Doctoral Dissertation Research: Phonological Aspects of word-internal Spanish/ English codeswitching

博士论文研究：单词内部西班牙语/英语语码转换的语音方面

基本信息

批准号：
1823909
负责人：
Jennifer Cabrelli
金额：
$ 1.45万
依托单位：
University of Illinois at Chicago
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2018
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2018-07-01 至 2023-06-30
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1823909&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
Doctoral Dissertation Research Phonological Aspects

项目摘要

One essential goal of research on bilingualism is to understand the ways in which two or more linguistic systems interact inside a speaker's mind. The bilingual phenomenon of code-switching, or the use of two languages in a single linguistic unit, embodies this interaction of linguistic systems. This unit can be a conversation, a sentence or even a word. Although code-switching was previously thought to be a 'substandard' use of language, researchers have determined that it is in fact systematic and rule-governed. Thus, the study of code-switching provides a unique lens with which to view the rules that constrain language. A primary question of interest regards the minimal linguistic unit within which code-switching can occur. While it appears that a single word can be composed of morphemes (i.e., the smallest meaning-bearing linguistic unit) from two different languages, researchers have claimed that the sounds used to produce that word must come from a single language. However, these claims have never been tested empirically. This dissertation project takes a laboratory phonology approach to determining the minimum linguistic unit within which a bilingual can combine elements from their two phonological (i.e., sound) systems. Intraword code-switching by Mexican Spanish/English early bilinguals will be examined using two experimental paradigms: a production study, and an aural acceptability judgment task. The results from these experiments will inform whether bilinguals produce phonologically switched words and accept phonologically switched words as licit outputs of their linguistic systems, thus confirming or rejecting the hypothesis that the word is the minimal unit for phonological code-switching. In addition to its theoretical contributions, dissemination of this research in the local Chicago community will contribute to the goal of informing the general public and bilingual educators/administrators about the use of code-switching as a standard bilingual speech practice that is rule governed like any natural language.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

双语研究的一个基本目标是了解两种或多种语言系统在说话者头脑中相互作用的方式。语码转换的双语现象，或者在一个语言单位中使用两种语言，体现了语言系统的这种相互作用。这个单元可以是一个对话、一个句子甚至一个单词。尽管语码转换以前被认为是一种“不合标准”的语言使用，但研究人员已经确定它实际上是系统性的且受规则管辖的。因此，语码转换的研究提供了一个独特的视角来观察限制语言的规则。人们感兴趣的一个主要问题是可以发生语码转换的最小语言单位。虽然单个单词似乎可以由两种不同语言的语素（即最小的承载意义的语言单位）组成，但研究人员声称用于产生该单词的声音必须来自单一语言。然而，这些说法从未经过实证检验。本论文项目采用实验室音系学方法来确定双语者可以组合两个音系（即声音）系统元素的最小语言单位。墨西哥西班牙语/英语早期双语者的词内语码转换将使用两种实验范式进行检查：产生研究和听觉可接受性判断任务。这些实验的结果将告诉双语者是否会产生语音转换单词并接受语音转换单词作为其语言系统的合法输出，从而证实或拒绝单词是语音语码转换的最小单位的假设。除了理论贡献之外，这项研究在芝加哥当地社区的传播将有助于实现以下目标：让公众和双语教育者/管理员了解语码转换作为标准双语言语实践的使用，该实践与其他语言一样受规则管理。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。