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SUMMARY:CLS Speaker Series - Jonathan Steuck (Penn State) The Prosodic Structure
of Code-Switching in the New Mexico Spanish-English Bilingual Community
DESCRIPTION:The Prosodic Structure of Code-Switching in the New Mexico \
nSpanish-English Bilingual Community\n\nThis study examines code-switchi
ng\, broadly defined as the alternation of languages in the same convers
ation. While recent research suggests that bilinguals may utilize certai
n phonetic or syntactic features to anticipate an upcoming language swit
ch (e.g. Fricke\, Kroll\, &\; Dussias\, 2016\; Tamargo\, Kroff\, &
\; Dussias\, 2016)\, studies of prosodic patterns in code-switching have
been lacking. A sample of spontaneous multi-word code-switches (MWCS\;
n = 407) comprised of at least two words in English and Spanish is taken
from the New Mexico Spanish-English Bilingual corpus (Torres Cacoullos
&\; Travis\, in prep). The data are prosodically transcribed in Inton
ation Units (see Du Bois et al.\, 1993)\, which enables the analysis of
the linguistic properties of MWCS at the interface of prosody and syntax
. This study utilizes a novel unit for analysis: The prosodic sentence (
PS)\, defined using intonation (Chafe\, 1994). The PS is the basis for c
haracterizing intra-sentential MWCS according to prosodic factors: Proso
dic position of MWCS\, pause expression\, transitional continuity\, and
length measures. Prosodic factors are furthermore assessed according to
switch direction. The MWCS (i.e. bilingual PSs\; n = 323) are compared w
ith two sets of PSs: (a) Otherwise monolingual PSs containing a noun of
other-language origin--Spanish-origin (n = 78) or English-origin (n = 21
6)\; and (b) entirely monolingual PSs (n = 584) with a lexical Spanish (
n = 231) or English (n = 238) noun\, serving as monolingual benchmarks.
Overall\, clear prosodic-syntactic properties of spontaneous MWCS emerge
and findings highlight the unique prosodic-syntactic signature of MWCS
as compared to monolingual stretches without MWCS\, part of the norms fo
r combining two languages in bilingual communities.\n\nFor more details:
https://events.la.psu.edu/event/cls-speaker-series-jonathan-steuck-penn
-state-the-prosodic-structure-of-code-switching-in-the-new-mexico-spanis
h-english-bilingual-community/
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:The Prosodic Structure of Code-Switching in
the New Mexico
Sp
anish-English Bilingual Community
This stud
y examines code-switching, broadly defined as the alternation of languag
es in the same conversation. While recent research suggests that bilingu
als may utilize certain phonetic or syntactic features to anticipate an
upcoming language switch (e.g. Fricke, Kroll, & Dussias, 2016; Tamar
go, Kroff, & Dussias, 2016), studies of prosodic patterns in code-sw
itching have been lacking. A sample of spontaneous multi-word code-switc
hes (MWCS; n = 407) comprised of at least two words in English an
d Spanish is taken from the New Mexico Spanish-English Bilingual corpus
(Torres Cacoullos & Travis, in prep). The data are prosodically tran
scribed in Intonation Units (see Du Bois et al., 1993), which enables th
e analysis of the linguistic properties of MWCS at the interface of pros
ody and syntax. This study utilizes a novel unit for analysis: The proso
dic sentence (PS), defined using intonation (Chafe, 1994). The PS is the
basis for characterizing intra-sentential MWCS according to prosodic fa
ctors: Prosodic position of MWCS, pause expression, transitional continu
ity, and length measures. Prosodic factors are furthermore assessed acco
rding to switch direction. The MWCS (i.e. bilingual PSs; n = 323)
are compared with two sets of PSs: (a) Otherwise monolingual PSs contai
ning a noun of other-language origin--Spanish-origin (n = 78) or
English-origin (n = 216); and (b) entirely monolingual PSs (n
= 584) with a lexical Spanish (n = 231) or English (n
= 238) noun, serving as monolingual benchmarks. Overall, clear prosodic-
syntactic properties of spontaneous MWCS emerge and findings highlight t
he unique prosodic-syntactic signature of MWCS as compared to monolingua
l stretches without MWCS, part of the norms for combining two languages
in bilingual communities.
For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/cls-
speaker-series-jonathan-steuck-penn-state-the-prosodic-structure-of-code
-switching-in-the-new-mexico-spanish-english-bilingual-community/
LOCATION:127 Moore Building
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