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Dissertations from 2024
Gaps and Overlaps in Conversation: Analyses of Differentiating Factors, David W. Edwards
Attraction Effects in Referential Dependencies, Emily Graham
Dissertations from 2023
SPEECH ACTS OF COMPLAINT ON ARABIC TWITTER: A PRAGMATIC AND CORPUS ANALYSIS, Wael Yahya S Alghamdi
Dissertations from 2022
Artificial Operators: Function and Use in English, Emily AE Williams
Dissertations from 2021
EMPLOYING A PARALLEL CORPUS-BASED APPROACH IN TEACHING SEMANTIC PROSODY AND COLLOCATIONAL BEHAVIOR TO ARABIC EFL LEARNERS, Alhassan Abdullah J Alzahrani
Dissertations from 2020
THE PLACE DEIXIS OF MODERN STANDARD ARABIC: A CLOSER LOOK AT THE DIMENSIONAL SYSTEM AND THE FACTORS THAT CONTROL THE CHOICE OF PLACE DEICTIC EXPRESSIONS, Ibrahim A. Alluhaybi
Reconstraining massive pied-piping in English: A non-interrogative CP analysis, Daniel Garrett Amy
On the syntax of West Kalimantan: Asymmetries and A'-movement in Malayic and Land Dayak languages, Carly Joann Sommerlot
Automatic processing of tonal information during visual word recognition in L2 Chinese learners, Rongchao Tang
Dissertations from 2019
“‘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, Kristen Fleckenstein
Morphological decomposition in heritage language speakers, Juliet Thuy Phuong Huynh
Processing L2 scripts in highly-proficient bilinguals, Ehsan Shafiee Zargar
Dissertations from 2018
Prosodic Phonology in Oklahoma Cherokee, Samantha Cornelius
A Comparative Tone Analysis of Several Bantu D30 Languages (DR Congo), Kent Rasmussen
Dissertations from 2017
EMPIRICAL EXAMINATION OF TWO DIAGNOSTICS OF KOREAN UNACCUSATIVITY, JungAe Lee Allman
#TWITTERDISCOURSEMARKERS: A CORPORA BASED STUDY OF THE PRAGMATIC FUNCTIONS OF HASHTAGS, Darcey Nicole Browning
Retrieval processes in subject-verb agreement computation, Nathaniel James Eversole
Dissertations from 2016
Acoustic and Perceptual Correlates of L2 Fluency: The Role of Prolongations, Jessica Liane Rohr
PLAUSIBILITY AND STRUCTURAL REANALYSIS, Ju-Young Lee
INDEPENDENT SOURCES OF RELATIVE CLAUSE PROCESSING DIFFICULTY: EVIDENCE FROM RUSSIAN, Iya Khelm Price
Dissertations from 2015
A Corpus Study Of Requests In Naturally Occurring Spoken American English: A Context Analysis Approach, Lynnelle Rhinier Brown
Dissertations from 2014
Swahili Word Order Choices: Insights From Information Structure, Mohamed Yusuf Mwamzandi
Dissertations from 2013
The Structure Of Jarai Clauses And Noun Phrases, Joshua Martin Jensen
A Corpus-based Analysis Of Discourse Anaphora In English And Korean: A Neo-Gricean Pragmatic Approach, Sok-hun Kim
Politeness Devices In The Tuvan Language, Vitaly Voinov
Dissertations from 2012
Repair Negotiation By English L2 Learners, Yujeong Choi
Subgrouping Of Nisoic (Yi) Languages: A Study From The Perspectives Of Shared Innovation And Phylogenetic Estimation, Ziwo Qiu-Fuyuan Lama
Dissertations from 2011
The Segments And Tones Of Soyaltepec Mazatec, Heather D. Beal
American Sign Language Verb Categories In Constructed Action, K. Larry Rogers
Dissertations from 2010
The Translator's Assistant: A Multilingual Natural Language Generator Based On Linguistic Universals, Typologies, And Primitives, Tod Jay Allman
Articulations Of Identity Within High School Cliques: Language Choices In Boyat And Emo Filipino Youth Groups, Dalal Saleh Almubayei
A Discourse Analysis Of The Periphrastic Imperfect In The Greek New Testament Writings Of Luke, Carl E. Johnson
Voice And Valence-altering Operations In Falam Chin: A Role And Reference Grammar Approach, Deborah King
A Revised Phonology Of Kabiye Segments And Tone, Cecile Mamalinani Padayodi
Dissertations from 2009
A Longitudinal Analysis Of The Vocalic Nucleus In Modern Russian, Brett Alan Benham
The Acquisition Of Chinese Nominal Classifier Systems By L2 Adult Learners, Szu-Yen Liang
Phonological Processes In Contemporary Spoken Bulgarian, Zdravka Radkova
Narrative Storyline Marking In Safaliba: Determining The Meaning And Discourse Function Of A Typologically-suspect Pronoun Set, Paul Alan Schaefer
The Emergence Of Pragmatic Softeners In Spanish By Instructed Learners Of Spanish In The Study Abroad And Immersion Contexts, Catharine Welch
Azerbaijani-Russian Code-switching And Code-mixing: Form, Function, And Identity, Kenneth Zuercher
Dissertations from 2008
The Acoustic Correlates Of ATR Harmony In Seven- And Nine-vowel African Languages: A Phonetic Inquiry Into Phonological Structure, Coleen Grace Anderson Starwalt
Kangri In Context: An Areal Perspective, Robert D. Eaton
Questions In American Sign Language: A Quantitative Analysis Of Raised And Lowered Eyebrows, Traci Patricia Weast
Sounds Of Chinese Korean: A Variationist Approach, Wenhua Jin
The Verbs Of Esther: A Discourse Analysis Of A Post-exilic Text, Jill Lynn Riepe
(im)politeness In Casual Conversations Among Female Mandarin Speakers: A Practice-based Perspective, Hui-Yen Wang
Dissertations from 2007
"Does Your Throat Hurt More In The Morning Or Throughout The Day?" "Yes.": Intercultural Medical Discourse, Sarah Elizabeth May
The Textual Construction Of Femininity In Women's Fitness Magazines, Tracy Lynn Rundstrom Williams
A Grammar Of West Coast Bajau, Mark Turner Miller
Dissertations from 2006
An Acoustic, Historical, And Developmental Analysis Of Sarikol Tajik Diphthongs, Pamela S. Arlund
Dissertations from 2005
CONSONANT CLUSTER SIMPLIFICATION IN KOREAN CODAS: LANGUAGE-INTERNAL AND LANGUAGE-EXTERNAL CONSTRAINTS INTERFACE WITH REFERENCE TO OPTIMALITY THEORY, Youn-Jeoung Choi
A DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF 1 PETER, Ervin Ray Starwalt
Dissertations from 2004
INTERLANGUAGE LEXICOLOGY OF ARAB STUDENTS OF ENGLISH A COMPUTER LEARNER CORPUS-BASED APPROACH, Mousa Abdelghani Al-Btoosh
ASPECTS OF THE KAM LANGUAGE, AS REVEALED IN ITS NARRATIVE DISCOURSE, Tongyin Yang
PALATALIZATION IN ALBANIAN: AN ACOUSTIC INVESTIGATION OF STOPS AND AFFRICATES, Julie M. Kolgjini
Dissertations from 2003
A PHONOLOGICAL GRAMMAR OF NORTHERN PAME, Scott Charles Berthiaume
TRANSPARENCY AND SPREADING OF TENSE, ASPECT, AND MOOD IN KUCHE NARRATIVE DISCOURSE, Janet E. Wilson
WORD ORDER IN BIBLICAL HEBREW POETRY, Sherry Lynn Fariss
THE STRUCTURE OF NOMINALIZATION IN BURMESE, Paulette M. Hopple
Dissertations from 2002
SECONDARY PALATALIZATION IN ISTHMUS MIXE: A PHONETIC AND PHONOLOGICAL ACCOUNT, Julia Irene Dieterman
BI-CONSONANTAL REDUPLICATION IN AMHARIC AND ETHIO-SEMITIC, Peter Edward Unseth
Dissertations from 2000
SENTENCE FINAL PARTICLES IN BISU NARRATIVE, Kirk Roger Person
A DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF THE 1998 UNITED STATES SENATE CANDIDATES' PRE-ELECTION DEBATES, Deborah Ann Johnson-Evans
ATTITUDES OF NATIVE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PROFESSORS TOWARD UNIVERSITY ESL STUDENTS, Shirley A. Wright
Dissertations from 1999
THE CODE MODEL OF COMMUNICATION: A POWERFUL METAPHOR IN LINGUISTIC METATHEORY, Perry Louis Blackburn II
LEARNING EFFICIENCIES FOR DIFFERENT ORTHOGRAPHIES: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF HAN CHARACTERS AND VIETNAMESE ROMANIZATION, Wi-Vun Taiffalo Chiung
CONVERSATION AND THE SPEECH SITUATION: A TAGMEMIC ANALYSIS, David Benjamin Frank
FACILITATIVE OR FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR ADULT LEARNERS TO ACQUIRE ORAL PROFICIENCY IN ENGLISH, Shigeko Suzuki Hironaga
Dissertations from 1998
THE IMPACT OF E-MAIL USE ON FOURTH GRADERS' WRITING SKILLS, Carole Greb Nix
A SOCIOLINGUISTIC SURVEY OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION AMONG THE SHIPIBO OF AMAZONIAN PERU, Kathleen Ann Tacelosky
Dissertations from 1997
NON-NATIVE SPEAKER COLLOCATIONS: A CORPUS-DRIVEN CHARACTERIZATION FROM THE WRITING OF NATIVE SPEAKERS OF MANDARIN, Robin Janine Lombard
Dissertations from 1996
INTERRELATIONS OF PROSODY, CLAUSE STRUCTURE AND DISCOURSE PRAGMATICS IN TARIFIT BERBER, Clive W. McClelland III
A CONTRASTIVE STUDY OF THE RHETORICAL STRUCTURE EMPLOYED IN ENGLISH TEXTS BY NATIVE SPEAKERS OF ENGLISH AND NATIVE SPEAKERS OF SPANISH, Susan Clark Wykel
Dissertations from 1989
A STUDY OF ICONICITY IN KOREAN: WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION TO LONG AND SHORT FORMS, Kyu-Cheol Kim
Dissertations from 1987
AN ARGUMENT FOR THE LUKAN AUTHORSHIP OF HEBREWS, David Lewis Allen
UNRAVELLING MURDER AND MAYHEM: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDY OF A WIRU DIVINATION ACCOUNT, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, John Michael Fullingim
LISTENING COMPREHENSION: ADULT SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNERS, Mary Karen Williams
Dissertations from 1986
SOME MAJOR ASPECTS OF THE FOCUS SYSTEM IN ISNAG, Rodolfo Rosario Barlaan
THE STRUCTURE OF THAI NARRATIVE DISCOURSE, Somsonge Burusphat
PROTO-QUICHEAN KINSHIP, David Frederick Oltrogge
SEX-BASED DIFFERENCES IN ENGLISH ARGUMENTATIVE TEXT: A TAGMEMIC SOCIOLINGUISTIC PERSPECTIVE, Susan Lynn Peterson
COMPUTER ASSISTED DIALECT ADAPTATION: THE TUCANOAN EXPERIMENT, Robert Bruce Reed
ON THE INTERACTION OF LINGUISTIC TEXTS AND HUMAN KNOWLEDGE, Kerry Stewart Robichaux
Dissertations from 1984
A SPEECH ACT THEORY BASED INTERPRETATION MODEL FOR WRITTEN TEXTS, Takashi Manabe
Dissertations from 1983
PROTO EAST MINDANAO AND ITS INTERNAL RELATIONSHIPS, Andrew Franklin II Gallman
PHILOSOPHY OF NORMATIVE DISCOURSE AND PERSUASION: A STUDY OF GA'DANG EXHORTATION AND ARGUMENTATION, Michael Ross Walrod
LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL ANALYSIS OF THREE GUJARATI FOLKTALES, Imanuel Gulabbhai Christian
Dissertations from 1981
SYNOPTIC ASYMMETRY: AN INTER-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO THE SYNOPTIC PROBLEM, David Herman Boltz
ASPECTS OF KOREAN NARRATION, Shin Ja Joo Hwang
THEME IN GREEK HORTATORY DISCOURSE: VAN DIJK AND BEEKMAN-CALLOW APPROACHES APPLIED TO 1 JOHN, Helen Louise Miehle
Dissertations from 1980
A GRAMMAR OF TWO PACOH TEXTS, Richard Leon Watson
THE INTERRELATIONSHIP OF CULTURAL INFORMATION, LINGUISTIC STRUCTURE, AND SYMBOLIC REPRESENTATIONS IN A HALBI MYTH, Frances Margaret Woods
PRAGMATIC ASPECTS OF ENGLISH TEXT STRUCTURE, Larry Bert Jones
APPLICATION OF A COGNITIVE MODEL OF LINGUISTIC STRUCTURE TO THE ANALYSIS OF SELECTED PROBLEMS IN TZELTAL (MAYAN) GRAMMAR, Stephen Leslie Walter
Dissertations from 1977
THE FUNCTIONS OF REPORTED SPEECH IN DISCOURSE, Mildred Lucille Larson