School of Linguistic, Speech and Communication Sciences : Recent submissions
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Adults living with a diagnosis of ADHD or ASD: Different diagnoses, yet similar personal impacts?
(2018)The aim of this study is to provide greater insight into the phenomenon of living with ADHD and/or ASD in adulthood, as directly reported by those who experience the conditions. And, to explore how a late diagnosis, attitudes ... -
Sialorrhea in Parkinson's Disease: Prevalence, Impact and Management Strategies
(2019)Saliva plays an important part in oral health maintenance, mastication, deglutition and the start of the digestive process. It supports clear speech. Alterations to the composition and flow of saliva through hyper- or ... -
The Native Scientist project in Ireland: Promoting Heritage Languages through informal Engagements with Scientists
(2018)This project report focuses on the results of a series of heritage language STEM workshops which were run in Ireland by the organization Native Scientist. The results indicate that the workshops represent a positive ... -
The Vocabulary Richness of Children's Television in Ireland: A cross-generational comparison
(2018)This research investigates whether the vocabulary richness of children’s programming has changed over one generation, and therefore compares the programmes offered in 1992 to those offered in ... -
Accessing the voices of children who use augmentative and alternative communication: Merits and pitfalls of co-construction
(Peter Lang, 2018)Children who have severe speech impairments and who rely on augmentative and alternative communication in order to express themselves are vulnerable to being silenced, due to their difficulties in producing communication ... -
Intercultural encounters as hospitality. An interview with Richard Kearney
(2018)Richard Kearney is Charles B. Seelig Professor in Philosophy at Boston College. Among his many books, three titles in particular are representative of the themes discussed in this interview: Hosting the stranger ... -
Leveraging Phonetic and Speech Research for Irish Language Revitalisation and Maintenance
(2019)The ABAIR initiative illustrates how phonetic research can drive innovative applications that provide endangered-language communities with powerful tools and resources for language maintenance and revitalisation. ABAIR ... -
An Sc?ala?: autonomous learners harnessing speech and language technologies
(ISCA, 2019)This paper presents an autonomous language learning platform which has speech and language technology at its core. An Scealaí ('the Storyteller') is a web-based interactive iCALL system that allows learners to compose ... -
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 ... -
Identifying and managing incidents of minor theft within a service for individuals with intellectual disabilities
(2019)Background: Models of service delivery for adults with an intellectual disability in Ireland increasingly focus on delivering services within local communities. Preparation for this transition often focuses on practical ... -
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 ... -
Towards a Better Understanding of Bilingualism: Considerations for Teachers of Children with Speech, Language and Communication Needs
(2018)Census figures show that more and more children in Ireland are growing up speaking two or more languages. While fluency in two languages is generally considered an asset for both children and adults, bilingualism ... -
Interventions for Feeding and Swallowing Disorders in Adults with Intellectual Disability: A Systematic Review of the Evidence
(2020)Feeding and swallowing disorders are prevalent in adults with Intellectual Disability (ID) and can potentially lead to discomfort, malnutrition, dehydration, aspiration, and choking. Most common interventions ... -
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 ...
