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Comparative study of the oral proficiency of Chinese learners of English: A discourse marker perspective
(2009-05)
Scope and Method of Study: This study investigates the use of discourse markers by Chinese college-level learners of English. It compares the use of discourse markers by students at different proficiency levels. An audio-video ...
Roots to Routes: Contemporary indigenous fiction by women writers in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand
(2009-12)
Scope and Method of Study: This study analyzes the role of place and its cultural significance in the fiction of eight contemporary Indigenous women writers from the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, four ...
Metaphorical expressions in Indian English: A cross-cultural usage-based study
(2009-07)
Scope and Method of Study: This exploratory study on the use of metaphors in an indigenized variety of English--Indian English--sought to discover the degree to which the language varied or stayed close to the norm-giving ...
Socializing role of codes and code-switching among Korean children in the U. S.
(2009-05)
Scope and Method of Study: This study examines the code-switching habits of Korean children in a Korean speech community in the United States in order to understand the socializing role of codes and code-switching. The ...
Cultures of corruption: British libertinism and its colonial manifestations
(2009-05)
Scope and Method of Study: My dissertation treats Britain's colonization of India and examines how it produced a particularly subversive western influence among upper-class Bengali men, illustrating in particular the many ...
Getaway Girl: A novel and critical introduction
(2009-12)
Scope and Method of Study: The Getaway Girl is a novel that has undergone extensive revisions in terms of both form and content since the earliest drafts of several now discarded chapters were written for graduate fiction ...