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Researcher Profile
Shawna-Kaye Tucker
Dr. Shawna-Kaye Tucker is an Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics in the Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. Her research and teaching explore second language learning, writing, and literacy development. With a particular focus on children, Dr. Tucker also investigates how language and literacy emerge in both school and out-of-school settings, including the home and community.
She currently holds a SSHRC grant for research exploring home language and literacy environments in the Caribbean and their relationships with reading achievement. Dr. Tucker’s work has also drawn attention beyond academic circles and has been featured by media outlets such as the BBC.
Projects
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Understanding Heritage Language Education and Jamaican Creole in Toronto with Shawna-Kaye Tucker
In this podcast episode, Professor Shawna-Kaye Tucker discusses her paper “Beyond “Sea, Sun, and Fun”: Exploring the Viability of Jamaican...
- Researcher: Shawna-Kaye Tucker
- Project Type: Podcast
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Iconicity Motivating Alternations in African Languages
This paper, co-authored with researcher Michael Bulkaam, presents novel evidence for iconicity in core morphophonological grammar by documenting, describing, and...
- Researcher: Samuel Akinbo
- Project Type: Journal Article
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Samuel Akinbo
Samuel Akinbo is an assistant professor in the Department of Linguistics. His research primarily focuses on how the structural components...
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Counting and measuring in African Languages Spoken in Toronto/Sociolinguistic survey of African languages spoken in Toronto (Connaught New Research Award)
This ongoing project involves both a description counting and measuring in some African languages spoken in Toronto as well as...
