Spatial Semiotics and Spatial Mental Models: Figure-Ground Asymmetries in Language by Thiering Martin

Author:Thiering, Martin [Thiering, Martin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: De Gruyter
Published: 2014-11-17T16:00:00+00:00

5.2.1 General summary of methods and results

5.2.2 Subjects, equipment, and materials

Native speakers of Dene Suline, primarily resident in the Cold Lake First Nations Reserve, served as paid language consultants for this project. Two groups of Dene-English bilingual speakers took part in the interviews (with a total of 13 respondents). The first, younger, group (A) consisted of five females and one males, ranging in from about 45 to 55 years. The second, older group (B) included seven speakers - four female and three male - ranging in age range from about 65 to 85 years old. Each speaker was presented with the TRM drawings. The recordings of these field sessions were transcribed by hand on a score sheet by a Dene-speaking consultant and myself. In addition to the pencil and sheet notes, the sessions were digitally recorded with the program Sound Studio (on a G4 Power Book). The transcriptions were verified by the consultant and with reference to an electronic Dene-to-English dictionary (Department of Linguistics, University of Alberta).

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