music and language

[BSantaMaria]

Thanks for bringing up this relevant topic--though not in the same vein as
use of music to regain voice but use of music to learn a language-- I've
observed here on our rez events at which local traditional Apache dancers
and singers participate and saw young male singers who do not speak Apache
but can sing rather fluently in Apache as do a couple of adult ones who can
sing but not speak it. Does anyone on ILAT know of any articles on this
type of language phenomenon? Also what would be the proper linguistic
terminology to describe this type of language situation?

Interesting topic that could be investigated further for possibilities of
enhancement of language acquisition/revitalization activities and use of
traditional social or ceremonial native music.

Berni SantaMaria
Consultant, Apache Language/Culture
On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 1:06 PM, Ewan Pohe <ewan.pohe at vuw.ac.nz> wrote:

> Thank you for this post Philip.
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> In New Zealand in the Te Ataarangi system which teaches Māori as an L2
> music is used extensively.  From my experience it is useful on a number of
> levels.
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> It is not used enough in my view probably as singing is seen to be the
> preserve of stars.
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> Ewan Pohe
> Research Fellow
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> *Whāia te iti kahurangi, ki te tuohu koe, me he maunga teitei*
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> On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 8:19 AM, Phillip E Cash Cash <
> cashcash at email.arizona.edu> wrote:
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>>  Greetings ILAT,
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>>  I recently saw an amazing video showing Gabby Giffords the Arizona
>> Congresswoman recovering from her brain injury stemming from a bullet that
>> passed thru the left side of her brain.  The video describes how she was
>> able to regain her speech thru music thus demonstrating quite
>> effectively the neurological link between music and language learning.
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>>  http://youtu.be/ndNn3Ucxt5k
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>>  I just wanted to post the video simply to spark some conversation on
>> the topic of music & language.  If it is a new idea or if you simply want
>> to see music being put into action please take a look at the video.  For
>> some of you, I'm sure this will be quite familiar.
>>
>>  Phil
>> UofA
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