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“‘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 ... -
Well Log And Core-derived Reservoir Properties Of Barnett Shale Of Fort Worth Basin
(Environmental & Earth Science, 2014-12)Wireline tools and log analysis methods were not designed for unconventional reservoirs. As a result, hydrocarbon assessment for shale source rock plays have significant uncertainties. This study focuses on petrophysical ... -
West Nile Virus Monitoring In North Central Texas And A Proposed Surveillance Model
(Environmental & Earth Science, 2007-09-17)West Nile virus monitoring among mosquito populations in Tarrant County, Texas has been ongoing for more than 4 years. Coupled with RT-PCR Testing by the North Texas Regional Laboratory, Tarrant County and the cities that ... -
What About Blog? Problematic Internet Use And Personality In Bloggers
(Psychology, 2011-07-14)The purpose of the current study was to compare bloggers' personalities to the personalities of non-bloggers, and to determine whether it is possible to identify individuals who are more likely to use the Internet in a ... -
What About The Other Core Evaluations? The Development And Validation Of A Measure Of Core Other-evaluations And Its Relevance For Organizational Teams
(Psychology, 2011-03-03)The construct of core self-evaluations has garnered a great deal of attention in the organizational psychology literature and has been hailed as one of the strongest predictors of job satisfaction. However, the construct ... -
What Americans Said About Saxony, And What This Says About Them: Interpreting Travel Writings Of The Ticknors And Other Privileged Americans, 1800-1850
(History, 2008-08-08)In the first half of the nineteenth century, Saxony became an increasingly popular destination for American travelers. After first examining the forces behind the travel trends in order to provide historical context, this ... -
What Are Country-level Determinants Of Economic Research Productivity?
(Economics, 2010-03-03)Economics research productivity is an emerging concern because it determines education system's quality and it can help improve economic welfare. This study seeks to investigate country-level determinants of research ... -
What Are The Long-term Consequences Of Peer Victimization? Changes In Biological Functioning And Its Effects On Psychological And Physical Health
(Psychology, 2014-09-17)Prior research has documented long-term psychological problems (e.g. emotional distress, anxiety, and depression; Kochenderfer-Ladd & Wardrop, 2001) experienced as a result of being bullied as an adolescent. Although being ... -
"What Change Hath God Wrought?": How Gender And The Environment Shaped New England Praying Town Identity And Created A Christian Indian Elect
(History, 2011-07-14)By the 1780s, Christian Indians from praying towns throughout Southern New England accepted an invitation to reside amongst fellow Christianized Oneida in upstate New York. While all parties agreed to live as one "body" ... -
“What Did You Just Say?”: Defining and Measuring Political Correctness
(2017-05-12)Political correctness (PC) is a common topic in pop culture and online posts, recently gaining fresh attention in the media and in politics. Meanwhile, researchers have been discussing the meaning of this term, as well ... -
What Drives Firm-level Consensus Growth Forecasts? Cash Flow News Or Expected Return News?
(Business Administration, 2007-09-17)Recent findings in the finance literature document that analysts adjust their growth forecasts in response to major news, proxied by large changes in company stock price. However, Campbell and Shiller (1988) argue that ... -
What Germany Taught the U.S. Army: Occupational Lessons in Postwar Germany, 1945-1946
(2020-08-11)The study of the U.S.-occupation of Germany after the Second World War is not complete without understanding its role in changing the culture of the U.S. Army. Statesmen at the wartime conferences determined what policies ... -
What If Hewlett And Packard Had Started A Band Instead?... Denton Texas' Music Scene As Economic Cluster And Its Broader Implications For The City's Economy
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2014-07-14)A growing body of research examines the production processes, economic activity, and symbolic value of the arts in the urban economy. This research often broadly considers all arts disciplines together, masking structural ... -
What Individual Difference And Social Context Veriables Predict University-level Academic Performance?
(Psychology, 2009-09-16)The present study was an on-line correlational survey study of 377 UT-Arlington undergraduates. It examined what personality variables predicted university-level academic performance over and above conscientiousness, after ... -
What is the current state of literature regarding the effectiveness of Buprenorphine for opioid use disorder among African American men?
(2022-08-15)Purpose: This scoping review aims to explore the comparative effectiveness of buprenorphine for opioid use disorder (OUD) among African American men. Methods: The Arksey & O’Malley scoping review method was used to identify ... -
What is the state of the literature about robotic animal use among older adults receiving hospice or palliative care?
(2022-08-05)**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 8/1/2024** ABSTRACT: Objective: This review aims to assess the extent of the literature on robotic pet use among older adults receivinghospice or palliative care. ... -
What Motivates Secondary Social Studies Teachers to be Politically Active: A Phenomenological Study
(2017-05-12)Members of countries with democratic governments rely on the political involvement of its citizens to elect individuals to positions of power as well as to approve legislative initiatives that are presented for voter ... -
What Myths Reveal About How Humans Think: A Cognitive Approach To Myth
(Humanities, 2007-08-23)This thesis has two main goals: (1) to argue that myths are natural products of human cognition; and (2) that structuralism, as introduced by Claude Levi-Strauss, provides an over-arching theory of myth when supplemented ... -
What Role Do Teachers Play In Bullying Behavior?
Despite the fact that bullying is still viewed as a common behavior among adolescents, extensive research has established that bullying behavior can occur throughout life. After decades of investigation, it is clear that ... -
WHAT WAS THE MOCKINGBIRD’S SONG? REASSESING TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD THROUGH THE LENS OF GO SET A WATCHMAN
(2016-05-11)The publication of Go Set a Watchman, a companion piece to Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, problematizes many of the accepted readings of the canonical text. This ‘new’ novel is actually the initial manuscript of the ...