This session will have Zoom auto-captioning available.Demystifying the Reclamation of Reawakening Languages: A Case Study of Tunica (Elisabeth Pierite-Mora, Meg Harvey, Andrew Abdalian, Tyler A. Whitaker, Nathan Wendte, Donna Pierite):
•This talk looks at the design of a series of Workshops aimed at demystifying the processes behind reawakening the language Tunica and providing community members a variety of ways to participate in the process as innovators and creators, even if they don’t have time to devote to consistent participation. [
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Kou-d-min pou Kouri-Vini: Helping Hands for Louisiana Creole (Nathan Wendte, Oliver Mayeux):
•The web of relationships encompassed by language revitalization is often simplified according to linear models and binary oppositions. This paper presents the authors’ experiences navigating the nested, multi-party relationships associated with Kouri-Vini (aka “Louisiana Creole”), a French-based creole traditionally spoken in the Gulf South region of the United States. [
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Corpus Phonetic Investigation into Seneca Accentuation (Richard Hatcher, Robert Jimerson, Emily Prud'Hommeaux, Karin Michelson):
•Patterns of accentuation in Seneca represent a significant hurdle to adult learners. Previous analyses of accenting in Seneca have required knowledge of the reconstructed forms to compute the location of accent. This research represents an initial attempt to describe Seneca's accentuation patterns using corpus phonetic methods. [
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