Theses in Linguistics: Abstracts
This page provides access to abstracts of most of the theses completed since 1997 for the M.A. program in Linguistics at the University of North Dakota. See also the complete list of thesis titles since 1959.
In some cases, the abstract includes a link to download the thesis itself. These downloadable versions are virtually identical to the hardcopy versions on file at the University of North Dakota library, although some have slight changes in formatting and other minor editing (done either by the author or with the author's permission).
Index of abstracts by author
| Aasen, Gayle | 2005 | Use of Low German by the Mennonites of Manitoba and dialect differences between the East and West Reserves | [abstract] |
| Aldrich, Ruth A. | 2006 | Parents' perceptions of children's attitude of the heritage language through intergenerational reading in the L1 | [abstract] |
| Anonby, Stan J. | 1997 | Reversing language shift: Can Kwak'wala be revived? | [abstract] |
| Aviles, Arthur J. | 2008 | The phonology and morphology of Dar Daju Daju | [abstract] |
| Berthelette, John J. | 2004 | Information structure in narrative texts in Byali (a Gur language of Benin) | [abstract] |
| Brown, Janessa L. | 2009 | A brief sketch of Urama grammar with special consideration of particles marking agency, aspect, and modality | [abstract] |
| Caneday, Renae | 2005 | Interlanguage coda production of Hmong second language learners of English | [abstract] |
| Cross, David | 2010 | Word Order typology in modern South Arabian languages: A study based on a corpus of analyzed texts | [abstract] |
| Dyrud, Lars | 2001 | Hindi-Urdu: Stress accent or non-stress accent? | [abstract] |
| Fast, Kara S. | 2008 | Subordination, grounding and the packaging of information in Gojri | [abstract] |
| Festen, Bradley D. | 2008 | Verbal tone in Mpyemo | [abstract] |
| Friesen, Dan T. | 2002 | Oroko orthography development: Linguistic and sociolinguistic factors | [abstract] |
| Friesen, Lisa | 2002 | Valence change and Oroko verb morphology (Mbonge Dialect) | [abstract] |
| Gainer, Karen L. | 2008 | Constituent order and participant reference in Dolna Hani narrative discourse | [abstract] |
| Hall, Jacob M. | 2009 | Palembangese in print: An NLS look at literacies, linguacies, communicacies, and culturacies in South Sumatra | [abstract] |
| Hauser, Henry J. | 2008 | Biliteracy and skills transfer: Literacy skills transfer from Arabic to English focusing on lexical access | [abstract] |
| Hettich, Bela G. | 2002 | Ossetian: Revisiting inflectional morphology | [abstract] |
| Karan, Elke | 2006 | Writing system development and reform: A process | [abstract] |
| Kuzhabekova, Aliya S. | 2003 | Past, present and future of language policy in Kazakhstan | [abstract] |
| Leander, Anita J. | 2008 | Acoustic correlates of fortis/lenis in San Francisco Ozolotepec Zapotec | [abstract] |
| Leslie, Holly A. | 2009 | A study in the design and impact of an oral/aural bridge component in second language literacy | [abstract] |
| Lewis, Joelle C. | 2007 | The -ing suffix in French | [abstract] |
| Losey, Wayne | 2002 | Writing Gojri: Linguistic and sociolinguistic constraints on a standardized orthography for the Gujars of South Asia | [abstract] |
| Ma, Kang Yuen (Felix) | 1997 | The relation between the writing system and the use of metaphor in English and Chinese | [abstract] |
| McKendry, Inga | 2001 | Two studies of Mixtec languages | [abstract] |
| Miller, Dustin D. | 2008 | Production of Bangla stops by native English speakers learning Bangla: An acoustic analysis | [abstract] |
| Owen, Gretta | 2010 | Berne, Indiana Swiss German: Lessons learned from a small-Scale documentation project | [abstract] |
| Pavey, Emma | 2001 | Information structure in Acadian French | [abstract] |
| Quigley, Edward C. | 2003 | Awara phonology | [abstract] |
| Quigley, Susan R. | 2002 | The Awara verbal system | [abstract] |
| Revilla, Bettina | 2009 | Place names in Israeli Sign Language | [abstract] |
| Rodionova, Elena | 2001 | Word order and information structure in Russian syntax | [abstract] |
| Sachs, April | 2010 | Motion events in Seri: Applying Talmy's typologies | [abstract] |
| Smith, Jessica | 2010 | Placing İsmayilli Lezgi among the Lezgi dialects | [abstract] |
| Smith, Rebecca D. | 2007 | The noun class system of Ut-Ma'in, a West Kainji language of Nigeria | [abstract] |
| Souza, Isaac | 2010 | A phonological description of “Pet Talk” in Arara | [abstract] |
| Souza, Shirley | 2010 | The morphology of nouns in the Ugoroŋmo language (Arara of Pará) | [abstract] |
| Thiessen, Stuart M. | 2011 | A grammar of SignWriting | [abstract] |
| Tiessen, Calvin F. | 2003 | Positive orientation towards the vernacular among the Talysh of Sumgayit | [abstract] |
| Walker, Heather J. | 1999 | Student participation in the academic discourse community: An ESL student working independently and ESL students working with writing tutors | [abstract] |
| Yoder, Brendon E. | 2011 | Phonological and phonetic aspects of Enganno vowels | [abstract] |
All theses since 1959
SIL-UND Linguistics Program
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University of North Dakota