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SUMMARY:Li-Fang Lai (Penn State) - Intonation in Contact: Socioprosodic Variatio
n Among Yami-Mandarin Bilinguals
DESCRIPTION:Intonation in Contact: Socioprosodic Variation Among Yami-Ma
ndarin Bilinguals\n\nIn contact settings\, imbalanced intergroup relatio
ns and socioeconomic pressure play critical roles in determining the tra
jectory of language change. Yami\, a moribund indigenous language spoken
in Taiwan\, is displaying rapid language loss and variation under cultu
ral-economic pressure from Mandarin. In this talk\, Lai will present a s
tudy that investigated socioprosodic variation in Yami-Mandarin bilingua
l speech\, with a particular emphasis on Yami question intonation. The r
esults show that younger bilingual speakers exhibited convergence toward
Mandarin intonation. The declining use and prosodic changes of Yami\, h
owever\, are not easily interpreted as a weakened Yami identity. Rather\
, it seems likely that younger speakers no longer use Yami to fulfill th
eir communicative needs but instead lean on its socio-indexical function
s to voice their ethnocultural identity. Lai will also describe her curr
ent project exploring regional prosodic variation in American English\,
examining potential links between prosodic \;distinctiveness and a s
peaker’s regional and social identities.\n\nFor more details: https://ev
ents.la.psu.edu/event/li-fang-lai-penn-state-intonation-in-contact-socio
prosodic-variation-among-yami-mandarin-bilinguals/
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Intonation in Contact: Socioprosodic Variation
Among Yami-Mandarin Bilinguals
In contact settings, imbalanced in
tergroup relations and socioeconomic pressure play critical roles in det
ermining the trajectory of language change. Yami, a moribund indigenous
language spoken in Taiwan, is displaying rapid language loss and variati
on under cultural-economic pressure from Mandarin. In this talk, Lai wil
l present a study that investigated socioprosodic variation in Yami-Mand
arin bilingual speech, with a particular emphasis on Yami question inton
ation. The results show that younger bilingual speakers exhibited conver
gence toward Mandarin intonation. The declining use and prosodic changes
of Yami, however, are not easily interpreted as a weakened Yami identit
y. Rather, it seems likely that younger speakers no longer use Yami to f
ulfill their communicative needs but instead lean on its socio-indexical
functions to voice their ethnocultural identity. Lai will also describe
her current project exploring regional prosodic variation in American E
nglish, examining potential links between prosodic distinctiv
eness and a speaker’s regional and social identities.
For m
ore details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/li-fang-lai-penn-state-inton
ation-in-contact-socioprosodic-variation-among-yami-mandarin-bilinguals/
LOCATION:127 Moore Building
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