order to include and/or ex…
The Linguistic Landscape of Post-Soviet Bishkek
The Linguistic Landscape of Post-Soviet Bishkek (Under the direction of
The Linguistic Landscape of Post-Soviet Bishkek
The Linguistic Landscape of Post-Soviet Bishkek (Under the direction of
The Linguistic Landscape of Post-Soviet Bishkek
The Linguistic Landscape of Post-Soviet Bishkek (Under the direction of
The Problematic Concept of Native Speaker in Psycholinguistics
Though the term NATIVE SPEAKER/SIGNER is frequently used in language research, it is inconsistently conceptualized. Factors, such as age, order, and context of acquisition, in addition to social/cultural identity, are often differentially conflated. While the ambiguity and harmful consequences of the term NATIVE SPEAKER have been problematized across disciplines, much of this literature attempts to repurpose the term in order to include and/or ex…
Language use in Indigenous-authored television series
For much of telecinematic history depictions of Indigenous characters and languages have instantiated racist stereotypes that perpetuate White, colonial frameworks. However, a new generation of Indigenous writers, directors, producers, and actors use scripted performances to illuminate, contest, and reconfigure these representations, and ideally provoke new interpretations. and three in Australia), focusing on how they diversify and complicate ma…
From Endangerment to (Re)Emergence
What does it mean to acquire an endangered language as a child? How does acquisition manifest across different endangered language scenarios? We propose a view of language acquisition and transmission that encompasses a broad range of language endangerment contexts beyond monolingual settings and thus reframes language endangerment through insights from children's speech, across learning contexts, and in relation to community ideologies. We consi…
Raising Kyrgyz kids
This study investigates the intersection of Family Language Policy, childrearing practices, and language shift from Kyrgyz to Russian in a household in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Through participant observation and analysis of quotidian interactions within one middle-class family, the research examines why despite stigmatization of Russian-speaking Kyrgyz children and fears of language shift, most interactions in the household are in Russian. Preferenc…
Linguistics (3 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Ambiguity (1 work) · Biology (1 work) · Capital (architecture (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Context (archaeology) (1 work)