Browsing by Subject "Language and Communication Studies, Ph.D."
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A study of valency in Modern Irish
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Centre for Language and Communication Studies, 2002)The main aim of this thesis is to characterise the factors that underpin the syntactic and semantic valency of the Irish verb in terms of a functional approach that is sensitive to aspectuality in the Aktionsarten sense ... -
Acquiring English L2 in Irish primary schools : an investigation of the relation between pupils' achievement and the learning outcomes specified in the English language proficiency benchmarks
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Centre for Language and Communication Studies, 2011)This thesis compares empirical evidence of English L2 acquisition by primary school pupils acquiring English as a second language in Ireland (ESL pupils) with the learning outcomes described in the guidelines provided for ... -
Aspects of verbal valency in Irish Sign Language
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Centre for Language and Communication Studies, 2002)The principle aim of this thesis is the identification of some aspects of verbal valency patterns for Irish Sign Language (ISL). The data drawn on for this study came from a variety of sources, including authentic data ... -
English language support for migrant students in Irish post-primary schools : an exploration of policy & practice
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Centre for Language and Communication Studies, 2010)This thesis presents an empirical exploration of language support for English as a Second Language (ESL) students in Irish post-primary schools. The presence of large numbers of ESL students can be attributed to the ... -
Investigating the adoption of a university virtual learning environment : an Activity Theoretic analysis
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Centre for Language and Communication Studies, 2011)Recent literature in e-leaming research and computer-assisted language learning (CALL) asserts that technologies are under-used in higher education. There has been specific criticism in e-learning research of the virtual ... -
Multi-dialect phonetisation for Irish text-to-speech synthesis : a modular approach
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Centre for Language and Communication Studies, 2010)This thesis describes the development of a modular multi-dialect phonetiser for the Irish language. Phonetisation (or grapheme-to-phoneme conversion), the process in which ordinary text is converted into a transcription ... -
Segmental and intonational analysis of Drogheda English
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Centre for Language and Communication Studies, 2011)This study is concerned with describing the variety of English used in Drogheda, the main town in the North-East of Ireland. The town of Drogheda is approximately 35 miles away from the capital city, Dublin. It also lies ... -
Socio-linguistic experience of immigration. Identity negotiation and cross-linguistic influences : a comparative analysis of two Polish communities in Austria and Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Centre for Language and Communication Studies, 2012)The thesis was written under the title of Socio-linguistic Experience of Immigration. Identity Negotiation and Cross-Linguistic Influences: a Comparative Analysis of Two Polish Communities in Austria and Ireland. The focus ... -
Sociolinguistic transfer in Japanese as a third language
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Centre for Language and Communication Studies, 2000)This thesis explores the issue of language transfer in the acquisition of Japanese as a third or greater language at the university level. The term "L≥3" was adopted to describe the acquisition of a language or languages ... -
Standard English and standards in English in a changing world : a case study - Irish Standard English
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Centre for Language and Communication Studies, 2005)This study investigates the question ‘Does such a phenomenon as Irish Standard English exist, and if it does, what are some of the characteristics of its forms and use?’ The research question is investigated in three ways. ... -
Temporal expressions in Italian : a relevance-theoretic account
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Centre for Language and Communication Studies, 2011)In this thesis we aim to give an inferential account of the Italian temporal expressions allora 'then', ora 'now', adesso 'now', ancora 'still', gia 'already', sempre 'always', poi 'then, also', and mentre 'while'. The ... -
The common European framework and the European language portfolio in Taiwan's third-level English language education : a longitudinal empirical evaluation
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Centre for Language and Communication Studies, 2009)This thesis is a longitudinal examination of how the introduction of the Council of Europe’s European Language Portfolio (ELP) has affected English language learning and teaching in a third-level institute in Taiwan. It ... -
The phonetics and phonology of the intonation of Irish dialects
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Centre for Language and Communication Studies, 2008)This study is concerned with describing the intonation of the major dialects of Irish, comprising the Donegal dialect of Gaoth Dobhair, the Connaught dialects of Cois Fhairrge, Inis Oírr and Mayo, and the Munster dialect ... -
The process of authentication as an appropriation of knowledge through reflection. A diary study on the analysis of print advertisements
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Centre for Language and Communication Studies, 2008)Authentic materials have long been regarded as a precious source of linguistic input in L2 pedagogy but they have been made the object of a long-term (and on-going) debate starting from the inception of the Communicative ... -
Vocal correlates of affective states
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Centre for Language and Communication Studies, 2010)This thesis explores the mapping of voice quality to affect. Three studies have been conducted. The principal study of this thesis is a cross-language study, aimed at clarifying how variations in voice quality (in synthesised ...