Book contents
- The Phonetics and Phonology of Heritage Languages
- The Phonetics and Phonology of Heritage Languages
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Front Rounded Vowels of Heritage Korean in Northern China
- 2 Phonetic Influence from the Minority Language
- 3 Phonological Transfer in Heritage Japanese in Australia
- 4 Phrasal Prosody of Heritage Speakers of Samoan in Aotearoa New Zealand
- 5 Stress Placement in English Loanwords by Speakers of Mirpur Pahari in the UK
- 6 Intergenerational Transmission of Laterals in Punjabi–English Heritage Bilinguals
- 7 Perception and Production of Phonemic Contrasts in Heritage Russian and Polish in Germany
- 8 Focus Realization in Heritage Spanish
- 9 Language-Specific Phonology of Heritage Perception
- 10 An Individual-Differences Perspective on Variation in Heritage Mandarin Speakers
- 11 Childhood Language Exposure
- 12 The Intonation of Declaratives and Polar Questions in Modern versus Heritage Icelandic
- 13 Functional Load and Vowel Merger in Toronto Heritage Cantonese
- 14 Have Cantonese Tones Merged in Spontaneous Speech?
- 15 Phonetics of Stop Voicing in Heritage and Homeland Polish
- 16 Perception and Production of English and Portuguese Voiceless Stops by Heritage Learners
- 17 Prosodically Conditioned Variation
- Index
- References
4 - Phrasal Prosody of Heritage Speakers of Samoan in Aotearoa New Zealand
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 February 2024
Book contents
- The Phonetics and Phonology of Heritage Languages
- The Phonetics and Phonology of Heritage Languages
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Front Rounded Vowels of Heritage Korean in Northern China
- 2 Phonetic Influence from the Minority Language
- 3 Phonological Transfer in Heritage Japanese in Australia
- 4 Phrasal Prosody of Heritage Speakers of Samoan in Aotearoa New Zealand
- 5 Stress Placement in English Loanwords by Speakers of Mirpur Pahari in the UK
- 6 Intergenerational Transmission of Laterals in Punjabi–English Heritage Bilinguals
- 7 Perception and Production of Phonemic Contrasts in Heritage Russian and Polish in Germany
- 8 Focus Realization in Heritage Spanish
- 9 Language-Specific Phonology of Heritage Perception
- 10 An Individual-Differences Perspective on Variation in Heritage Mandarin Speakers
- 11 Childhood Language Exposure
- 12 The Intonation of Declaratives and Polar Questions in Modern versus Heritage Icelandic
- 13 Functional Load and Vowel Merger in Toronto Heritage Cantonese
- 14 Have Cantonese Tones Merged in Spontaneous Speech?
- 15 Phonetics of Stop Voicing in Heritage and Homeland Polish
- 16 Perception and Production of English and Portuguese Voiceless Stops by Heritage Learners
- 17 Prosodically Conditioned Variation
- Index
- References
Summary
We present an analysis of phrasal prosody, with an emphasis on focus-marking, for heritage speakers of Samoan in Aotearoa New Zealand. The analysis is based on recordings of four speakers doing a picture-description task designed to elicit different focus positions and types, from an earlier study of home country Samoan (Calhoun, 2015). All speakers showed features of phrasal prosody similar to those found for home country Samoan; however, there was considerable variation between speakers. We relate this to the language background of the speakers, and their attitudes and beliefs toward their heritage language. In particular, there were differences between generation 1.5 and 2 speakers, relating to their engagement with and beliefs about their university Samoan language classes. This shows the importance of these factors in the acquisition and maintenance of prosodic features, similar to other more-studied language features.
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- The Phonetics and Phonology of Heritage Languages , pp. 84 - 106Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024
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