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Theses/dissertations from 2022 2022.
Temporal Fluency in L2 Self-Assessments: A Cross-Linguistic Study of Spanish, Portuguese, and French , Mandy Case
Biblical Hebrew as a Negative Concord Language , J. Bradley Dukes
Revitalizing the Russian of a Heritage Speaker , Aaron Jordan
Analyzing Patterns of Complexity in Pre-University L2 English Writing , Zachary M. Lambert
Prosodic Modeling for Hymn Translation , Michael Abraham Peck
Interpretive Language and Museum Artwork: How Patrons Respond to Depictions of Native American and White Settler Encounters--A Thematic Analysis , Holli D. Rogerson
Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021
Trademarks and Genericide: A Corpus and Experimental Approach to Understanding the Semantic Status of Trademarks , Richard B. Bevan
First and Second Language Use of Case, Aspect, and Tense in Finnish and English , Torin Kelley
Lexical Aspect in-sha Verb Chains in Pastaza Kichwa , Azya Dawn Ladd
Text-to-Speech Systems: Learner Perceptions of its Use as a Tool in the Language Classroom , Joseph Chi Man Mak
The Effects of Dynamic Written Corrective Feedback on the Accuracy and Complexity of Writing Produced by L2 Graduate Students , Lisa Rohm
Mental Contrasting with Implementation Intentions as Applied to Motivation in L2 Vocabulary Acquisition , Lindsay Michelle Stephenson
Linguistics of Russian Media During the 2016 US Election: A Corpus-Based Study , Devon K. Terry
Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020
Portuguese and Chinese ESL Reading Behaviors Compared: An Eye-Tracking Study , Logan Kyle Blackwell
Mental Contrasting with Implementation Intentions to Lower Test Anxiety , Asena Cakmakci
The Categorization of Ideophone-Gesture Composites in Quichua Narratives , Maria Graciela Cano
Ranking Aspect-Based Features in Restaurant Reviews , Jacob Ling Hang Chan
Praise in Written Feedback: How L2 Writers Perceive and Value Praise , Karla Coca
Evidence for a Typology of Christ in the Book of Esther , L. Clayton Fausett
Gender Vs. Sex: Defining Meaning in a Modern World through use of Corpora and Semantic Surveys , Mary Elizabeth Garceau
The attributive suffix in Pastaza Kichwa , Barrett Wilson Hamp
An Examination of Motivation Types and Their Influence on English Proficiency for Current High School Students in South Korean , Euiyong Jung
Experienced ESL Teachers' Attitudes Towards Using Phonetic Symbols in Teaching English Pronunciation to Adult ESL Students , Oxana Kodirova
Evidentiality, Epistemic Modality and Mirativity: The Case of Cantonese Utterance Particles Ge3, Laak3, and Lo1 , Ka Fai Law
Application of a Self-Regulation Framework in an ESL Classroom: Effects on IEP International Students , Claudia Mencarelli
Parsing an American Sign Language Corpus with Combinatory Categorial Grammar , Michael Albert Nix
An Exploration of Mental Contrasting and Social Networks of English Language Learners , Adam T. Pinkston
A Corpus-Based Study of the Gender Assignment of Nominal Anglicisms in Brazilian Portuguese , Taryn Marie Skahill
Developing Listening Comprehension in ESL Students at the Intermediate Level by Reading Transcripts While Listening: A Cognitive Load Perspective , Sydney Sohler
The Effect of Language Learning Experience on Motivation and Anxiety of Foreign Language Learning Students , Josie Eileen Thacker
Identifying Language Needs in Community-Based Adult ELLs: Findings from an Ethnography of Four Salvadoran Immigrants in the Western United States , Kathryn Anne Watkins
Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019
Using Eye Tracking to Examine Working Memory and Verbal Feature Processing in Spanish , Erik William Arnold
Self-Regulation in Transition: A Case Study of Three English Language Learners at an IEP , Allison Wallace Baker
"General Conference talk": Style Variation and the Styling of Identity in Latter-day Saint General Conference Oratory , Stephen Thomas Betts
Implementing Mental Contrasting to Improve English Language Learner Social Networks , Hannah Trimble Brown
Comparing Academic Vocabulary List (AVL) Frequency Bands to Leveled Biology and History Texts , Lynne Crandall
A Comparison of Mobile and Computer Receptive Language ESL Tests , Aislin Pickett Davis
Yea, Yea, Nay, Nay: Uses of the Archaic, Biblical Yea in the Book of Mormon , Michael Edward De Martini
L1 and L2 Reading Behaviors by Proficiency Level: An English-Portuguese Eye-Tracking Study , Larissa Grahl
Immediate Repeated Reading has Positive Effects on Reading Fluency for English Language Learners: An Eye-tracking Study , Jennifer Hemmert Hansen
Perceptions of Malaysian English Teachers Regarding the Importation of Expatriate Native and Nonnative English-speaking Teachers , Syringa Joanah Judd
Sociocultural Identification with the United States and English Pronunciation Comprehensibility and Accent Among International ESL Students , Christinah Paige Mulder
The Effects of Repeated Reading on the Fluency of Intermediate-Level English-as-a-Second-Language Learners: An Eye-Tracking Study , Krista Carlene Rich
Verb Usage in Egyptian Movies, Serials, and Blogs: A Case for Register Variation , Michael G. White
Theses/Dissertations from 2018 2018
Factors Influencing ESL Students' Selection of Intensive English Programs in the Western United States , Katie Briana Blanco
Pun Strategies Across Joke Schemata: A Corpus-Based Study , Robert Nishan Crapo
ESL Students' Reading Behaviors on Multiple-Choice Items at Differing Proficiency Levels: An Eye-Tracking Study , Juan M. Escalante Talavera
Backward Transfer of Apology Strategies from Japanese to English: Do English L1 Speakers Use Japanese-Style Apologies When Speaking English? , Candice April Flowers
Cultural Differences in Russian and English Magazine Advertising: A Pragmatic Approach , Emily Kay Furner
An Analysis of Rehearsed Speech Characteristics on the Oral Proficiency Interview—Computer (OPIc) , Gwyneth Elaine Gates
Predicting Speaking, Listening, and Reading Proficiency Gains During Study Abroad Using Social Network Metrics , Timothy James Hall
Navigating a New Culture: Analyzing Variables that Influence Intensive English Program Students' Cultural Adjustment Process , Sherie Lyn Kwok
Second Language Semantic Retrieval in the Bilingual Mind: The Case of Korean-English Expert Bilinguals , Janice Si-Man Lam
Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Korean Heritage-Speaking Interpreter , Yoonjoo Lee
Reading Idioms: A Comparative Eye-Tracking Study of Native English Speakers and Native Korean Speakers , Sarah Lynne Miner
Applying the Developmental Path of English Negation to the Automated Scoring of Learner Essays , Allen Travis Moore
Performance Self-Appraisal Calibration of ESL Students on a Proficiency Reading Test , Jodi Mikolajcik Petersen
Switch-Reference in Pastaza Kichwa , Alexander Harrison Rice
The Effects of Metacognitive Listening Strategy Instruction on ESL Learners' Listening Motivation , Corbin Kalanikiakahi Rivera
The Effects of Teacher Background on How Teachers Assess Native-Like and Nonnative-Like Grammar Errors: An Eye-Tracking Study , Wesley Makoto Schramm
Rubric Rating with MFRM vs. Randomly Distributed Comparative Judgment: A Comparison of Two Approaches to Second-Language Writing Assessment , Maureen Estelle Sims
Investigating the Perception of Identity Shift in Trilingual Speakers: A Case Study , Elena Vasilachi
Theses/Dissertations from 2017 2017
Preparing Non-Native English Speakers for the Mathematical Vocabulary in the GRE and GMAT , Irina Mikhailovna Baskova
Eye Behavior While Reading Words of Sanskrit and Urdu Origin in Hindi , Tahira Carroll
An Acoustical Analysis of the American English /l, r/ Contrast as Produced by Adult Japanese Learners of English Incorporating Word Position and Task Type , Braden Paul Chase
The Rhetoric Revision Log: A Second Study on a Feedback Tool for ESL Student Writing , Natalie Marie Cole
Quizlet Flashcards for the First 500 Words of the Academic Vocabulary List , Emily R. Crandell
The Impact of Changing TOEFL Cut-Scores on University Admissions , Laura Michelle Decker
A Latent Class Analysis of American English Dialects , Stephanie Nicole Hedges
Comparing the AWL and AVL in Textbooks from an Intensive English Program , Michelle Morgan Hernandez
Faculty and EAL Student Perceptions of Writing Purposes and Challenges in the Business Major , Amy Mae Johnson
Multilingual Trends in Five London Boroughs: A Linguistic Landscape Approach , Shayla Ann Johnson
Nature or Nurture in English Academic Writing: Korean and American Rhetorical Patterns , Sunok Kim
Differences in the Motivations of Chinese Learners of English in Different (Foreign or Second Language) Contexts , Rui Li
Managing Dynamic Written Corrective Feedback: Perceptions of Experienced Teachers , Rachel A. Messenger
Spanish Heritage Bilingual Perception of English-Specific Vowel Contrasts , John B. Nielsen
Taking the "Foreign" Out of the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale , Jared Benjamin Sell
Creole Genesis and Universality: Case, Word Order, and Agreement , Gerald Taylor Snow
Idioms or Open Choice? A Corpus Based Analysis , Kaitlyn Alayne VanWagoner
Applying Corpus-Assisted Critical Discourse Analysis to an Unrestricted Corpus: A Case Study in Indonesian and Malay Newspapers , Sara LuAnne White
Investigating the effects of Rater's Second Language Learning Background and Familiarity with Test-Taker's First Language on Speaking Test Scores , Ksenia Zhao
Theses/Dissertations from 2016 2016
The Influence of Online English Language Instruction on ESL Learners' Fluency Development , Rebecca Aaron
The Effect of Prompt Accent on Elicited Imitation Assessments in English as a Second Language , Jacob Garlin Barrows
A Framework for Evaluating Recommender Systems , Michael Gabriel Bean
Program and Classroom Factors Affecting Attendance Patterns For Hispanic Participants In Adult ESL Education , Steven J. Carter
A Longitudinal Analysis of Adult ESL Speakers' Oral Fluency Gains , Kostiantyn Fesenko
Rethinking Vocabulary Size Tests: Frequency Versus Item Difficulty , Brett James Hashimoto
The Onomatopoeic Ideophone-Gesture Relationship in Pastaza Quichua , Sarah Ann Hatton
A Hybrid Approach to Cross-Linguistic Tokenization: Morphology with Statistics , Logan R. Kearsley
Getting All the Ducks in a Row: Towards a Method for the Consolidation of English Idioms , Ethan Michael Lynn
Expecting Excellence: Student and Teacher Attitudes Towards Choosing to Speak English in an IEP , Alhyaba Encinas Moore
Lexical Trends in Young Adult Literature: A Corpus-Based Approach , Kyra McKinzie Nelson
A Corpus-Based Comparison of the Academic Word List and the Academic Vocabulary List , Jacob Andrew Newman
A Self-Regulated Learning Inventory Based on a Six-Dimensional Model of SRL , Christopher Nuttall
The Effectiveness of Using Written Feedback to Improve Adult ESL Learners' Spontaneous Pronunciation of English Suprasegmentals , Chirstin Stephens
Pragmatic Quotation Use in Online Yelp Reviews and its Connection to Author Sentiment , Mary Elisabeth Wright
Theses/Dissertations from 2015 2015
Conditional Sentences in Egyptian Colloquial and Modern Standard Arabic: A Corpus Study , Randell S. Bentley
A Corpus-Based Analysis of Russian Word Order Patterns , Stephanie Kay Billings
English to ASL Gloss Machine Translation , Mary Elizabeth Bonham
The Development of an ESP Vocabulary Study Guidefor the Utah State Driver Handbook , Kirsten M. Brown
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This collection contains open access and campus access Masters theses, made possible through Graduate Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston. The full content of open access theses is available to all, although some files may have embargoes placed on them and will be made available as soon as possible. The full content of campus access theses is only available to those either on the UMass Boston campus or with a UMass Boston campus username and password. Click on the "Off-Campus UMass Boston Users" link on the record page to download Campus Access publications. Those not on campus and those without a UMass Boston campus username and password may gain access to this thesis through resources like Proquest Dissertations & Theses Global or through Interlibrary Loan.
Theses from 2024 2024
Writing For Your Profession: L2 English Students' Acquisition of Academic English , Sonja Haakonsen
Theses from 2023 2023
The "Messy Middle": A Framework for Analyzing Raciolinguistic Inequity , Casey Erin Anthony
Japanese Reading Japlish: High School Students Study Their Own Fashion Linguistic Landscape , Gabriel Frost Johnson
Theses from 2021 2021
Meaning-Making Dynamics of Job Interview Performances , Jacquelyn K. Bertman
Theses from 2020 2020
Computerized Dynamic Assessment of Grammar in Second Language Development , Tina S. Randall
Limited Viewpoints: The Implementation of Multimodal Constructs in an ELL Model Curriculum Unit , Deborah A. Smith
Theses from 2019 2019
Adult Educators at the Crossroads of Language Learning and Workforce Development: A Qualitative Study of Teacher Agency , Liz Ging
Language Learning and ADA: An Observation of d/Deaf Adults and Their Interpreters in ESL Classrooms , Katharine M. Ward
Theses from 2017 2017
Languaging at Work: The Language Socialization of Support Staff in the Healthcare Workforce , Kristen E. Schlapp
Theses from 2016 2016
Performing Language and Identities: Adult Immigrant Students and the Creation of a Play , Kathleen R. McGovern
Theses from 2015 2015
Discourses and Capital in Court Trials: Representation of Witness Accounts and Identity , Misty Crooks
Theses from 2014 2014
What's in a Game? Identity Negotiations and Pedagogical Implications of Gameplay Discourse , Caleb Reed
Their Decision to Wear Al Hijab: The Stories of U.S. Northeastern Muslim Women , Hadeel Salman
Theses from 2012 2012
Meanings and Typologies of Duboisian Double Consciousness within 20th Century United States Racial Dynamics , Marc E. Black
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Applied Linguistics Dissertations and Theses
Theses/dissertations from 2024 2024.
Prosodic Analysis of Wh -indeterminate Questions in L2 Korean , Jung In Lee
Theses/Dissertations from 2023 2023
Critical Analysis of Anti-Asian Hate in the News , Benardo Douglas Relampagos
A Multimodal Discourse Analysis of NASA's Instagram Account , Danica Lynn Tomber
Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020
A Computer Science Academic Vocabulary List , David Roesler
Variation in Female and Male Dialogue in Buffy the Vampire Slayer : A Multi-dimensional Analysis , Amber Morgan Sanchez
Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019
Differences in Syntactic Complexity in the Writing of EL1 and ELL Civil Engineering Students , Santiago Gustin
A Mixed Methods Analysis of Corpus Data from Reddit Discussions of "Gay Voice" , Sara Elizabeth Mulliner
Relationship Between Empathy and Language Proficiency in Adult Language Learners , Mika Sakai
Theses/Dissertations from 2018 2018
College Student Rankings of Multiple Speakers in a Public Speaking Context: a Language Attitudes Study on Japanese-accented English with a World Englishes Perspective , John James Ahlbrecht
Grammatical Errors by Arabic ESL Students: an Investigation of L1 Transfer through Error Analysis , Aisha Saud Alasfour
Foreign Language Anxiety, Sexuality, and Gender: Lived Experiences of Four LGBTQ+ Students , James Donald Mitchell
Verb Stem Alternation in Vaiphei , Jesse Prichard
Theses/Dissertations from 2017 2017
Teacher and Student Perceptions of World Englishes (WE) Pronunciations in two US Settings , Marie Arrieta
Escalating Language at Traffic Stops: Two Case Studies , Jamalieh Haley
Lexical Bundles in Applied Linguistics and Literature Writing: a Comparison of Intermediate English Learners and Professionals , Kathryn Marie Johnston
Multilingualism and Multiculturalism: Opinions from Spanish-Speaking English Learners from Mexico, Central America, and South America , Cailey Catherine Moe
An Analytical System for Determining Disciplinary Vocabulary for Data-Driven Learning: an Example from Civil Engineering , Philippa Jean Otto
Loanwords in Context: Lexical Borrowing from English to Japanese and its Effects on Second-Language Vocabulary Acquisition , Andrew Michael Sowers
Theses/Dissertations from 2016 2016
The Effect of Extended Instruction on Passive Voice, Reduced Relative Clauses, and Modal Would in the Academic Writing of Advanced English Language Learners , Audrey Bailey
Identity Construction and Language Use by Immigrant Women in a Microenterprise Development Program , Linda Eve Bonder
"That's the test?" Washback Effects of an Alternative Assessment in a Culturally Heterogeneous EAP University Class , Abigail Bennett Carrigan
Wiki-based Collaborative Creative Writing in the ESL Classroom , Rima Elabdali
A Study of the Intelligibility, Comprehensibility and Interpretability of Standard Marine Communication Phrases as Perceived by Chinese Mariners , Lillian Christine Holland
Theses/Dissertations from 2015 2015
Empowering All Who Teach: A Portrait of Two Non-Native English Speaking Teachers in a Globalized 21st Century , Rosa Dene David
A Corpus Based Analysis of Noun Modification in Empirical Research Articles in Applied Linguistics , Jo-Anne Hutter
Sound Effects: Age, Gender, and Sound Symbolism in American English , Timothy Allen Krause
Perspectives on the College Readiness and Outcome Achievement of Former Intensive English Language Program (IELP) Students , Meghan Oswalt
The Cognitive Development of Expertise in an ESL Teacher: A Case Study , Lyndsey Roos
Identity and Investment in the Community ESL Classroom , Jennifer Marie Sacklin
Theses/Dissertations from 2014 2014
Code Switching Between Tamazight and Arabic in the First Libyan Berber News Broadcast: An Application of Myers-Scotton's MLF and 4M Models , Ashour S. Abdulaziz
Self-Efficacy in Low-Level English Language Learners , Laura F. Blumenthal
The Impact of Wiki-based Collaborative Writing on English L2 Learners' Individual Writing Development , Gina Christina Caruso
Latino Men Managing HIV: An Appraisal Analysis of Intersubjective Relations in the Discourse of Five Research Interviews , Will Caston
Opportunities for Incidental Acquisition of Academic Vocabulary from Teacher Speech in an English for Academic Purposes Classroom , Eric Dean Dodson
Emerging Lexical Organization from Intentional Vocabulary Learning , Adam Jones
Effects of the First Language on Japanese ESL Learners' Answers to Negative Questions , Kosuke Kanda
"Had sh'er haute gamme, high technology": An Application of the MLF and 4-M Models to French-Arabic Codeswitching in Algerian Hip Hop , Samuel Nickilaus McLain-Jespersen
Is Self-Sufficiency Really Sufficient? A Critical Analysis of Federal Refugee Resettlement Policy and Local Attendant English Language Training in Portland, Oregon , Domminick McParland
Explorations into the Psycholinguistic Validity of Extended Collocations , J. Arianna Morgan
A Comparison of Linguistic Features in the Academic Writing of Advanced English Language Learner and English First Language University Students , Margo K. Russell
Theses/Dissertations from 2013 2013
The First Year: Development of Preservice Teacher Beliefs About Teaching and Learning During Year One of an MA TESOL Program , Emily Spady Addiego
L1 Influence on L2 Intonation in Russian Speakers of English , Christiane Fleur Crosby
English Loan Words in Japanese: Exploring Comprehension and Register , Naoko Horikawa
The Role of Expectations on Nonnative English Speaking Students' Wrtiting , Sara Marie Van Dan Acker
Hypothetical Would-Clauses in Korean EFL Textbooks: An Analysis Based on a Corpus Study and Focus on Form Approach , Soyung Yoo
Theses/Dissertations from 2012 2012
Negative Transfer in the Writing of Proficient Students of Russian: A Comparison of Heritage Language Learners and Second Language Learners , Daria Aleeva
Informal Learning Choices of Japanese ESL Students in the United States , Brent Harrison Amburgey
Iktomi: A Character Traits Analysis of a Dakota Culture Myth , Marianne Sue Kastner
Theses/Dissertations from 2011 2011
Motivation in Late Learners of Japanese: Self-Determination Theory, Attitudes and Pronunciation , Shannon Guinn-Collins
Foreign Language Students' Beliefs about Homestays , Sara Racheal Juveland
Teaching Intonation Patterns through Reading Aloud , Micah William Park
Disordered Thought, Disordered Language: A corpus-based description of the speech of individuals undergoing treatment for schizophrenia , Lucas Carl Steuber
Emotion Language and Emotion Narratives of Turkish-English Late Bilinguals , Melike Yücel Koç
Theses/Dissertations from 2010 2010
A Library and its Community: Exploring Perceptions of Collaboration , Phoebe Vincenza Daurio
A Structural and Functional Analysis of Codeswitching in Mi Vida Gitana 'My Gypsy Life,' a Bilingual Play , Gustavo Javier Fernandez
Writing Chinuk Wawa: A Materials Development Case Study , Sarah A. Braun Hamilton
Teacher Evaluation of Item Formats for an English Language Proficiency Assessment , Jose Luis Perea-Hernandez
Theses/Dissertations from 2009 2009
Building Community and Bridging Cultures: the Role of Volunteer Tutors in Oregon’s Latino Serving Community-Based Organizations , Troy Vaughn Hickman
Theses/Dissertations from 2007 2007
Beyond the Classroom Walls: a Study of Out-Of-Class English Use by Adult Community College ESL Students , Tracey Louise Knight
Theses/Dissertations from 2004 2004
A Dialect Study of Oregon NORMs , Lisa Wittenberg Hillyard
Theses/Dissertations from 2003 2003
The Acquisition of a Stage Dialect , Nathaniel George Halloran
Self-perceptions of non-native English speaking teachers of English as a second language , Kathryn Ann Long
The Development of Language Choice in a German Immersion School , Miranda Kussmaul Novash
Theses/Dissertations from 2002 2002
Writing in the Contact Zone: Three Portraits of Reflexivity and Transformation , Laurene L. Christensen
A Linguistic Evaluation of the Somali Women's Self Sufficiency Project , Ann Marie Kasper
Theses/Dissertations from 2001 2001
Attitudes at the Bank : A Survey of Reactions to Different Varieties of English , Sean Wilcox
Theses/Dissertations from 2000 2000
A Comparison of the Child Directed Speech of Traditional Dads With That of Stay-At-Home Dads , Judith Nancarrow Barr
Error Correction Preferences of Latino ESL Students , John Burrell
The Relationship Between Chinese Character Recognition Strategies and the Success of Character Memorization for Students of Mandarin Chinese , Hui-yen Emmy Chen
Portland dialect study: the story of /æ/ in Portland , Jeffrey C. Conn
On Communicative Competence : Its Nature and Origin , Mary Lou Emerson
The Influence of Cultural Backgrounds on the Interpretations of Literature Texts Used in the ESL Classroom , Barbara Jostrom Gates
Chinese Numeratives and the Mass/Count Distinction , David Goodman
Learning, Motivation, and Self : A Diary Study of an ESL Teacher’s Year in a Japanese Language Classroom , Laura Ruth Hawks
Portland Dialect Study - High Rising Terminal Contours (HRTs) in Portland Speech , Rebecca A. Wolff
Theses/Dissertations from 1998 1998
The Bolinger Principle and Teaching the Gerunds and Infinitives , Anna Maria Baratta-Zborowski
Training for Volunteer Teachers in Church-Affiliated English Language Mission Programs , Janet Noreen Blackwood
Šawaš ılıˀ--šawaš wawa: A Participant Observation Case Study of Language Planning by the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon , Gregry Michael Davis
Phonological Processing of Japanese Kanji Characters , Randy L. Evans
Academic ESL Reading : Semantic Mapping and Lexical Acquisition , Jeffrey Darin Maggard
The Representation of Gender in Current ESL Reading Materials , Kyunghee Ma
Perception of English Passives by Japanese ESL Learners : Do Adversity Passives in L1 Transfer? , Koichi Sawasaki
Theses/Dissertations from 1997 1997
Non-Literate Students in Adult Beginning English as a Second Language Classrooms - A Case Study , Sandra Lynn Banke
A Case Study of Twelve Japanese ESL Students' Use of Interaction Modifications , Darin Dooley
The Home-School Connection: Parental Influences on a Child's ESL Acquisition , Catharine Jauhiainen
A Comparison of Two Second Language Acquisition Models for Culturally and Linguistically Different Students , Karen Dorothy Kuhn
ESL CD-ROM Principles and their Application: A Software Evaluation , Stephanie Burgi LaMonica
Developing a Language in Education Policy for Post-apartheid South Africa: A Case Study , Nancy Murray
Video Self-Monitoring as an Alternative to Traditional Methods of Pronunciation Instruction , P. C. Noble
Analysis of Rhetorical Organization and Style Patterns in Korean and American Business Fax Letters of Complaint in English , Mi Young Park
Ethnic and Language Identity Among a Select Group of Vietnamese-Americans in Portland Oregon , Jay Owen Peterson
The Importance of Time for Processing in Second Language Comprehension and Acquisition , Jennifer Lee Watson
Theses/Dissertations from 1996 1996
The Constraints of a Typological Implicational Universal for Interrogatives on Second Language Acquisition , Dee Anne Bess
An Assessment of the Needs of International Students for Student Services at Southern Oregon State College , Molly K. Emmons
The relationship between a pre-departure training program and its participants' intercultural communication competence , Daniel Timothy Ferguson
An Exploratory Evaluation of Language and Culture Contact by Japanese Sojourners in a Short-term US Academic Program , Elizabeth Anna Hartley
Correction of Classroom Oral Errors: Preferences among University Students of English in Japan , Akemi Katayama
An Analysis of Japanese Learners' Comprehension of Intonation in English , Misako Okubo
An Evaluation of English Spoken Fluency of Thai Graduate Students in the United States , Sugunya Ruangjaroon
A Cross-cultural Study of the Speech Act of Refusing in English and German , Charla Margaret Teufel
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Applied Linguistics Masters Theses Collection. This collection contains open access and campus access Masters theses, made possible through Graduate Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
A linguistics thesis is an original research project undertaken during your senior year at Harvard College . You will conduct research into past literature on your topic, con-
Computational Linguistics, Grammar Engineering Darik Olson. "Lone nouns in Spanish / English mixed discourse: code switches or borrowings?, a variationist analysis."
The central goal of this thesis is to bridge the divide between theoretical linguistics—the scien- tific inquiry of language—and applied data-driven statistical language processing, to provide deeper insight into data and to build more powerful, robust models.
Lexical Bundles in Applied Linguistics and Literature Writing: a Comparison of Intermediate English Learners and Professionals, Kathryn Marie Johnston. PDF. Multilingualism and Multiculturalism: Opinions from Spanish-Speaking English Learners from Mexico, Central America, and South America, Cailey Catherine Moe. PDF.
Master’s Thesis supervised by Erhard Hinrichs and Marga Reis (Riehemann 1993). I remain absolutely responsible for any errors in fact or analysis. Being listed
This collection contains a selection of recent Masters theses from the department of Linguistics and English Language. Please note that only the Title and Abstract will be available for dissertations from the current academic year.
This dissertation investigates the processing of two distinct linguistic phenomena: Quantifier interpretation and contrastive inference. Research has indicated that non-literal, or pragmatic interpretation, e.g. scalar implicature, is slower and more effortful than truth-conditional, or semantic, interpretation alone.
In Writing an Applied Linguistics Thesis or Dissertation: A Guide to Presenting Empirical Research, Bitchener, adopting an ESP approach, investigates the process of writing the genre of thesis providing practical suggestions for Applied Linguistics graduate students.