Linguistics Senior Research Projects
Research Projects from 2022
Phonetic Speech Variations of L1 Portuguese English Learners, Maria Salow Castillo
The Effects of Augmentative & Alternative Communication on Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Meta-Analysis, Sarah E. Maue
An Application of Skopos Theory to German Literary Translation, Craig Nolan VanDemark
Research Projects from 2021
Humor in the Foreign Language Classroom, Emily M. Walker
Research Projects from 2020
Sociolinguistics and Insider/Outsider Status in Hawai'i, Elissa M. Uithol
Research Projects from 2019
The Translation Process in Interaction between Purpose and Context, Clara G. Hendrickson
Adopting Heritage: What Influences Adoptive Parents in Heritage Language Decisions for Their Internationally Adopted Children, Abigail Mouring
The Influence of Investment on Generation 1.5, Karis E. Ryan
Research Projects from 2018
The Collaborative Function of Verbal Aspect and Aktionsart: A Distributional Analysis of English Verb-Types, Marc A. Agee
What Did God Say? A Critical Analysis of Dynamic Equivalence Theory, Katelyn R. Fisher
Greek and Latin Roots: Differences in Morphological Awareness in J.K.Rowling’s Writing, Josie M. Grooms
“I’m Not Superstitious, but I am a Little Stitious”: The Flouting and Violating of Gricean Maxims in the Sitcom The Office, Natalie M. Lien
Symbolism as the Language of Millennials, Esther L. Mazor
The Effectiveness of Code-Switching in Evangelism: The Use of African American Vernacular English by Standard English Speakers, Cameron Joseph Myers
Listener's Perceptions of Stuttering, Katie Lauren Smith
The Effects of Code-Mixing on Second Language Development, Aimee K. Spice
The Speech Act of Naming in Context: A Linguistic Study of Naming in the Old Testament, Lauren Yost
Research Projects from 2017
Evangelical Perceptions on Linguistic Sexism in English, Anna M. Beckmeyer
Language and Entertainment: Can Language Be Learned Through Movies?, Elizabeth Carraher
The L1 Context Embedding Method in Foreign Language Vocabulary Instruction: A Comparative Study with the Keyword Method, Jordan V. Nanda
Say It Again: A Case Study on Improving Communication in an Autistic Adolescent, Olivia P. Seymour
Research Projects from 2016
What’s in a Name? Sound Symbolism and Coffee Shops, Claire Anderson
Linguistic Expression and Gender: A Function Word Analysis of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Erica Corbiere
A Linguistic Comparison of Biblical Greek and English: How Should the Adverbial Participle Be Translated?, Sarah C. Nickchen
Is This Author Intelligent? The Effect of Spelling Errors on Perception of Authors, Rachel M. Schloneger
The Effect of Signal-Independent Information and Sentence Predictability on Speech Comprehension in Babble Noise for Typical Hearing Young Adults, Mariah N. Smart
The Effects of Bilingualism and Multilingualism on Lexical Retrieval, Sarah E. Young