M.A. Theses in Linguistics at the University of North Dakota: Complete List
This page contains a list of theses submitted as part of the Master's program in linguistics at the University of North Dakota. Most, if not all, of them are on file at the UND library. Further information may be obtained about them through the library's online catalog (ODIN).
For an alphabetical list by author of theses for which abstracts are available on this website, see the separate page.
| Year | Author | Title of Thesis |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Laura J. Cline | Some features of participant reference in Xochapa Mixtec [abstract] |
| 2018 | Katelin French | Reference tracking in Ethiopian Sign Language [abstract] |
| 2018 | Beth C. Gray | The impact of translation on constructed action and constructed dialogue in ASL texts [abstract] |
| 2018 | Megan Lois Mong | Modest dress as literacy practice in English-speaking conservative Mennonite groups [abstract] |
| 2018 | Daniel Tignor | A phonology of Hill (Kone-Tu) Asho [abstract] |
| 2017 | Roman Caceres | Lexical categories in Lengua de Señas Argentina [abstract] |
| 2017 | Tamara M. Grosso | Referring forms and cognitive status in non-narrative American Sign Language texts [abstract] |
| 2017 | Amy Havlicek | Alternations in Murui: A morphological approach [abstract] |
| 2017 | Esteban I. Méndez-Hord | Tone in Acatlán Mixtec nouns [abstract] |
| 2017 | Erin Padgett | Tools for assessing relatedness in understudied language varieties: A survey of Mixtec varieties in western Oaxaca, Mexico [abstract] |
| 2017 | Jessica Sohre | Structural narratology in Romanian Sign Language personal experience narratives [abstract] |
| 2016 | Douglas C. Laskowske | Voice in Bugis: An RRG perspective [abstract] |
| 2016 | Julia Martin | An acoustic study of Kope, Northeast Kiwai, Papua New Guinea, with preliminary tonal analysis [abstract] |
| 2015 | Scott Belden | Spectrums, subgroups and school-lunch: The linguistic capital of students with autism [abstract] |
| 2015 | Bethany Winter Carlson | Case and pragmatic status markers in Embera Katío [abstract] |
| 2015 | Benjamin J. Cavaletto | Computer-assisted vocabulary learning for Deaf learners of foreign sign languages [abstract] |
| 2015 | Katja S. Mueller | Deixis in Shughni: Grammatical and semantic considerations [abstract] |
| 2015 | Hannah Reeves | Falam immigrants in America: Motivations for language use, maintenance, and shift [abstract] |
| 2014 | Dennis W. Coyle | Placing Wardak among Pashto varieties [abstract] |
| 2014 | Heidi A. Davis | Consonant correspondences of Burmese, Rakhine and Marma with initial implications for historical relationships [abstract] |
| 2014 | Jeremy Hawbaker | The pronominal clitics of Logar Ormuri [abstract] |
| 2014 | Larissa M. Jordan | Verbal fluency: Norms for the Lakota population in semantic and phonemic fluency tasks [abstract] |
| 2014 | Deborah Kim | Subordination in Sarikoli [abstract] |
| 2014 | Beate Lubberger | A description and analysis of four metarepresentation markers of Indus Kohistani [abstract] |
| 2014 | Justin Power | Handshapes in Afghan Sign Language [abstract] |
| 2014 | Amy Roe | The phonetics and phonology of Bora tone [abstract] |
| 2013 | Kevin Cline | The tone system of Acatepec Me'paa [abstract] |
| 2013 | Daniel Eberle | Resemblance-oriented communication strategies: Understanding the role of resemblance in signed and spoken languages [abstract] |
| 2013 | Sarah Eberle | Locative expressions in signed languages: A cross-linguistic comparison [abstract] |
| 2013 | Kelli Finney | Many voices, many selves: An analysis of education blog discourses [abstract] |
| 2013 | Trafton Hardison | A structured PC-PATR grammar editor and application to Bahasa Indonesia [abstract] |
| 2013 | Jason Hopkins | Toward a further understanding of the extensibility of sign languages [abstract] |
| 2013 | William Jancewicz | Grammar enriched biliteracy: Naskapi language structures for facilitating reading in Naskapi [abstract] |
| 2013 | Stephen Jones | Classifier constructions as procedural signs in American Sign Language [abstract] |
| 2013 | Vanessa Jones | Numeral incorporation in American Sign Language [abstract] |
| 2013 | Jennifer Keogh | A survey of those in the U.S. Deaf community about reading and writing ASL [abstract] |
| 2013 | JoEllen Magnus | ELL vocabulary acquisition: How improvement measurements are affected by text type, English reading ability, and assessment methods [abstract] |
| 2013 | Mark Penner | The mouthing of verbs in Japanese Sign Language [abstract] |
| 2012 | Chris Adams | Six discourse markers in Tunisian Arabic: A syntactic and pragmatic analysis [abstract] |
| 2012 | Julia Ciupek-Reed | Participatory methods in sociolinguistic sign language survey: A case study in El Salvador [abstract] |
| 2012 | Kerry Mae Corbett | Forecasting the vitality of the Fur language: A study in language use patterns and attitudes in Darfur [abstract] |
| 2012 | Gisella Greenfield | The acoustic qualities of Embera Katío stops [abstract] |
| 2012 | Christina Scotte Hornéy | A phonological analysis of Mro Khimi [abstract] |
| 2012 | Catherine MacLeod | Reference in Udi narrative discourse [abstract] |
| 2012 | Davis Prickett | The phonology and morphology of verb forms in Mubi [abstract] |
| 2012 | Kevin Sparks | Persuasion and manipulation: Relevance across multiple audiences [abstract] |
| 2011 | Won Ho Kim | Thematic Groupings in Magpie Miao narrative [abstract] |
| 2011 | Jason Parks | Sign language word list comparisons: Toward a replicable coding and scoring methodology [abstract] |
| 2011 | Stuart M. Thiessen | A grammar of SignWriting [abstract] |
| 2011 | Brendon E. Yoder | Phonological and phonetic aspects of Enganno vowels [abstract] |
| 2010 | David Cross | Word Order typology in modern South Arabian languages: A study based on a corpus of analyzed texts [abstract] |
| 2010 | Gretta M. Owen | Berne, Indiana Swiss German: Lessons learned from a small-Scale documentation project [abstract] |
| 2010 | April Sachs | Motion events in Seri: Applying Talmy's typologies [abstract] |
| 2010 | Jessica Smith | Placing İsmayilli Lezgi among the Lezgi dialects [abstract] |
| 2010 | Isaac Souza | A phonological description of “Pet Talk” in Arara [abstract] |
| 2010 | Shirley Souza | The morphology of nouns in the Ugoroŋmo language (Arara of Pará) [abstract] |
| 2009 | Janessa L. Brown | A brief sketch of Urama grammar with special consideration of particles marking agency, aspect, and modality [abstract] |
| 2009 | Jacob M. Hall | Palembangese in print: An NLS look at literacies, linguacies, communicacies, and culturacies in South Sumatra [abstract] |
| 2009 | Holly A. Leslie | A study in the design and impact of an oral/aural bridge component in second language literacy [abstract] |
| 2009 | Bettina Revilla | Place names in Israeli Sign Language [abstract] |
| 2008 | Arthur J. Aviles | The phonology and morphology of Dar Daju Daju [abstract] |
| 2008 | Kara S. Fast | Subordination, grounding and the packaging of information in Gojri [abstract] |
| 2008 | Bradley D. Festen | Verbal tone in Mpyemo [abstract] |
| 2008 | Karen L. Gainer | Constituent order and participant reference in Dolna Hani narrative discourse [abstract] |
| 2008 | Henry J. Hauser | Biliteracy and skills transfer: Literacy skills transfer from Arabic to English focusing on lexical access [abstract] |
| 2008 | Anita J. Leander | Acoustic correlates of fortis/lenis in San Francisco Ozolotepec Zapotec [abstract] |
| 2008 | Dustin D. Miller | Production of Bangla stops by native English speakers learning Bangla: An acoustic analysis [abstract] |
| 2007 | Barbara Hauser | Grice's conversational implicature revisited: A discourse analysis of reproductive loss in women's talk [abstract] |
| 2007 | Joëlle C. Lewis | The -ing suffix in French [abstract] |
| 2007 | Rebecca D. Smith | The noun class system of Ut-Ma'in, a West Kainji language of Nigeria [abstract] |
| 2006 | Ruth A. Aldrich | Parents' perceptions of children's attitude of the heritage language through intergenerational reading in the L1 [abstract] |
| 2006 | Elke Karan | Writing system development and reform: A process [abstract] |
| 2006 | Virginia C. Phillips | Hindi to and relevance [abstract] |
| 2005 | Gayle H. Aasen | Use of Low German by the Mennonites of Manitoba and dialect differences between the East and West Reserves [abstract] |
| 2005 | Renae L. Caneday | Interlanguage coda production of Hmong second language learners of English [abstract] |
| 2004 | John J. Berthelette | Information structure in narrative texts in Byali (a Gur language of Benin) [abstract] |
| 2003 | Aliya S. Kuzhabekova | Past, present, and future of language policy in Kazakhstan [abstract] |
| 2003 | Edward C. Quigley | Awara Phonology [abstract] |
| 2003 | Calvin F. Tiessen | Positive orientation towards the vernacular among the Talysh of Sumgayit [abstract] |
| 2002 | Wendy J. Aalgaard | Communicating and interpreting the Vietnam experience: Participant roles in sociolinguistic interviews with local Vietnam veterans |
| 2002 | Dan T. Friesen | Oroko orthography development: Linguistic and sociolinguistic factors [abstract] |
| 2002 | Lisa Friesen | Valence change and Oroko verb morphology (Mbonge dialect) [abstract] |
| 2002 | Bela Hettich | Ossetian: Revisiting inflectional morphology [abstract] |
| 2002 | Wayne E. Losey | Writing Gojri: Linguistic and sociolinguistic constraints on a standardized orthography for the Gujars of South Asia [abstract] |
| 2002 | Susan R. Quigley | The Awara verbal system [abstract] |
| 2001 | Lars Dyrud | Hindi-Urdu: Stress accent or non-stress accent? [abstract] |
| 2001 | Inga McKendry | Two studies of Mixtec languages [abstract] |
| 2001 | Emma Pavey | Information structure in Acadian French [abstract] |
| 2001 | Elena Rodionova | Word order and information structure in Russian syntax [abstract] |
| 1999 | Heather Walker | Student participation in the academic discourse community: An ESL student working independently and ESL students working with writing tutors [abstract] |
| 1997 | Stan J. Anonby | Reversing language shift: Can Kwak'wala be revived? [abstract] |
| 1997 | Kang Yuen Ma | The relation between the writing system and the use of metaphor in English andChinese [abstract] |
| 1996 | Chia-jung Fan | A comparative study of the sounds of Kuo-Yu and Taiwanese |
| 1995 | Lawrence Burke | An introduction to the verbal system of Central Dangaleat |
| 1995 | Larry Williams | Noun classification or spatial categorization: Damana orientation verbs [abstract] |
| 1994 | Shawn Boylan | Aspect in Mende |
| 1994 | Jakob Heckert | Discourse function of conjoiners in the Pastoral Epistles |
| 1994 | Marilyn Plumlee | Who's speaking whose language? A study of contact signing between deaf and hearing co-workers |
| 1994 | Benjamin Unseth | Relative clauses in southern Uzbek |
| 1993 | Ronald Hesse | Imyan Tehit phonology |
| 1993 | William Kauffman | The great tone split and central Karen |
| 1993 | Richard Thiele | Interrogatives in Yanomam |
| 1993 | Cindy Williams | A grammar sketch of Damana [abstract] |
| 1992 | Daniel Olson | A comparison of thematic paragraph analysis and vocabulary management profiles for an oral corpus |
| 1992 | John Paul Thomas | A morphophonology of Komo: Non-tonal phenomena |
| 1992 | Kristine Waskosky | Affixes of Salasaca Quichua with special attention to derivational affixes which attach to verbs |
| 1991 | Gray Plunkett | The tone system of Foodo nouns |
| 1990 | William L. Gardner | Language use in the Epena district of northern Congo [abstract] |
| 1990 | Daniel Hintz | Distinctives of Corongo Quechua: Historical and synchronic perspectives |
| 1990 | Thomas Pinson | Dakota Sioux objects |
| 1990 | Sheldon Waskosky | The phonology of Salasaca Quichua |
| 1990 | Stephen Willson | Verb agreement and case marking in Burushaski |
| 1989 | Anita Bickford | Data base design for research in comparative Zapotec |
| 1989 | Peter Constable | Basic clause structure in Veracruz Huastec |
| 1989 | Martin Culy | Relative clauses in Koine Greek: A transformational approach |
| 1989 | Carol Wildeman | The Michif technique: Code-switch cue |
| 1988 | Terry Carlson | Phonological processes and syllable structure in Tainae |
| 1988 | Edward Kotynski | Tabaru phonology and morphology |
| 1988 | Pamela Wright | Madija predicates |
| 1986 | Diane Ferrara | A linguistic analysis of the letters of Margery Brews Paston |
| 1985 | Benjamin Orr | A study of verbal complement clauses in central Alaskan Yup'ik |
| 1984 | Janet Camburn | A relational grammar approach to Kera syntax |
| 1984 | Sue Glidden | The Koh verbal system |
| 1984 | James Kapper | Red Lake Falls, Minnesota: A sociolinguistic survey |
| 1984 | Larry Lovell | The structure of reflexive clauses in Michif: A relational grammar approach |
| 1983 | Mark Karan | An experiment in computer assisted literature adaptation |
| 1983 | Breck Speers | Discourse analysis of a Michif narrative |
| 1983 | Mary Margaret Walker | Argumentation in Romans 1-11 |
| 1982 | Deborah Weaver | Obviation in Michif |
| 1981 | Mary Peske | The French of the French Cree (Michif) language |
| 1981 | Peter Unseth | The structure and rhetorical effect of seven questions in Koine Greek |
| 1981 | Elizabeth Willett | Word-shortening in Southeastern Tepehuan |
| 1981 | Thomas Willett | Marking grammatical relations in Southeastern Tepehuan |
| 1980 | Terrell Malone | The double accusative in Koine Greek: A syntactic study |
| 1980 | Peter Westrum | A grammatical sketch of Berik |
| 1979 | Ruth Tipton | Nembi discourse structure |
| 1978 | Alan Buseman | A system for computerized reversal of bilingual dictionaries |
| 1978 | Charles Speck | The phonology of Texmelucan Zapotec verb irregularity |
| 1977 | Donna Gardiner | Embedded questions in Southern Tiwa |
| 1976 | Marit Kana | The design and evaluation of a course in conversational Indonesian |
| 1976 | Charles Keller | A grammatical sketch of Brao, a Mon-Khmer language |
| 1976 | Sally Keller | English-Khmer medical dictionary |
| 1976 | Stephen Marlett | Copy-raising in Koine Greek |
| 1976 | Vera Miller | An overview of Stieng grammar |
| 1976 | Thomas Phinnemore | Ono phonology and morphophonemics |
| 1976 | Michael Scott | Syntactic combinations of verbs in Lakota Sioux (Teton Dakota) |
| 1975 | Kornelis Boot | On the Dutch expletive and related syntactic problems |
| 1975 | Robert Larsen | Difference coefficients for determining dialect relatedness |
| 1974 | James Ashworth | A simple text-oriented morph data base system for field linguists |
| 1974 | Wolfgang Corduan | Subordinating and coordinating particles in Lakhota |
| 1974 | Lyle Knudson | A natural phonology and morphophonemics of Chimalapa Zoque |
| 1972 | Frances Bates | Lakota language lessons |
| 1972 | Steven Egland | A method for surveying literacy in minority languages in Mexico |
| 1971 | Bette Boteler | The relationship between conceptual outlooks and the linguistic description of disease and its treatment among the Chippewa and/or Cree Indians of the Turtle Mountain reservation |
| 1970 | Beatrice Myers | Towa phrase structure |
| 1968 | Chadwick Stendal | Structure of the Kogi verb auxiliary and its distribution in discourse |
| 1967 | Susie Andres | The comparative construction in Orenburger Low German |
| 1967 | Eugenia Johnston | Some psycholinguistic aspects of Brou literacy problems |
| 1967 | Kenneth Smith | Sedang dialects |
| 1967 | Dorothy Thomas | A phonological reconstruction of Proto-East Katuic |
| 1966 | Carolyn Miller | Structural ambiguity within the Vietnamese relative clause |
| 1963 | George Cowan | Some aspects of the lexical structure of a Mazatec historical text |
| 1959 | Donald Stark | Clause and sentence boundary markers in the Dakota language |
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