• The construction of group identities and the positioning of ‘Irishness’ in computer-mediated siscourse surrounding the repeal of the Eighth Amendment 

  Grant, Ciara (University College Cork, 2021)

  In 2018 Ireland held a referendum proposing a repeal of an historic amendment to the Constitution which guaranteed the unborn child a right to life equal to that of the mother, effectively rendering abortion illegal in ...
• Voices from the outside: Homeric exiles in twentieth-century French writing 

  Burke, Catherine (University College Cork, 2020)

  This thesis explores the twentieth-century trope of the outsider but from a modern and Homeric perspective. The corpus of artists under review each develop a symbiotic relationship with Homer and his epics, the Iliad and ...
• Social and personal engagement and development during study abroad: experiential perspectives from Saudi language learners 

  Almohammade, Nesreen (University College Cork, 2021-02-24)

  This thesis is a longitudinal study that aims to explore Saudi language learners’ experiences in a study-abroad environment. The study investigated their contact with the language, culture and academic life in Ireland and ...
• Language practices and experiences among active and heritage speakers of Romani: a cross-country comparison of Czech and Slovak Roma 

  Plachetka, Martin (University College Cork, 2021)

  This study examines Romani language use, attitudes and identity issues in the context of the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Qualitative data on Roma language experiences and attitudes surrounding Romani use, transmission, ...
• 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 ...

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