Browsing Graduate Theses and Dissertations - Linguistics by Title
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Validating the assumed relationship between task design, cognitive complexity, and second language task performance
(Georgetown University, 2015)In research on Task-Based Language Teaching, it has traditionally been assumed that differing degrees of cognitive task complexity can be inferred through task design and/or observations of differing qualities in linguistic ... -
Variation at the Morphology-Phonology Interface in Appalachian English
(Georgetown University, 2012)This dissertation presents results from a qualitative and quantitative study of variable a-prefixing ("she's a-making good money") in Appalachian English (AppE), using recently collected data from speakers in Southwestern ... -
Voicing Belief: Constructed Dialogue and Epistemics in Religious Discourse
(Georgetown University, 2018)Wuthnow (2012) notes that in the modern West, “talk about the supernatural is problematic and thus requires construction in ways that reinforce its reasonableness” (296). Thus, many religious communities sense constant ... -
Voting the Straight Ticket: Media Discourse as a Tool for Transforming Ideologies about LGBTQ People into Law
(Georgetown University, 2019)On May 8, 2012, the citizens of North Carolina voted to amend their state constitution to establish marriage between a man and a woman as the only domestic legal union that would be valid or recognized by the state. Although ... -
Vowel variation, style, and identity construction in the English of Latinos in Washington, D.C.
(Georgetown University, 2015)This study investigates the interrelationship of language, identity, and /ae/ (“ash”) variation along the first-formant (F1) and second-formant (F2) dimensions, in first- and second- generation Latinos in the Washington, ... -
War during reconciliation? A study of presidential speeches on the Sri Lankan ethnic conflict bridging war and reconciliation
(Georgetown University, 2013)This paper examines the discourse produced by Sri Lankan President, Mahinda Rajapaksa, in six presidential speeches delivered across five years from 2008 to 2012. It draws on political discourse analysis (van Dijk, 1997), ... -
When Hate Speech Leads to Hateful Actions: A Corpus and Discourse Analytic Approach to Linguistic Threat Assessment of Hate Speech
(Georgetown University, 2019)Inspired by recent acts of mass violence motivated by hate, this work considers hate speech from a sociolinguistic perspective by combining corpus analysis and discourse analytic methods. The goals of this work are twofold. ... -
When I Was Coming Up, It Was Called the Chocolate City:" Phonological Variation, Narrative Discourse, and Identity Construction Among Speakers of African American Language in Washington, DC
(Georgetown University, 2023)Examining a distinctive regional variety of African American Language (AAL), thisdissertation contributes to the growing body of literature dispelling the notion that AAL is largely monolithic (Wolfram 2007). A mixed methods ... -
Writing in a Task-Based Individualized Curriculum: Effectiveness of Direct and Indirect Written Corrective Feedback
(Georgetown University, 2020)The effects of written corrective feedback have been extensively investigated for various domains of instructed second language acquisition with many studies demonstrating clear benefits (e.g. Riazi, Shi & Haggerty, 2018). ... -
Written Feedback in Second Language Acquisition: Exploring the Roles of Type of Feedback, Linguistic Targets, Awareness, and Concurrent Verbalization
(Georgetown University, 2010)Very few studies have shown that written feedback facilitates L2 learning (although see Bitchener, 2008, Bitchener & Knoch, 2008, and Sheen, 2007), and studies exploring the relative effectiveness of different types of ... -
Za-perfectives in Russian motion verbs
(Georgetown University, 2012)The linguistic expression of spatial and temporal relations shows considerable structural parallels (Bach, 1986; Filip, 1999; Langacker, 1987; Talmy, 2000; Verkuyl, 1993). Prefixes with spatial origins mark the perfective ...
