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Processing L2 scripts in highly-proficient bilinguals
(2019-06-04)
This dissertation explores second language (L2) word recognition in different-script bilinguals (i.e., bilinguals whose first language (L1) is written in a different script than their L2). Previous examinations of L2 word ...
“‘WELL I DON’T LIKE ABORTION’ WELL THEN DON’T HAVE ONE”: A CORPUS-ASSISTED DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF THE STANCE FUNCTIONS OF SOME DISCOURSE MARKERS IN MEDIATED ABORTION DEBATE
(2019-07-22)
This dissertation examines the use of discourse markers as a stance-taking resource in written discourse on abortion. Drawing from four corpora collected from editorials, blogs, Twitter, and Reddit, I focus on the discourse ...
A Comparative Tone Analysis of Several Bantu D30 Languages (DR Congo)
(2018-05-23)
This dissertation presents an analysis of the tonal systems of the Bantu D30 languages. There are 34 Bantu D languages in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), few of which have developed orthographies (Lewis, Simons, ...
EMPIRICAL EXAMINATION OF TWO DIAGNOSTICS OF KOREAN UNACCUSATIVITY
(2016-01-14)
According to the Unaccusative Hypothesis (UH), intransitive verbs can be
divided into two classes: unaccusative verbs (e.g. fall) and unergative verbs (e.g.
dance) (Burzio 1986, Perlmutter 1978). Several approaches have ...
Artificial Operators: Function and Use in English
(2022-08-12)
This dissertation provides a descriptive account of the use of ‘artificial operators’ on Reddit. I adopt the term artificial operators to refer to written symbols (e.g., #, ™, ©, ®) with overlapping linguistic and ...
Morphological decomposition in heritage language speakers
(2019-07-24)
This dissertation investigates the grammatical processing in a heritage language (HL), or the first language (L1) in a home or minority setting that has become a non-dominant language, and a more dominant second language ...
Prosodic Phonology in Oklahoma Cherokee
(2018-09-10)
In this dissertation, I provide an analysis for word level prosody in Cherokee, a Southern Iroquoian language spoken in Northeastern Oklahoma and Western North Carolina. Focusing on Cherokee as it is spoken in Oklahoma, I ...
Adult ESOL Reading Comprehension And Text-to-speech Software
(Linguistics, 2007-08-23)
This study involved ten ESOL adults and examines the extent to which text-to-speech (TTS) software facilitates their reading comprehension. The five treatment participants read fifty, 300-word, non-fiction stories and ...
The Language Of The University: A Systemic Functional Analysis
(Linguistics, 2008-08-08)
This study examines the negotiation of interpersonal meaning in the language of university administrators in their communications with students. The three texts in this study were written by the president of a large ...
Practical Understandings: Teachers' Beliefs And Practices In Pronunciation Teaching
(Linguistics, 2009-09-16)
Recent discussion regarding pronunciation teaching and the global expansion of English use have encouraged formal English education in the EFL/expanding circle countries.The present study involved three native English ...