• Mapping pragmatic competence to the CEFR: a cross-sectional study of L2 English requests 

  McCarthy, Martina Maria (University College Cork, 2018)

  This thesis broadly investigates the development of L2 pragmatic competence of English language study abroad learners at B1, B2, and C1 level. It also tests the validity of the CEFR descriptors for “sociolinguistic ...
• Le théâtre migrant ou la dimension transculturelle dans les dramaturgies de Marie NDiaye et de Abla Farhoud - étude comparée 

  Paire, Roxane (University College Cork, 2018)

  This PhD thesis aims to highlight the emergence of new ways to represent collectivity in the French and Francophone theatrical lanscapes from the early eighties until now. I hereby confront selected theatrical pieces written ...
• Sociopragmatic development in study abroad contexts: the role of learner status in the use of second language pragmatic markers 

  Magliacane, Annarita (University College Cork, 2017)

  With the ever-growing number of individuals who embark on study abroad (SA) sojourns, SA research has become a prolific and well-established area of investigation in Second Language Acquisition (SLA) research. However, ...
• Sartre on Flaubert: philosophy becoming literature 

  Edwards, Mary Louise (University College Cork, 2017)

  This thesis aims to illuminate the philosophical importance of Jean-Paul Sartre’s final major work, L’Idiot de la famille (The Family Idiot), by arguing that it is not only a biographical study of the literary author Gustave ...
• Complexity, accuracy, and fluency (CAF) development in L2 writing: the effects of proficiency level, learning environment, text type, and time among Saudi EFL learners 

  Alghizzi, Talal Musaed (University College Cork, 2017)

  The purpose of this longitudinal exploratory research is to investigate the influence of four factors: proficiency levels, text types, times, and learning environments on the writing complexity, accuracy, and fluency of ...

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