• Gender and metadiscourse in British and Saudi newspaper column writing: male/female and native/non-native differences in language use 

  Alsubhi, Aeshah Saadi (University College Cork, 2016)

  The topic of gender differences has proved to be a popular line of inquiry for researchers for decades, and the recent growing interest in the pervasive phenomenon of metadiscourse makes it a major domain in the research ...
• A multimodal analysis of the rhetorical devices used for meaning-making and humour in Saudi media cartoons 

  Alsadi, Wejdan M. (University College Cork, 2016)

  This study is an attempt to push forward research on cartoons and humour in the Saudi context which has little scholarly attention. It is further a contribution to the growing multimodal research on non-interactional humour ...
• The contribution of Victor Hugo to the liberation, emancipation, and changing perceptions of women in 19th century French society 

  Ní Riordáin, Jeanna (University College Cork, 2015)

  The over-riding perceptions of Victor Hugo’s attitudes towards women are intensely coloured by his deep-seated Romanticism and his well-testified, stifling and over-bearing treatment of women in his personal life. As such, ...
• Study abroad and complexity, accuracy and fluency (CAF) development: a longitudinal investigation of French and Chinese Learners of L2 English 

  Jensen, Julia Maria (University College Cork, 2015)

  This longitudinal study tracked third-level French (n=10) and Chinese (n=7) learners of English as a second language (L2) during an eight-month study abroad (SA) period at an Irish university. The investigation sought to ...
• The Celtic dragon slayer - a literary analysis of Tochmarc Emire in connection with Tristan et Iseut 

  Theuerkauf, Marie-Luise (University College Cork, 2015)

  As Celtic scholars have long noted, the medieval Irish tale Tochmarc Emire “The Courtship of Emer” is heavily indebted to other medieval Irish texts. In this tale of courtship and otherworldly quests, the Irish hero Cú ...

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