Development of a Setswana tonal minimal pair word list as research tool

dc.contributor.authorJones, Gail
dc.contributor.authorVan der Merwe, Anita
dc.contributor.authorVan der Linde, Jeannie
dc.contributor.authorLe Roux, Maria (Mia)
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-26T05:28:45Z
dc.date.issued2018-06
dc.description.abstractThis study reports on the development of a Setswana tonal minimal pair word list, which could be implemented as research tool in the field of Bantu language linguistics and in speech pathology in South Africa. The development of the list was conducted in four phases. These are described as four separate studies. All involved Setswana L1 participants living in the urban areas of Gauteng. In Study 1, a 45-pair preliminary list was compiled from dictionaries. During Study 2, eleven L1 speakers’ familiarity with each word was determined. Based on these results the list was narrowed down to 20 pairs. Study 3 entailed the validation of pictorial stimuli, which illustrate the target words. Ten different participants took part. Four pairs were not consistently familiar and were removed, resulting in the experimental list of 16 pairs. This list was validated in Study 4 and involved nine typical L1 speakers and five listeners. Word-specific analyses revealed that some words had a negative impact on the results. Six pairs were removed. A final list of 10 pairs rendered results more aligned to the expectation of typical speakers and listeners. Validation should continue to determine applicability in populations from exclusively rural or urban areas.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentSpeech-Language Pathology and Audiologyen_ZA
dc.description.embargo2019-12-18
dc.description.librarianhj2018en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rjal20en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationGail Jones, Anita van der Merwe, Jeannie van der Linde & Mia le Roux (2018) Development of a Setswana tonal minimal pair word list as research tool, South African Journal of African Languages, 38:2, 127-135, DOI: 10.1080/02572117.2018.1463700,en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0257-2117 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2305-1159 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1080/02572117.2018.1463700
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/65240
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherNISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor & Francis Group)en_ZA
dc.rights© 2018 NISC (Pty) Ltd. This is an electronic version of an article published in South African Journal of African Languages, vol. x, no. y, pp. z-zz, 2018. doi : . South African Journal of African Languages is available online at : http://www.tandfonline.comloi/rjal20 [18 months embargo]en_ZA
dc.subjectSetswana tonal minimal pair word listen_ZA
dc.subjectResearch toolen_ZA
dc.subjectBantu language linguisticsen_ZA
dc.subjectSpeech pathologyen_ZA
dc.subjectSouth Africa (SA)en_ZA
dc.titleDevelopment of a Setswana tonal minimal pair word list as research toolen_ZA
dc.typePostprint Articleen_ZA

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