Laurel Smith Stvan

Supervised Dissertations and Theses

Ph.D. Dissertations
M.A. Theses

Completed
2009. Zuercher, Ken. (Ph.D. Linguistics)
Azerbaijan-Russian Code-switching and Code-mixing: Form, function, and identity

2009. Welch, Catharine Moore. (Ph.D. Linguistics).
The Emergence of Pragmatic Softeners by Instructed Learners of Spanish in the Study Abroad and Immersion Contexts.

2009. Liang, Szu-Yen Neal. (Ph.D. Linguistics).
The Acquisition of Chinese Classifier Systems by L2 Adult Learners.

2007. Fauzi, Sarah May. (Ph.D. Linguistics).
"Does Your Throat Hurt More in the Morning or Throughout the Day?" "Yes.": Intercultural Medical Discourse.

2004. Btoosh, Mousa. (Ph.D. Linguistics).
Interlanguage Lexicology of Arab Students of English: A Computer Learner Corpus-Based Approach.

Ongoing
Almubayei, Dalal S.
Articulations of identity within Kuwaiti youth groups: Language choices, identity, and social cliques in public versus private high schools

Bishop, Cameron.
Comprehension in Multimedia Discourse

Carter, Natalie Raun.
A Text Analysis of Threats

Dziugis, Mary Ann.
Dyadic Discourse among Strangers: The Decline of Spanish Formal Address in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Evans, John.
Features of Jeju Dialect Narratives

Linerode, Amanda.
Information Structure and Object Marking in Classical Hebrew: A Discourse and Pragmatic-Based Approach

Marji, Lana.
"Why don't you use Arabic?" "Hello … 9/11." Identity and Societal Integration Among Second Generation Arabs in America: Christian and Muslim Jordanian Families

Mahoney, Patrick.
Argument Structure of Fang Verbs of Communication

Rhinier, Lynelle.


Rogers, K. Larry.
American Sign Language Verb Categories in Constructed Action


Completed
2009. McFadden, Presley. (MA TESOL).
Are We Speaking the Same Language?: The Use of the Mother Tongue by Native English Speaking Teachers in English as a Foreign Language Classrooms.

2005. Bailey, Frank. (MA TESOL).
Overseas Language Learning Experience: Student Beliefs about Their Teachers' Qualifications.

2005. Walter, Kelly. (MA TESOL).
The Eritrean English Curriculum: Grades 2-6, Assessing Academic Readiness.

2004. Rauschuber, Brianna. (MA Linguistics).
Code-Switching in the Speech of Spanish-English Bilinguals.

2002. Howard, David. (MA Linguistics).
Continuity and Given-New Status of Discourse Referents in Adzera Oral Narrative.


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Last Updated: October 5, 2009