LINGUIST List 22.3354 Tue Aug 23 2011 Qs: Seek Mandarin, Yoruba Speakers for Online Study Editor for this issue: Brent Woo <bwoolinguistlist.org> New! Visit LL's Multitree project for over 1000 trees dynamically generated from scholarly hypotheses about language relationships:             http://multitree.linguistlist.org/ We'd like to remind readers that the responses to queries are usually best posted to the individual asking the question. That individual is then strongly encouraged to post a summary to the list. This policy was instituted to help control the huge volume of mail on LINGUIST; so we would appreciate your cooperating with it whenever it seems appropriate. In addition to posting a summary, we'd like to remind people that it is usually a good idea to personally thank those individuals who have taken the trouble to respond to the query. To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/LL/posttolinguist.cfm. Directory         1.     Darcie Blainey , Seek Mandarin, Yoruba Speakers for Online Study Message 1: Seek Mandarin, Yoruba Speakers for Online Study Date: 23-Aug-2011 From: Darcie Blainey <musiclanguagetestgmail.com> Subject: Seek Mandarin, Yoruba Speakers for Online Study E-mail this message to a friend Hello, My name is Darcie Blainey, and I am a PhD student at Tulane University. I am conducting an online study to examine potential links between the rate of amusia (inability to distinguish different melodies) in a speech population and their language's tone status. I am therefore looking for native speakers of English (non-tonal), Yoruba, and Mandarin (tonal) to complete the 10-minute online study. I am especially in need of native Mandarin and Yoruba speakers. Speakers can be of any nationality, as long as they are between the ages of 12 and 90 and have access to an internet connection with sound. Speakers are required to fill out an anonymous demographics form, and then listen pairs of melodies, in order to decide whether they are the same or different. Speakers will receive no compensation for participation in the study. The study website is available at the following address: Mandarin: http://www.tulane.edu/~klingler/musiclanguagetest/app/webroot/index.p hp/home/chi Yoruba: http://www.tulane.edu/~klingler/musiclanguagetest/app/webroot/index.p hp/home/yor There may be complications when using the Safari browser on Mac computers. We are working to resolve this bug, but in the event of difficulties, please try using a different browser. This research is based on the work of Isabelle Peretz and colleagues. More information about the study can be provided on request. Naturally, I will report to LinguistList on any eventual findings of the research. Please consider posting this information on LinguistList, and forwarding the links to any potential participants. I greatly appreciate your assistance, and thank you in advance for your help! Please do not hesitate to contact me should you have any questions. Sincerely yours, Darcie Blainey musiclanguagetestgmail.com Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition                             Linguistic Theories                             Neurolinguistics                             Phonology                             Typology Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 23-Aug-2011       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.