Centre for Language and Communication Studies (Theses and Dissertations): Recent submissions
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Self-regulation and Chinese character learning strategies in Irish Higher Education
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Linguistic Speech & Comm Sci. C.L.C.S., 2019)Chinese language studies have been recently growing in English-speaking nations at a rapid speed, indicating the possible emergence of a boom period of Chinese language learning around the globe. However, despite this surge ... -
Case Studies of English-Medium Instruction in Higher Education: Business Programmes in China, Japan and the Netherlands
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Past, present and future: Computational approaches to mapping historical Irish cognate verb forms
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Linguistic Speech & Comm Sci. C.L.C.S., 2019)This thesis investigates how computational methods can be employed to enhance our understanding of the significant developments in the verbal system between Old Irish (c. 8th?9th centuries A.D.) and Modern Irish (13th ... -
Through the Magnifying Glass: An Ethnographic Account of the Bilingual Practices of Adolescents in Puerto Rico
(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 ... -
A Linguistically Motivated Computational Framework for Irish Sign Language
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Linguistic Speech & Comm Sci. C.L.C.S., 2019)This research is concerned with the development of a linguistically motivated computational framework for Irish Sign Language (ISL) and defining a lexicon architecture that is sufficiently universal and robust to accommodate ... -
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 ... -
Sociolinguistic transfer in Japanese as a third language
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Centre for Language and Communication Studies, 2000)This thesis explores the issue of language transfer in the acquisition of Japanese as a third or greater language at the university level. The term "L≥3" was adopted to describe the acquisition of a language or languages ... -
Analysis of lingual articulation using electropalatography and electromagnetic articulography
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Centre for Language and Communication Studies, 2001)Electromagnetic mid-sagittal articulography (EMA) and electropalatography (EPG) are two techniques for measuring lingual activity during speech production. EMA measures the location of a small number of sensors attached ... -
Case Studies of English-Medium Instruction in Higher Education: Business Programmes in China, Japan and the Netherlands
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Linguistic Speech & Comm Sci. C.L.C.S., 2019)This doctoral project aims to conduct case studies of English as a medium of instruction (EMI) at three higher education institutions (HEIs) in China, Japan and the Netherlands – three ‘Expanding Circle’ countries. The ... -
Code-switching among Greek speakers in Ireland with emphasis on politeness
(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 ... -
Variation within phonetics and phonology
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Centre for Language and Communication Studies, 2006)This thesis investigates variation from phonetic and phonological perspectives in a bid to better understand the relationship between phonetics and phonology. Issues pertaining to variation within phonetics and phonology ... -
The process of authentication as an appropriation of knowledge through reflection. A diary study on the analysis of print advertisements
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Centre for Language and Communication Studies, 2008)Authentic materials have long been regarded as a precious source of linguistic input in L2 pedagogy but they have been made the object of a long-term (and on-going) debate starting from the inception of the Communicative ... -
Composing the L2-M2 Self: A Grounded Theory Study on the Concerns of Adult Irish Sign Language Learners
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Linguistic Speech & Comm Sci. C.L.C.S., 2019)Language learning in a classroom setting raises challenges for learners, regardless of modality. In addition to learning a second or subsequent language (L2), in this study, participants are also learning through a new ... -
The emergence of inflection in bilingual first language acquisition : considerations for theories of grammatical development
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Centre for Language and Communication Studies, 2017)This thesis investigates morphological productivity across two different language types in the early stages of combinatorial speech, based on longitudinal and experimental data from two children who are acquiring two native ... -
Aspects of linguistic organisation : evidence from lexical processing L1-L2 translation
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Centre for Language and Communication Studies, 2002)The present study deals with the linguistic behaviour of second language learners in the performance of L1-L2 translation. It is concerned with aspects of productive processing in the light of the cognitive structures underlying ... -
Socio-linguistic experience of immigration. Identity negotiation and cross-linguistic influences : a comparative analysis of two Polish communities in Austria and Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Centre for Language and Communication Studies, 2012)The thesis was written under the title of Socio-linguistic Experience of Immigration. Identity Negotiation and Cross-Linguistic Influences: a Comparative Analysis of Two Polish Communities in Austria and Ireland. The focus ... -
Developing English language support for immigrant students in Irish post-primary schools : a corpus linguistics approach
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Centre for Language and Communication Studies, 2012)The present research was conducted as part of the English Language Support Programme (ELSP) of the Trinity immigration Initiative (2007-2010), Trinity College Dublin (TCD). The aim of the ELSP was to investigate and enhance ... -
Acquiring English L2 in Irish primary schools : an investigation of the relation between pupils' achievement and the learning outcomes specified in the English language proficiency benchmarks
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Centre for Language and Communication Studies, 2011)This thesis compares empirical evidence of English L2 acquisition by primary school pupils acquiring English as a second language in Ireland (ESL pupils) with the learning outcomes described in the guidelines provided for ... -
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 effect of cross-language phonetic similarity perception on second language speech learning : the case of Polish migrant children and adults in Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Centre for Language and Communication Studies, 2011)The main goal of this thesis was to gain a better understanding of age- related differences in second language speech learning. Specifically, it was of interest in the present study to explore whether child learners of a ...
