The HALA Project: Hawaii Assessment of Language Access


Overview:
The HALA Project (Hawaii Assessment of Language Access) uses psycholinguistic techniques to assess language strength/activation in speakers. Its goal is to develop a series of tasks that might be used to detect early signs of language endangerment, differences in language access across communities or language cohorts, the effectiveness of language conservation programs or heritage programs, and the relative language access of individuals. Local lead investigators: William O'Grady, ogrady at hawaii dot edu and  Amy Schafer, aschafer at hawaii dot edu.

Researchers:
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FAQs
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Download articles:
ICLDC talk, March 2009

Sample stimuli:
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Secured stimuli download page:
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Contribute to discussion to the HALA project at our blog.

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