Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Master's Theses Graduate School 2014 "Mais, you talk like me? /ju ra:/": kindergarteners' use of five Cajun English phonological features Hannah Joy Smitherman Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_theses Part of the Communication Sciences and Disorders Commons Recommended Citation Smitherman, Hannah Joy, ""Mais, you talk like me? /ju ra:/": kindergarteners' use of five Cajun English phonological features" (2014). LSU Master's Theses. 1719. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_theses/1719 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at LSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in LSU Master's Theses by an authorized graduate school editor of LSU Digital Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. MAIS, YOU TALK LIKE ME? /ju ɔra:/: KINDERGARTENERS’ USE OF FIVE CAJUN ENGLISH PHONOLOGICAL FEATURES A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders by Hannah Joy Smitherman B.A., Louisiana State University, 2012 May 2014 for my Pawpaw, thank you for starting my love for Cajun culture and inevitably inspiring my studies ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS There are too many people that have helped, encouraged, and supported me throughout this process and I hope I can properly thank them all. To Lee, my wonderful fiancé who has now stood by me through two thesis projects, I cannot thank you enough for all of the late night trips to Hatcher Hall, for the many hours you have listened to more than you want to know about Cajun English, and for the genuine undying support you have provided me through graduate school.