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ERIC Number: EJ808879
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008-Aug
Pages: 19
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0269-9206
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First Nations English Dialects in Canada: Implications for Speech-Language Pathology
Ball, Jessica; Bernhardt, B. May
Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, v22 n8 p570-588 Aug 2008
The current study reports preliminary information gathered about First Nations English dialects in Canada and considers implications for speech-language pathology practice. Information was gathered from literature searches and forums of First Nations and non-First Nations speech-language pathologists, developmentalists, and linguists. The exploratory findings suggest that First Nations English dialects are shaped both by transference of features from the ancestral languages and by cultural patterns of communication. The dialects likely represent late stages of depidginization and decreolization. Examples of phonological and syntactic dialectal features illustrate the importance of recognizing non-standard varieties of English when assessing speakers of First Nations communities and setting up goals and strategies for treatment. Research is urgently needed to identify features of First Nations English dialects both for linguistic documentation and to help speech-language pathologists and other educators to distinguish between language impairments and dialect differences and to develop culturally relevant assessment and intervention practices. (Contains 1 figure, 2 tables, and 1 note.)
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Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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