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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
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
Theses/Dissertations from 1995 1995
An Examination of the English Vocabulary Knowledge of Adult English-for-Academic-Purposes Students: Correlation with English Second-Language Proficiency and the Validity of Yes/No Vocabulary Tests , Robert Scott Fetter
English in the Workplace: Case Study of a Pilot Program , Kim Roth Franklin
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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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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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Writing an Applied Linguistics Thesis or Dissertation: A Guide to Presenting Empirical Research
September 2010 – volume 14, number 2.
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. As dissertation writing can be considered as one of the relatively under-researched areas in second language writing, this step-by-step guide can be very useful for graduate students not only in Applied Linguistics but also in other disciplines.
Chapter 1, “Background”, introduces the goals of the book and its intended audience. In this guide-book, Bitchener provides first time thesis writers with guidance on how to present their research. In this respect, the target audience of this book is primarily Masters and Honors students who want to write a thesis, but those doctoral students who have not completed a thesis requirement before can also benefit from this guide. An overview of the content of the book is provided for those readers who might wish to have a quick summary of the contents. Each chapter of the book is titled according to one part-genre of the genre of thesis, such as abstract, introduction, and conclusion. The structure, content and requirements of these part genres are explained with the help of a sample thesis entitled “Willingness to communicate in a second language classroom” by Katherine Cao, who won the Applied Linguistics Association of New Zealand Best Master’s thesis award.
The remaining chapters, namely, Chapter 2, “Abstract”, Chapter 3, “Introduction”, Chapter 4, “ Literature review”, Chapter 5, “Methodology”, Chapter 6, “Results”, Chapter 7 “Discussion and results,” and Chapter 8, “Conclusion” all have the same format. They all started with a short introduction to the part-genre that is explored throughout the chapter. For instance, in this introductory chapter in Chapter 2, the thesis abstract is explained briefly. Later, the functions are analyzed. In the functions section of Chapter 3, the functions of a thesis introduction are listed. Some of the functions which are explained here included a description of the problem, a review of the background and context and an identification of gaps. Following this is “the content and the structure part” which involves the Swalesian moves analyses of the focus of the chapter. For instance, the content and structure section in Chapter 4, the main moves of the literature review of a thesis are explained as follows:
(1) establish some aspect of the knowledge territory relevant to your research (2) create a research niche/gap in knowledge (3) announce how you will occupy the research niche/gap (p. 67)
This is followed by a sample analysis of a section of a masters’ thesis. For these parts, Bitchener presents some portions from the sample master’s thesis with moves explained later in detail sentence by sentence. In Chapter 5, this section includes an analysis of the methodology section. Following this is usually key linguistic features that can help graduate students when they write their masters’ theses or dissertations. In the “Results” chapter, this section included some detailed information such as tense usage in the reporting of quantitative results, hedging, presenting qualitative results visually, etc.
It might be fair to say the use of “sample” thesis has advantages and disadvantages for such a guide. It is not distracting to read only one sample from the very beginning to the end of the book, as the reader becomes familiar with the topic of the same thesis. By the same token, having one and only example to refer to might also bring some issues. For instance, novice writers might take this sample and reproduce it as if it is a one-and-only template for thesis writing. This might impede and undermine second language writers’ creativity and individual voice in their writing. In addition, novice writers might take and generalize Cao’s individual style that is present in this sample thesis.
In the analyses sections which included moves analyses of the different parts of the masters’ thesis, the author provided two boxes of the same text, the first one being without the moves, and the second one being with the moves and an explanation of them. For those readers who are looking for a “how to” book, these parts can provide some exercises. But for those readers who are interested in the moves analyses of these sections, the parts without the moves can be redundant.
Still, the book includes frequently asked questions sections at the end of each chapter that deals with such important questions as “How long should the abstract be?” and “Should I write introduction before other chapters?” In addition, suggestions for further activities and further reading are included at the end of each section. These suggestions might not only help graduate students reflect on their writing practices about the issues discussed in each chapter of the book, but also help mentors, advisors and professors facilitate discussions about different parts of the thesis.
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Marilyn Lewis, A Student's Guide to the MA TESOL Writing an Applied Linguistics Thesis or Dissertation: A Guide to Presenting Empirical Research, ELT Journal , Volume 64, Issue 4, October 2010, Pages 494–495, https://doi.org/10.1093/elt/ccq052
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Two titles from the same publisher in two successive years on closely related topics seem to provide proof that publications in our field are becoming increasingly specific. Written in different parts of the world (Washington State University for Bell and Auckland University of Technology for Bitchener), both draw on current research and are strengthened by the authors' personal experience. Another common feature is that each could be of interest to a wider readership than the suggested MA TESOL/Applied Linguistics students of the titles, as this review intends to show.
In A Student's Guide , Bell models the academic style students will need to use themselves by including internal referencing to support the theory. Of her six chapters, the first three (with one slight exception) are an introduction to the TESOL discipline, with only the last three addressing the topic of studying for the MA of the book's title. This is not a criticism since students will never reach the point of putting together their dissertation or thesis if they have not first thought more widely about the field.
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Infixer: A Method for Segmenting Non-Concatenative Morphology in Tagalog , Steven R. Butler
Processing Filler-Gap Dependencies in Mandarin Chinese: An Effect of Language Exposure? , Stanley Chen
Nondescript: A Web Tool to Aid Subversion of Authorship Attribution , Robin Davis
Utilizing Linguistic Context To Improve Individual and Cohort Identification in Typed Text , Adam Goodkind
An Evaluation of POS Taggers for the CHILDES Corpus , Rui Huang
Event Parsing In Narrative: Trials And Tribulations Of Archaic English Fairy Tales , Rebecca Lovering
An ERP Study of Sensory-Linguistic Processing in the Context of ASD Research , Larissa R. Miller
An Examination of Cross-Domain Authorship Attribution Techniques , Maxwell B. Schwartz
Voicing the Other: Mock AAVE on Social Media , Hanna L. Smokoski
Theses from 2015 2015
/n/:/r/ Correspondences in Albanian Dialects: Understanding the n>r Sound Change , Katie Albany
Techniques for Automatic Normalization of Orthographically Variant Yiddish Texts , Yakov Peretz Blum
Vocabulary Through Affixes and Word Families - A Computer-Assisted Language Learning Program for Adult ELL Students , Magdalena Kieliszek
Syntactic Constraints and Social Uses of Greek-English Intrasentential Codeswitching , Despina Stefanou Malliaroudakis
Obstruent Voicing and Tone in Siklis Gurung , Danielle Ronkos
The Incidence and Evolution of Palatalized Consonants in Latvian , Linda Zalite
Theses from 2014 2014
The Influence of Pseudo-relatives on Attachment Preferences in Spanish , David Branco-Moreno
The Inner Workings of Text Summarization Systems , Hope Cotton
HUU-FA THESIS DAT?: A Syntactic Analysis of Possessive Jamaican Creole Possessive WH-elements , Toni Ashlie Foster
Canvas: A fast and accurate geometric sentence alignment system using lexical cues within complex misalignment settings , Hussein M. Ghaly
Representational Implications of the Phonologization of Contour Tones , Benjamin Kirkland Macaulay
Echolocation: Using Word-Burst Analysis to Rescore Keyword Search Candidates in Low-Resource Languages , Justin Richards
Some complexities in English article use and acquisition , Victoria Somogyi
Understanding Doubly Center-Embedded Sentences Through Contrastive Focus , Ashley Caroline Thorne
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PDF. Empowering All Who Teach: A Portrait of Two Non-Native English Speaking Teachers in a Globalized 21st Century, Rosa Dene David. PDF. A Corpus Based Analysis of Noun Modification in Empirical Research Articles in Applied Linguistics, Jo-Anne Hutter. PDF. Sound Effects: Age, Gender, and Sound Symbolism in American English, Timothy Allen ...
PDF. Japanese Reading Japlish: High School Students Study Their Own Fashion Linguistic Landscape, Gabriel Frost Johnson. Theses from 2021 PDF. Meaning-Making Dynamics of Job Interview Performances, Jacquelyn K. Bertman. Theses from 2020 PDF. Computerized Dynamic Assessment of Grammar in Second Language Development, Tina S. Randall. PDF
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-duct analysis of relevant data (including designing and running an experiment, where
Theses/Dissertations from 2021. PDF. Trademarks and Genericide: A Corpus and Experimental Approach to Understanding the Semantic Status of Trademarks, Richard B. Bevan. PDF. First and Second Language Use of Case, Aspect, and Tense in Finnish and English, Torin Kelley. PDF. Lexical Aspect in-sha Verb Chains in Pastaza Kichwa, Azya Dawn Ladd.
Thesis Presented in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of English and Applied Linguistics at the Namibian University of Science and Technology. Supervisor: Dr. Niklaas Fredericks October 2019 A FORENSIC LINGUISTICS STUDY OF THE SPOKEN COURTROOM LANGUAGE USED IN THEFT AND
Darik Olson. "Lone nouns in Spanish / English mixed discourse: code switches or borrowings?, a variationist analysis." MA Thesis. U of Washington, 2003/2004. Graduate, Masters Theses: English: Pagination. Current page ... Department of Linguistics University of Washington Guggenheim Hall 4th Floor Box 352425 Seattle, WA 98195-2425. Phone: (206 ...
Publisher:London: Palgrave. Pages ISBN Price. pp. 216+xi 978--230-22454-4 $26.95 U.S. 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 ...
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.As dissertation writing can be considered as one of the relatively under-researched areas in second language writing, this step ...
Download full-text PDF Read full-text. Download full-text PDF. ... SOME STUDENTS MA Y W RITE A. ... WRITING AN APPLIED LINGUISTICS THESIS OR DISSER T ATION.
Writing an Applied Linguistics Thesis or Dissertation: A Guide to Presenting Empirical Research, ELT Journal, Volume 64, ... Another common feature is that each could be of interest to a wider readership than the suggested MA TESOL/Applied Linguistics students of the titles, as this review intends to show. ... For full access to this pdf, sign ...
the abstracts and introduction sections of MA theses produced by Iraqi and international students in the field of Applied Linguistics (AL). To achieve this goal, two groups of MA theses (30 theses each) were randomly selected. Hyland's (2000) proposed model and Chen and Kuo's (2012) framework were
THE AFFECTIVE SIDE OF WRITING MA THESES IN APPLIED LINGUISTICS.pdf. Available via license: CC BY-ND 4.0. ... is increased partly because of the requirement of writing a thesis.
Browse By. 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. All other content from previous years is available on an Open Access basis.
Since 2009, most theses submitted by M.A. and M.S. recipients at the university are published online at the OhioLINK Electronic Theses & Dissertations Center (EDT). This page lists theses submitted by recipients of the M.A. in Linguistics, beginning with the more recent theses which are avalable through EDT. We are currently in the process of extending the list back to the first OSU M.A.
This book presents key research methods in applied linguistics and includes a comprehensive discussion of quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods approaches, criteria for judging research quality, cross-sectional and longitu- dinal data collection, data analysis, and research reports. McKinley, J., & Rose, H. (Eds.).
Dept. of Applied Linguistics Portland State University Ideas for M.A. Thesis Topics from Susan Conrad (5/6/13 version) The number of potential thesis topics is limitless. Here I've listed just a few ideas related to my favorite areas - grammar, corpus linguistics, and writing. Reminders about doing a thesis 1. A thesis is a research study.
Dissertations from 2017. PDF. The Form and Acquisition of Free Relatives, Michael Clauss, Linguistics. PDF. Amount Relatives Redux, Jon Ander Mendia, Linguistics. PDF. Movement and the Semantic Type of Traces, Ethan Poole, Linguistics. PDF. Preferential early attribution in segmental parsing, Amanda Rysling, Linguistics.
This chapter provides a broad contextualisation of the Handbook, locating its focus within current debates and concerns of relevance to the field of applied linguistics.The editors highlight the field's growing interest in research methodology and offer a rationale for the selection of topics and issues in the Handbook, such as methodological reform, transparency, transdisciplinarity, and ...
PDF. Language of the Enemy: Impacts of the 2022 Russo-Ukrainian War on Linguistic and National Identity Paradigms in Ukraine, Julia Panter. PDF. A Sentiment Analysis of "Filipinx" on Twitter Using a Multinomial Naïve Bayes Classification Model, Clarisse Taboy. PDF. Pronunciation Ambiguities in Japanese Kanji, Wen Zhang. Theses from 2022 PDF
Doing a Master's Dissertation in TESOL and Applied Linguistics is a practical guide for master's students tackling research and research writing for the first time. Structured for use in class or as part of an independent study, and divided into the four stages of designing, researching, writing up and submitting a dissertation, this book:
addition, an electronic (pdf) copy of the Master 's thesis and physical copy of the cover sheet should be submitted to the Graduate Coordinator, along with the original, signed QP/MA Thesis Defense Evaluation Form. The Master 's Thesis and the Research Seminar Many MA students elect to enroll in Linguistics 290, The Research Seminar. The ...
Applied linguistics is the use of linguistic theories, methods and findings in. elucidating and solving problems to do with language which have arisen in other areas. of experience (Crystal, 1992: ...
Doing a Master's Dissertation in TESOL and Applied Linguistics is a practical guide for master's students tackling research and research writing for the first time. Structured for use in class or as part of an independent study, and divided into the four stages of designing, researching, writing up and submitting a dissertation, this book: carefully guides readers from the very beginning ...