Conference of University Teachers of German in Great Britain and Ireland

Research in Germanic Studies 1996-97

© The University of Aberdeen and The Institute of Germanic Studies 1996


THESES IN PROGRESS

A LANGUAGE

[General linguistics][Germanic languages generally][German language]


A 1 General linguistics

Conversational analysis and intercultural communication: implications for foreign language teaching (M Phil Sheffield) A. Krengel

An investigation of temporal conceptual relations and their linguistic realization in English and German official aircraft accident reports (PhD Surrey) B. Bajaj

German legal terminology and translation theory (M Phil Sheffield) E. St. John

Identity-generating potential of indigenous bilingualism with special reference to the promotion of Gaelic in Scotland and Sorbian in Germany (PhD Middlesex)

K. Gebel Language and gender (M Phil Lancaster) S. J. Parkins

German Kabarett and language learning: creative misbehaviour (PhD London, KC) J. McNally

Vocabulary acquisition by computer (PhD Thames Valley) S. Myles

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A 2 Germanic languages generally

The weak verbs of Old Norse (PhD Newcastle upon Tyne) J. Skinner

The influence of English on German (M Phil London, RH) R. Griffiths

A study of interlanguage phonology with reference to English speakers learning German (M Phil London, RH) A. Broomfield

Terminology of congenital malformations and its perception by different user groups (PhD Kingston) S. Mühlhaus

German ‘Languages for All’ provision in higher education: an evaluative case study with particular reference to student drop-out (PhD Newcastle upon Tyne) N. Reimann

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A 3 German language

The weak verbs of Old High German (PhD Newcastle upon Tyne) C. Bailey

A study based on the evidence in 16th-century Weistümer of the contribution of regional varieties and levelling to the development of the German Standard Language (PhD Leeds) I. Lamparter

The language of the Nuremberg manuscript of Hans Schiltberger’s Reisebuch (M Litt Newcastle upon Tyne) Z. Erol

Language norm and language usage: the problem of lexical unity in Early Modern German (PhD Newcastle upon Tyne) M. Whitaker

Diversity and development in the language of National Socialism (PhD London, RH) G. Horan

Do-support in negation and the history of German (PhD Newcastle upon Tyne) N. Langer

Germanic dialect in the Lorraine area of France (M Phil Greenwich) S. Hughes

The use and application of vowel gradation in the Germanic languages (PhD Bristol) N. J. Laker

German Kabarett and language learning: creative misbehaviour (PhD London, KC) J. McNally

Language attitudes towards standard German in the Wiesloch area (PhD Manchester) A. Hof

Aspects of the theory of literary translation, based on a practical study of existing German translations of Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses (PhD St. Andrews) I. Westphal

A case study in translation: the Aberdeen doctors (PhD Aberdeen) S. Weyland

Analysis of a corpus of contemporary German economics and management discourse (PhD Birmingham) A. Mackison

The language of German political advertising (M Phil Leicester) J. Maxwell

Text type hierarchies and the application of functional-notional syllabuses to university German courses (M Litt Newcastle upon Tyne) G. Wright

The role of the German play in the teaching and learning of German as a foreign language at Irish universities (MA NUI UCC) A. Murray

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