I Bag Your Pardon: The Albertan ae/ɛ Vowel Shift as a Window into Community Grammars

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dc.contributor.advisorWinters, Stephen
dc.contributor.authorJones, Jacqueline
dc.contributor.committeememberHayashi, Naotaka
dc.contributor.committeememberFlynn, Darin
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-24T17:34:28Z
dc.date.available2015-12-24T17:34:28Z
dc.date.issued2015-12-24
dc.date.submitted2015en
dc.description.abstractThis thesis explores a vowel shift by speakers in Alberta in which [æ] is shifting before [g]. A production experiment was designed to examine the direction, extent, and sources of this change. I hypothesized that differing prompt modalities might elicit productions that could be used to support the existence of a triadic grammar, where productions are influenced by the community (auditory), the self (pictorial), and the standard (orthographic) grammars. I hypothesize a refinement of Ohala’s Active Listener hypothesis to include “super” and “inactive” listeners as other possible sources of sound change. The results show this is an in-progress merger by approximation and that changing the prompt modality altered listener productions. Auditory prompts had the greatest influence on production: Those most likely to merge the vowels [æ] and [ɛ] were more likely to mimic auditory cues. This indicates that super perceivers spread sound change to a greater degree.en_US
dc.identifier.citationJones, J. (2015). I Bag Your Pardon: The Albertan ae/ɛ Vowel Shift as a Window into Community Grammars (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26408en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/26408
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/2717
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectLinguistics
dc.subjectLanguage--Modern
dc.subjectAnthropology--Cultural
dc.subject.classificationLinguisticsen_US
dc.subject.classificationEnglishen_US
dc.subject.classificationAlbertaen_US
dc.subject.classificationSound Changeen_US
dc.subject.classificationVowelsen_US
dc.subject.classificationVowel Mergeren_US
dc.titleI Bag Your Pardon: The Albertan ae/ɛ Vowel Shift as a Window into Community Grammars
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineLinguistics
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)
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