Pujadas Jorba, Geòrgia (Date of defense: 2019-11-22)
This doctoral dissertation explores the benefits of an extensive exposure to L2 television for content comprehension and vocabulary learning with beginner, adolescent EFL learners, through a longitudinal ...
Ruiz Tada, Marina (Date of defense: 2019-01-15)
The main purpose of this thesis is to research the interactional behavior of transnational Japanese-English bilingual women on Facebook (FB) through photo- initiated Status Updates (SUs) in terms of the ...
Ter Avest, Irene (Date of defense: 2017-09-29)
Cross-linguistic influence in L3 acquisition appears to be mediated by a complex interplay of factors, among which L2 status and perceived typological distance appear to be the most important ones, at ...
Hernáiz, Rodrigo, 1951- (Date of defense: 2018-05-30)
This thesis interrogates the extent to which a range of written variation in the Old Babylonian letters from the central area of Mesopotamia relate significantly to variables denoting temporal-historical ...
Theofanopoulou, Constantina (Date of defense: 2019-03-21)
In my thesis I investigate the evolution of human sociality and its possible role for providing a scaffold to the evolution of language. My approach is multidisciplinary and includes studies ranging ...
Choquet, Marianne (Date of defense: 2013-07-18)
This composite thesis is the fruit of a marriage between the creative, imaginative, and critical aspects of writing. The overall aim of its elaboration has been the creation and critical examination of ...
Joan Rodríguez, Meritxell (Date of defense: 2019-11-29)
This dissertation aims to put forward a thorough reflection on contemporary processes of identity constructions, both individual and collective, which are criss-crossed by experiences of migration ...
Walls, Francesca (Date of defense: 2018-12-07)
This thesis assesses how languages are managed in families with at least one transnational anglophone parent (TAP) resident in the metropolitan region of Barcelona. The languages chosen by TAPS for use ...
García Laguía, Alexandro-Xavier (Date of defense: 2018-11-23)
The first chapter of the dissertation provides a description of the sociolinguistic background of Northern Alta and subsequently presents the methods used to collect data in the field, including recording ...