Honours Theses (Modern Languages and Cultural Studies)
Items in this Collection
- 1Ana Isabel Oliveira e Silva Bandeira de Melo
- 1Arzt, Jessica
- 1Belcourt, Billy-Ray
- 1Cavanagh, Brendan
- 1Cody Ritter
- 1Elana Svenningsen
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2019-04-01
This study is a replication of a previous study done by Atterer & Ladd (2004) looking at the prosodic contours of English and German bilinguals. Atterer & Ladd (2004) showed that segmental anchoring of prenuclear rising accents occurs in both English and German, but speakers of these languages...
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Me, You, and Mia Holl the Subjects of Normalization: Normalization through representation – implications of normalized protest suicide
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Submitted on April 4, 2014 in fulfillment of the degree of BA Combine Honours German and Political Science; Supervisors: Dr. Carrie Smith-Prei and Dr. Catherine Kellogg
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Overcoming the Populist Discourse: A Literary Analysis of the Methodology in Patria o muerte
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The centrality of Simón Bolívar in the Venezuelan imaginarium has contemporarily been replaced by Hugo Chávez Frías (1999 - 2013). To the point that Chávez has centralized not just the government, but also the lives of Venezuelans around his own. Even after his death, the effects of his charisma,...
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Poudlard, Pudding and Perfect Pronunciation: Linguistic and Cultural Translation in the French Harry Potter Series
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Submitted on December 19, 2012 in fulfillment of the degree of BA Honours French; Supervisor: Dr. Christian Reyns
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Pronouncing Anglicisms: On the difficulty experienced by English-dominant learners of German
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Submitted on April 19, 2012 in fulfillment of the degree of BA Honours German Language and Literature; Supervisor: Dr. Claudia Kost
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2023-05-15
Germany’s twentieth century was one filled with traumas, both inflicted and experienced. By looking at portrayals of the German Democratic Republic’s surveillance apparatus in fictional narratives, done here by analyzing Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s The Lives of Others film, not only are...
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Revealing Representations: An Intersectional Analysis of Autobiography and Women of Colour in Francophone Comics
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This inquiry focuses on the diverse representations of marginalized women’s experiences in the texts of Francophone comics or la bande dessinée. This project and its goals are twofold. First, it is about understanding explicit and implicit messages conveyed in contemporary autobiographical French...