Guiding Pronunciation of Blackfoot Melody1
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This paper reports our project on “sound education” in second language teaching in Blackfoot. “Sound” in this context refers to word melody and pitch accent. As described in (Frantz, 2009), accents in some words impact meaning. For second language learners of Blackfoot, in addition to learning words with the correct pitch accents, it is also important to learn correct word melody. Sounding “right” or sounding like elderly fluent speakers of their community may lead to self-confidence and a strong cultural identity. Out goal is to provide an example to help others teach the melody of Blackfoot to second language learners.
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