Dr. Juhani Järvikivi - 2021 Cluster Recipient


KIAS Spotlight Researcher

Understanding Barriers: Canadian Map of Language Attitudes

Project Lead: Dr. Juhani Järvikivi

Professor
Faculty of Arts
Department of Linguistics

Co-creating real-world informed, citizen science (CS) research into language attitudes towards varieties of Canada’s two co-official languages

 

 

Project Description:

This project aims to co-create real-world informed, citizen science (CS) research into language attitudes towards varieties of Canada’s two co-official languages by: 1) building the technology and networks for supporting and fostering CS for Canada-wide research and data creation online, as well as in-depth engagement of CS focus groups in Alberta; 2) asking language users to contribute samples of their own speech, establishing a representative database of Canadian speech; 3) asking language users about their perceptions of and attitudes towards regional, bilingual, and non-native accents of French and English, including their own; 4) creating research into the individual-based factors that underlie these attitudes; 5) soliciting questions related to language use that are pertinent to language users. In this way, we hope to lay the foundation for building bridges between people who may, intentionally or unintentionally, exclude others and people who may feel excluded from the linguistic landscape of Canada and, in turn, Canadian society.

University of Alberta Team Members:

  • Dr. Juhani Järvikivi (PI)
  • Dr. Anja Arnhold
  • Dr. Denilson Barbosa
  • Dr. Anne-Jose Villeneuve
  • Dr. Andrea A.N. MacLeod
  • Dr. Kristan Marchak
  • Dr. Sarah Moore
  • Dr. Kim Noels

External Team Members:

  • Dr. Victor Kuperman
  • Dr. Kibeom Lee
  • Dr. Gary Libben