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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 ... -
The Envoys of Phywa to Dmu (PT 126)
(2021)New are the texts which offer a glimpse into Tibet’s religious traditions as they existed before the adoption of Buddhism as the state religion in 762. With the exception of stone inscriptions the earliest extant ... -
Establishing Cepstral Peak Prominence (CPP) normative data for young adults in Ireland: the impact of gender, speech task and recording conditions
(2023)Background: Cepstral Peak Prominence (CPP) is currently recommended as a robust measure of dysphonia in clinical voice assessment (Patel et al., 2018). Its use in clinic is limited due to its relative conceptual ... -
Evaluation of the Signing Information Mid-West Project
(PAUL Partnership, Limerick, 2008)This report centres on the review of the Irish Sign Language/English interpreting services provided in the Mid-West via the “Signing Information Mid-West” service. This was established under the aegis of Enhancing Disability ... -
The Evidence for Chinese *-r
(2016)In 1989 Starostin proposed that Old Chinese had a final *-r that later changed to -n (and sometimes -j). Baxter & Sagart subsequently incorporated Starostin’s proposal in their 2014 Old Chinese reconstructions. This essay ... -
Examining the effectiveness of an embedded language education programme for international health science students in an Irish university
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Linguistic Speech & Comm Sci. C.L.C.S., 2023)This study examines the effectiveness of an embedded language programme for international English as an Additional Language (EAL), health science students studying on a medicine or physiotherapy degree at an Irish university. ... -
Exploiting time and frequency domain measures for precise voice source parameterisation
(2012)Much of our research has focused on the role of the voice source in the prosody of spoken language, including its linguis- tic and expressive dimensions. However, as automatic methods, both for deriving the voice source ... -
An exploration of voice source correlates of focus
(2010)This pilot study explores how the voice source parameters vary in focally accented syllables. It examines the dynamics of the voice source parameters in an all-voiced short declarative utterance in which the focus placement ... -
Exploring pupils' subjective experiences of learning French at primary school
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Linguistic, Speech and Communication Sciences, 2001)This study explored the meaning of an L3 learning experience at primary level in a phenomenological perspective. This implied that the experience was seen as a human and a lived experience and that, consequently, its meaning ... -
Exploring the Prosody of Affective Speech
(2022)This paper introduces a research project on voice quality and affect expression. It explores affective prosody by investigating the relationship between voice source parameter changes and perceived affect. Firstly, it ... -
Finnish and Irish Sign Languages: an egalitarian analysis of language policies and their effects
(UCD, 2010)This study aimed to advance academic understanding of what equality of condition (Baker, et al., 2004) would mean for Deaf people about recognising signed language in both education and access to information in particular. ... -
First and second language socialisation processes among Polish immigrant adolescents in Ireland : ethnography and case study
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Centre for Language and Communication Studies, 2015)Due to the dramatic increase in the population of immigrants in Ireland in recent years, the sociolinguistic dynamics of Irish classrooms has changed considerably. This thesis takes a Language Socialisation (LS) perspective ... -
First language attrition and second language acquisition in a second language environment
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Centre for Language and Communication Studies, 2011)This thesis is concerned with the outcomes of the parallel processes of first language maintenance and second language acquisition in adult bilinguals resident in a second language environment. Current perspectives on first ...