Research
Read how they describe their research on their University of Victoria profile.
Latest papers
Child Phonology in a Language Revitalization Context: Evidence from Hul'q'umi'num'.
Journal of child language · 2026
Mandarin Tone Production in Prelingually Deaf Adults With Hearing Aids and Cochlear Implants.
Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2025 · senior author
Latest funding
- $74,364
Scrambles for East Africa: Media and Cultural Debates between China, Western Europe, and East Africa
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
- $59,527
Understanding Consumer Responses to Innovation in the Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
- $54,270
Staging our voices: Strengthening Indigenous languages through theatre
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
2 publications.
Child Phonology in a Language Revitalization Context: Evidence from Hul'q'umi'num'.
Kwan B, Bird S, Joe M, Jack QR, Yeung HH
Mandarin Tone Production in Prelingually Deaf Adults With Hearing Aids and Cochlear Implants.
Chen Y, Wang Y, Bird S
Scrambles for East Africa: Media and Cultural Debates between China, Western Europe, and East Africa
Principal investigators: Zhang, Gaoheng
Keywords: African Studies; Global China Studies; European Studies; Media and Communication Studies; Cinema Studies; Mobility Studies; Postcolonial Studies; Food Studies; Fashion Studies; Gender Studies; Race Theory
Understanding Consumer Responses to Innovation in the Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence
Principal investigators: Pancer, Ethan
Keywords: Consumer psychology; generative artificial intelligence; innovation; psychological essentialism
Staging our voices: Strengthening Indigenous languages through theatre
Principal investigators: Sadeghi-Yekta, Kirsten K.
Keywords: Indigenous Knowledge; Theatre; Performance; Language Reawakening; Inter-generational Language Transmission
Championing Hul'q'umi'num' Language and Culture through Theatre
Principal investigators: Sadeghi-Yekta, Kirsten K.
Keywords: indigenous knowledge; theatre; performance; language revitalization; inter-generational language transmission
Championing Hul'q'umi'num' Language and Culture through Theatre
Principal investigators: Sadeghi-Yekta, Kirsten
Keywords: indigenous knowledge; theatre; performance; language revitalization; inter-generational language transmission
Hul'q'umi'num' phonetic structures: exploring paths towards fluent pronunciation
Principal investigators: Bird, Sonya F.
Keywords: pronunciation; language learning; coast Salish; Hul'q'umi'num'; Indigenous language revitalization
Hul'q'umi'num' voices: reclaiming the language of canoe culture
Principal investigators: Gerdts, Donna B.
Keywords: First Nations language revitalization; First Nations language documentation; indigenous knowledge; youth; m-learning
Phonetic building blocks of speech
Principal investigators: D'Arcy, Alexandra F.
Keywords: phonetics; speech technology; speech sciences; language learning
Articulatory restrictions as triggers of sound change
Principal investigators: Bird, Sonya F.
Keywords: speech production; articulatory phonetics; articulatory timing; ultrasound research; Pacific Northwest languages; language variation
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