Browsing by Subject "Linguistics, Speech & Communication Sciences, Ph.D."
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Addressing the language barrier in healthcare : developing a theory to understand the work of medical interpreters
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Becoming a teacher of Irish : the evolution of beliefs, attitudes and role of perceptions
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Centre for Language and Communication Studies, 2015)The aim of the present study is to explore the process of becoming a primary level teacher of Irish, the official yet minority language in Ireland. Since all primary level teachers must teach Irish, becoming a primary ... -
Talking about space : the Spatial Reference System of Irish English
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Centre for Language and Communication Studies, 2015)This thesis has three central goals. The first is to establish a system for how people used to talk about space in previous studies of Irish English. This Is done through constructing a Spatial Reference System from extant ... -
The role of language policy in the revitalizaton of Occitan : a comparative analysis of Languedoc-Roussillon and Midi-Pyrénées
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Centre for Language and Communication Studies, 2012)This thesis aims to investigate language revitalization in terms of policy and planning in Occitan France. It comprises three main research questions. The first of these questions addresses the effectiveness of regional ...