This study investigates the nature of interactions among native and nonnative speakers of English. The research design is qualitative and uses a microgenetic analysis approach to study collaborative dialogue. The research questions focus on the use of private speech, the cogniti…
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This dissertation was intended to explore the question of whether infants begin to incorporate aspects of the adult target language to which they are exposed into their own vocalizations prior to the emergence of first words and, if so, whether adult listeners are sensitive to s…
The present study undertook to address two questions: (1) are there any age-relatable relationships between the spoken and written syntax of adolescent students within a mainstream secondary school? (2) are there any relationships associated with the educational attainment of th…
Named entities (NE), the noun or noun phrases referring to persons, locations and organizations, are among the most information-bearing linguistic structures. Extracting and translating named entities benefits many natural language processing problems such as cross-lingual infor…
The purpose of this dissertation was twofold: The general purpose was to further investigate the properties of the phonological loop by extending the irrelevant sound effect paradigm to music. The specific purpose was to investigate the similarity of content (Salame & Baddley, 1…
My dissertation has two goals: the first is to prove that historical syntax has a value in subgrouping; the second is to reconstruct parts of the syntax of the Aramaic dialect groups. The work focuses on three topics: the development of adverbial subordination, nominal modifiers…
This is an ethnographic study of the intimate relationship between forms of contemporary Islamic practice in Turkey and institutional change in the late Ottoman Empire and Republic, culminating in the impact of mass broadcast media on the public sphere in the context of rapid ec…
This dissertation examines the use of speech terminology in the Hebrew Psalter in order to find out why the terminology is used frequently and what it teaches about speech ethics. Also, it seeks to determine the Psalter's contribution to the study of Old Testament ethics in gene…
Speech exists as a weapon in our increasingly networked world today. Every day there is a new case where a dissident spoke out against a repressive regime and disappeared; an Olympic athlete `Tweeted' a racial slur and lost their ability to compete; or a traveler made a joke on …
Amaç: Çalışmamızın amacı, unilateral koklear implant kullanıcılarının ve bimodal koklear implant kullanıcılarının dinleme eforlarını karşılaştırmalı olarak değerlendirerek; bimodal koklear implant kullanıcılarında, bimodal işitmeyle sağlanan binaural uyarımın avantajları ve bu k…
The goal of this thesis is to explore a possibility for a viable alternative/replacement to the Amharic typewriter. Amharic is the national language of Ethiopia. It is one of the oldest languages in the world. Actually, the root-language of Amharic, called Geez, is a descendent …
The goal of this thesis is to modify the traditional linear prediction (LP) analysis in such way that the fluctuations of the LP coefficients are reduced, while the pitch pulse shape evolves slowly. These modifications can lead to an increase in the coding efficiency and/or an i…
Throughout Western music from the 1960s until today—in genres and epochs ranging from concert music, to experimental albums in popular music, to goofy YouTube videos—we can hear a peculiar phenomenon: musical works in which the music is organized around sound recordings of speec…
How can Paul tell a church he was correcting for uncharitable interrelationships that they were “able to admonish one another” (Rom 15:14)? This passage is one of sixteen within Paul’s letters which addresses ethical speech-acts that ought to occur among believers and result in …
The current study examined the change in articulatory patterns when speakers were asked to increase and decrease their speaking rate by matching metered and rhythmic audio recordings and by matching metered and rhythmic audiovisual recordings. There were 10 participants, five ma…
This research is aimed at investigating the apology strategies and responses to apology employed by Saudis in speech acts. In investigating the apology strategies and response to apology, the study also explores the different factors that could affect the choice of these strateg…
There has been an increasing demand for commercial organisations to foster real-time interaction with customers, because harnessing customer competencies has been shown to be a major contributor towards various benefits, such as growth, innovation and competition. This may drive…