Browsing Centre for Language and Communication Studies by Author "Kallen, Jeffrey"

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    • Code-switching among Greek speakers in Ireland with emphasis on politeness 

      BOCHORISHVILI, IRMA (Trinity College Dublin. School of Linguistic Speech & Comm Sci. C.L.C.S., 2019)
      Code-switching (also referred to as CS) is undoubtedly a well-researched area of sociolinguistics and is an integral part of bi/multilinguals' speech. Among other reasons, CS also takes place for politeness purposes, and ...

    • Discourse, insult, and cultural values 

      Pérez i Zamora, Roser (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Centre for Language and Communication Studies, 2000)
      This dissertation addresses the importance of insult in the discourse of intercultural interaction encounters. Following previous interdisciplinary studies on the subject of tabooed language and insult this study points ...

    • L-Vocalisation in Somerset 

      Garnett, Victoria Jane
      Traditional dialects in British English are undergoing a process of change, due in part to urbanisation, increased social mobility and language contact through population movement. Within British English there are several ...

    • Language development in extra-territorial languages : terms of address in Colombian Spanish 

      O'Donnell, Aisling (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Centre for Language and Communication Studies, 2012)
      This study investigates the use of terms of address in extra-territorial languages and determines how terms of address function in language to encode relationships. In addition, this study examines how the relationship ...

    • Standard English and standards in English in a changing world : a case study - Irish Standard English 

      White, Goodith (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. ...

    • Talking about space : the Spatial Reference System of Irish English 

      Lucek, Stephen (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 

      Diver, Laura Carmel (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 ...

    • Through the Magnifying Glass: An Ethnographic Account of the Bilingual Practices of Adolescents in Puerto Rico 

      MORALES LUGO, KATHERINE RAVENNA (Trinity College Dublin. School of Linguistic Speech & Comm Sci. C.L.C.S., 2019)
      This thesis advances research in sociolinguistics by providing an account of the creative bilingual practices found in two high school communities in U.S. territory Puerto Rico. A neo- colonial setting, Puerto Rico offers ...