School of Linguistic, Speech and Communication Sciences : Recent submissions
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The language learning motivation of Chinese postgraduate students in Ireland: From the perspectives of Neo-Confucian learning philosophy
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Linguistic Speech & Comm Sci. Discipline of Clin Speech & Language Studies, 2018)This doctoral thesis investigates the English language motivation of Chinese students enrolled in one-year Master?s programmes at Trinity College Dublin, in Ireland. These students, from what can be described as a Confucian ... -
Gulf Pidgin Arabic: An Empirical Investigation into its Emergence and Social Attitude
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Linguistic Speech & Comm Sci. C.L.C.S., 2017)While there are many contact languages that have been covered by sociolinguistic research, to date, most of those documented contact varieties are European-based and many have emerged out of imperial forces driven by the ... -
Stories from the other side: outcomes from Narrative Therapy for people who stutter
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Linguistic Speech & Comm Sci. Discipline of Clin Speech & Language Studies, 2018)Stories from the Other Side: Outcomes from Narrative Therapy for people who stutter Background. Stuttering is a disorder of speech encompassing motor speech, emotional and cognitive factors, impacting on the life and ... -
Principles of English spelling formation
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Linguistic Speech & Comm Sci. C.L.C.S., 2018)Studies of English spelling have primarily focussed on correspondences between spelling and sound among core, standard spellings. Segmental-level correspondences have been examined in detail (Venezky 1970, Cummings 1988, ... -
Inter-professional practice to support effective language enrichment in primary school classrooms: an action research inquiry
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Linguistic Speech & Comm Sci. Discipline of Clin Speech & Language Studies, 2018)Language ability entails our capacity to express ourselves and to understand what others are saying. Language difficulties can have a negative impact on children?s academic achievement, social skills, emotional regulation, ... -
Investigating perceived challenges in English language writing instruction: An action research study in a Saudi university preparatory programme
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Linguistic Speech & Comm Sci. C.L.C.S., 2017)This study investigates English language writing in a Saudi university context. In this project, it became clear that teachers as well as learners should be involved in any investigation of English language writing. Teaching ... -
Development of an automatic attitude recognition system: a multimodal analysis of video blogs
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Linguistic Speech & Comm Sci. C.L.C.S., 2017)Communicative content in human communication involves expressivity of socio-affective states. Research in Linguistics, Social Signal Processing and Affective Computing in particular, highlights the importance of affect, ... -
Balancing multimodality and relevance
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Schizophrenia and Metarepresentational Abilities in Conversation: A Preliminary Analysis of Question Interpretation from a Relevance Theoretic Perspective
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Audiological Screening in a Primary Care paediatric LHO
(2013)Pragmatic disruption is associated with a range of acquired communication disorders of both neurogenic and psychiatric origin. This chapter provides an overview of the main themes in the research into pragmatic disruption ... -
Disruption of pragmatics in adulthood
(Springer-Verlag, 2017)Pragmatic disruption is associated with a range of acquired communication disorders, of both neurogenic and psychiatric origin. This chapter services as an overview of the issues raised in this the chapters which follow, ... -
Text-to-speech synthesis in computer-assisted language learning for Irish : development and evaluation
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Centre for Language and Communication Studies, 2014)This thesis sets out to develop and evaluate speech synthesis-based computer-assisted language learning (CALL) platforms. Central to this work is the evaluation of the fitness- for-purpose, as part of a language teaching/learning ... -
First and second language socialisation processes among Polish immigrant adolescents in Ireland : ethnography and case study
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Centre for Language and Communication Studies, 2015)Due to the dramatic increase in the population of immigrants in Ireland in recent years, the sociolinguistic dynamics of Irish classrooms has changed considerably. This thesis takes a Language Socialisation (LS) perspective ... -
Talking about space : the Spatial Reference System of Irish English
(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 ... -
Vocal correlates of affective states
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Centre for Language and Communication Studies, 2010)This thesis explores the mapping of voice quality to affect. Three studies have been conducted. The principal study of this thesis is a cross-language study, aimed at clarifying how variations in voice quality (in synthesised ... -
You have no idea. You have no idea what it is like...not to be able to talk : exploring the impact and experience of acquired neurological dysarthria from the speaker's perspective
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Clinical Speech & Language Studies, 2003)This thesis explores the impact and experience of acquired neurological dysarthria. Despite the fact that this is the most commonly acquired speech disorder, little has been written to date on its psychological impact, ... -
Language development in extra-territorial languages : terms of address in Colombian Spanish
(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 ... -
Speak to me...speak to me please : Conversational sociability: an emergent ability amidst perceived disability in chronic schizophrenia
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Clinical Speech & Language Studies, 2002)An analysis of the conversational interactions of people with chronic schizophrenia, to expose an ability where heretofore disability has been described, is the focus of this thesis. Conversation is one aspect of communication ...
