Beyond the Paper

In this episode, Dr Loy Lising talks with Brendan Falvy about her forthcoming chapter:

Lising, L. (In press). Philippine Languages in Multilingual Sydney. In Benson, Chik & Moloney (Eds.) Multilingual Sydney. Routledge.

0:39 My research interests and study areas. Previous studies which led me to this paper.

3:00 The difficulties generating useful data for this paper and the problems using census data.

8:55 How the census could collect more useful languages data and capture the diversity more effectively, particularly with Filipino immigrants.

15:47 Why Filipino immigrants could interpret the same census questions differently. How political disposition and dialect play a role.

21:13 The global movement of Filipino immigrants and its effect on the linguistic presence of Filipinos in Sydney today.

https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/persons/loy-lising

In this episode, Paige Hawkins interviews Dr Anita Szakay about her paper on bilingualism:

Szakay, A., Babel, M. & King, J. (2016) Social categories are shared across bilinguals’ lexicons. Journal of Phonetics 59:92–109 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wocn.2016.09.005)

0:28 What about Māori languages interests me. What languages are spoken in New Zealand and what influences the languages spoken.

2:20 An explanation of the differences in the languages in New Zealand.

6:38 What is bilingual priming? Using a lexical decision task.

10:20 Discussing the research question for my paper and the methods of study and research.

14:14 How the results indicated that accent is important in the lexical decision task.

16:01 How social categories are activated and how this affects speech perception. The combination of social information and linguistics.

18:16 Areas for follow up research, social categories and alternative languages. The connection between grammatical and speaker gender.

In this episode, Rachael McKinstry interviews Macquarie University PhD candidate Livia Gerber about an article on family language policy she has co-written with Professor Ingrid Piller.

Piller, I., & Gerber, L. (2018). Family language policy between the bilingual advantage and the monolingual mindset. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism. DOI: 10.1080/13670050.2018.1503227

0:30 Is simultaneous bilingualism as superior as it is generally considered to be by parents. Simultaneous versus consecutive bilingualism.

1:50 Language as a commodity. How bilingual speakers develop different competencies over time and why.

7:19 How parents influence a child’s language and “Code Switching” in multilingual and bilingual communities.

13:04 Does bilingualism hider English proficiency or cause speech delay?

14:56 The academic and economic benefits of bilingualism versus the cognitive and sociocultural benefits. The role and influence of the government versus parents.

18:58 The gaps in this research which need to be researched further.

The article can be accessed at: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13670050.2018.1503227

You can read more about this topic at the Research Blog that Livia contributes to: http://www.languageonthemove.com/

In this pilot episode of the podcast, Paige Hawkins and Lauren Ryan interview Dr Nick Wilson about his paper:

Wilson, Nick. (2018). The portable locker room: Language, space and place in rugby pre-match interaction. Communication and Sport 6: 547-569.

0:51 Nick talks about his paper: “The Portable Locker Room. Language, Space, and Place in Rugby Pre-match Interaction”. He discusses his experience undertaking the research involved in the paper.

3:15 Balancing between the role of participant versus observer, the struggle to maintain the analytic lense.

6:05 What kind of rituals and routines were observed on match days.

12:40 The tolerance of violence, pain and injury in rugby.

14:45 The idea of territoriality and the implications of playing at “home” or “away”.

20:40 What is “Front Stage” and “Back Stage” in the context of a rugby club.

23:54 Organizational hierarchy, leadership, and social themes and language.

29:04 What happens when a leader departs a group. The traits of a leader.

The paper can be read at: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2167479517734849

In this episode of the podcast, Paige Hawkins interviews Professor Mehdi Riazi about his paper:

Riazi, A.M., & Candlin, C.N. (2014). Mixed-methods research in language teaching and learning: Opportunities, issues and challenges. Language Teaching, 47, 135-173. doi:10.1017/S0261444813000505

0:58 Mhedi explains how he became involved in the study of the paradigms of research methodology.

6:25 What is mixed method researching? Quantitative versus qualitative.

16:48 Implementing mixed method research into language teaching and learning.

25:20 What needs to be implemented in the future for mixed method research in applied linguistics? The challenges we will face.

The paper is available here: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/language-teaching/article/mixedmethods-research-in-language-teaching-and-learning-opportunities-issues-and-challenges/A98B6AD7F096017223B1976D7E7FC995

In this episode of the podcast, Dominic Wong interviews Dr Nan Xu Rattanasone about her paper:

Xu, N., Burnham, D., Kitamura, C., & Vollmer-Conna, U. (2013). Vowel hyperarticulation in parrot-, dog-, and infant-directed speech. Anthrozoos, 26(3), 373-380.

0:51 What differentiates infant directed speech versus pet directed speech?

2:50 Measuring the linguistic potential of the audience.

07:50 Explaining the meaning of hyperarticulation.

11:07 Elaborating on the “Vowel Triangle”.

17:08 The languages that display infant-directed speech and vowel hyperarticulation.

The paper can be accessed at: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2752/175303713X13697429463592

In this episode, Lauren Ryan interviews Dr Titia Benders about her paper:

Benders, T. (2007). Six-month-old infants prefer speech with raised formant frequencies. Infancy. 22, 6, p. 778-789.

0:45 Titia discusses misconceptions and confusion around her research.

2:15 Debunking infant-directed speech and speech acquisition misconceptions

4:07 Discussing the “Head Turn Preference Procedure”.

6:50 Why it’s hard to make inferences about the meaning of infants behavior.

8:45 Challenges of infant research and how to make them comfortable.

10:35 The use of female speakers for infant research. Cultural and language differences.

14:35 The effect of different formant frequencies.

16:50 Future avenues for research including fathers and breathiness.

You can access the paper at: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/infa.12190