世界语言研究
世界语言研究
2022年5月- 2023年5月
Analyzing Language Acquisition, Intercultural Competence, and Personal Growth in a
留学经历
悉尼吉姆
2018年5月- 2019年5月
The Role of Gender on the Pronunciation “ch” in Andalusian 西班牙语: A Study of
社会和语言因素
布丽姬特Gibley
The study of the 西班牙语 language includes the study of many different dialects and 变化. For example, Andalusian 西班牙语 contains a variable pronunciation of the 辅音”ch.” The standard pronunciation in 西班牙语 is an affricate sound [tʃ] (as 在" choose "中的" ch "中). However, the 辅音”ch” can also be pronounced in a weakened, fricative sound [ʃ] (as in the “sh” in “shoe”). 这种方言变体 is widespread among speakers of different ages, gender, and education. 先前的研究 (Quilis-María Vaquero, 1973; Melguizo Moreno, 2007; Alberto Méndez, 2017) have found correlations between these sociolinguistic factors and the weakened pronunciation “ch.” However, even though all the studies agree that the fricative pronunciation is more common among speakers from lower socioeconomic and educational backgrounds, the patterns found for age and gender are contradicting.
This study explores the dialectal variation of the 辅音”ch” in Andalusian 西班牙语, in particular the role of gender, by analyzing audio interviews with speakers of Andalusian 西班牙语 in Alcala de Guadaira in Southern Spain. Each speaker is analyzed based on the dependent variable of the pronunciation “ch” and independent variables of gender, education, and phonological context for the consonant. Since the fricative pronunciation “ch” seems to have low prestige in 西班牙语, we expect female speakers to favor the standard affricate pronunciation of this consonant.
指导教师:博士. 卡门Ruiz-Sanchez
Funded by: 十大赌博正规平台在线 Summer Scholars Program
2017年5月- 2018年5月
On April 25, 2018, GN 401 students Karissa Lantz and Paul Sommerville presented their research projects at the 10th Aquinas Annual 学生的研究 Symposium. 下 guidance of their faculty advisor, Dr. 苏珊Hojnacki, they connected their 德国 research topic with their second major (International Studies and Business Administration/Sports Management), their study abroad, internship, practicum, or experiential learning experience, and shared their scholarship with an engaged and interested audience!
Putin, Merkel, and Crimea: The Effects of a Cross-Cultural Diplomatic Relationship Following the Annexation of Crimea
Karis Karissa Lantz (德国 Studies & 国际关系)
This capstone thesis project brings together the two academic fields of International 研究与德国研究. The research seeks to provide a possible understanding of events that occurred between Russia and 德国y following Russia’s annexation of the Crimean Peninsula in eastern Ukraine. Based on the Social Constructivist approach to International Relations and 德国y’s reluctance to be involved in foreign conflicts after World War II, the project focuses on the actions and reactions of Russian President Vladimir Putin and 德国 Chancellor Angela Merkel. 论文的结论是 relationship between a 德国 woman, who grew up in East 德国y, and a Russian man, who was a KGB officer stationed in East 德国y, affected the outcome of events after 吞并克里米亚.
Sport in the GDR: A Structural Analysis of the Communist Development Program. 教训 除了兴奋剂.
Paul Sommerville (德国 Studies & 体育管理)
The 德国 Democratic Republic, or East 德国y, was able to build a world class, state-endorsed sport program with minimal resources and a limited population. 国家 teams were not just able to compete, but rather defeat the world’s best, including the United States and the Soviet Union, at the Olympic level. Speculations of performance-enhancing doping clouded the success and were finally exposed after the Berlin wall fell. My research examines the financial and administrative structure of GDR sport. 在哪里 the money come from, and who made the decisions? What unique processes were in place 这让他们与众不同? How did the rigorous training affect the athletes’ experience? 在哪里 they go wrong and what influenced those decisions? 我会利用我的研究成果 to identify processes from the system that could positively influence current sport organizations, such as national governing bodies and intercollegiate athletic departments.