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
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