Theses in Linguistics: Abstracts

 

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This page provides access to abstracts of most of the theses completed since 1997 for the M.A. program in Linguistics at the University of North Dakota. See also the complete list of thesis titles since 1959.

In some cases, the abstract includes a link to download the thesis itself. These downloadable versions are virtually identical to the hardcopy versions on file at the University of North Dakota library, although some have slight changes in formatting and other minor editing (done either by the author or with the author's permission).

Index of abstracts by author

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Aasen, Gayle	2005	Use of Low German by the Mennonites of Manitoba and dialect differences between the East and West Reserves	[abstract]
Aldrich, Ruth A.	2006	Parents' perceptions of children's attitude of the heritage language through intergenerational reading in the L1	[abstract]
Anonby, Stan J.	1997	Reversing language shift: Can Kwak'wala be revived?	[abstract]
Aviles, Arthur J.	2008	The phonology and morphology of Dar Daju Daju	[abstract]
Berthelette, John J.	2004	Information structure in narrative texts in Byali (a Gur language of Benin)	[abstract]
Brown, Janessa L.	2009	A brief sketch of Urama grammar with special consideration of particles marking agency, aspect, and modality	[abstract]
Caneday, Renae	2005	Interlanguage coda production of Hmong second language learners of English	[abstract]
Ciupek-Reed, Julia	2012	Participatory methods in sociolinguistic sign language survey: A case study in El Salvador	[abstract]
Corbett, Kerry Mae	2012	Forecasting the vitality of the Fur language: A study in language use patterns and attitudes in Darfur	[abstract]
Cross, David	2010	Word Order typology in modern South Arabian languages: A study based on a corpus of analyzed texts	[abstract]
Dyrud, Lars	2001	Hindi-Urdu: Stress accent or non-stress accent?	[abstract]
Fast, Kara S.	2008	Subordination, grounding and the packaging of information in Gojri	[abstract]
Festen, Bradley D.	2008	Verbal tone in Mpyemo	[abstract]
Friesen, Dan T.	2002	Oroko orthography development: Linguistic and sociolinguistic factors	[abstract]
Friesen, Lisa	2002	Valence change and Oroko verb morphology (Mbonge Dialect)	[abstract]
Gainer, Karen L.	2008	Constituent order and participant reference in Dolna Hani narrative discourse	[abstract]
Hall, Jacob M.	2009	Palembangese in print: An NLS look at literacies, linguacies, communicacies, and culturacies in South Sumatra	[abstract]
Hauser, Henry J.	2008	Biliteracy and skills transfer: Literacy skills transfer from Arabic to English focusing on lexical access	[abstract]
Hettich, Bela G.	2002	Ossetian: Revisiting inflectional morphology	[abstract]
Hornéy, Christina Scotte	2012	A phonological analysis of Mro Khimi	[abstract]
Karan, Elke	2006	Writing system development and reform: A process	[abstract]
Kim, Won Ho	2011	Thematic Groupings in Magpie Miao narrative	[abstract]
Kuzhabekova, Aliya S.	2003	Past, present and future of language policy in Kazakhstan	[abstract]
Leander, Anita J.	2008	Acoustic correlates of fortis/lenis in San Francisco Ozolotepec Zapotec	[abstract]
Leslie, Holly A.	2009	A study in the design and impact of an oral/aural bridge component in second language literacy	[abstract]
Lewis, Joëlle C.	2007	The -ing suffix in French	[abstract]
Losey, Wayne	2002	Writing Gojri: Linguistic and sociolinguistic constraints on a standardized orthography for the Gujars of South Asia	[abstract]
Ma, Kang Yuen (Felix)	1997	The relation between the writing system and the use of metaphor in English and Chinese	[abstract]
MacLeod, Catherine	2012	Reference in Udi narrative discourse	[abstract]
McKendry, Inga	2001	Two studies of Mixtec languages	[abstract]
Miller, Dustin D.	2008	Production of Bangla stops by native English speakers learning Bangla: An acoustic analysis	[abstract]
Owen, Gretta	2010	Berne, Indiana Swiss German: Lessons learned from a small-scale documentation project	[abstract]
Parks, Jason	2011	Sign language word list comparisons: Toward a replicable coding and scoring methodology	[abstract]
Pavey, Emma	2001	Information structure in Acadian French	[abstract]
Quigley, Edward C.	2003	Awara phonology	[abstract]
Quigley, Susan R.	2002	The Awara verbal system	[abstract]
Revilla, Bettina	2009	Place names in Israeli Sign Language	[abstract]
Rodionova, Elena	2001	Word order and information structure in Russian syntax	[abstract]
Sachs, April	2010	Motion events in Seri: Applying Talmy's typologies	[abstract]
Smith, Jessica	2010	Placing İsmayilli Lezgi among the Lezgi dialects	[abstract]
Smith, Rebecca D.	2007	The noun class system of  Ut-Ma'in, a West Kainji language of Nigeria	[abstract]
Souza, Isaac	2010	A phonological description of “Pet Talk” in Arara	[abstract]
Souza, Shirley	2010	The morphology of nouns in the Ugoroŋmo language (Arara of Pará)	[abstract]
Sparks, Kevin	2012	Persuasion and manipulation: Relevance across multiple audiences	[abstract]
Thiessen, Stuart M.	2011	A grammar of SignWriting	[abstract]
Tiessen, Calvin F.	2003	Positive orientation towards the vernacular among the Talysh of Sumgayit	[abstract]
Walker, Heather J.	1999	Student participation in the academic discourse community: An ESL student working independently and ESL students working with writing tutors	[abstract]
Yoder, Brendon E.	2011	Phonological and phonetic aspects of Enganno vowels	[abstract]

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All theses since 1959

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