Modern Languages (School of): Recent submissions
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The acquisition of Bradford English dialect features by adult speakers of Pakistani heritage
(2022-11-30) - ThesisThis thesis examines the multiple linguistic and social factors that condition dialect acquisition in second-language speakers of English living in Bradford, UK. More specifically, it provides a quantitative analysis of ... -
Federico García Lorca’s poetry in English : translating the margins
(2021-12-01) - ThesisFederico García Lorca (1898-1936) boasts a rich textual afterlife through translation. Thus far, academic research has largely neglected the study of the translated texts themselves, particularly the repeated renderings ... -
The linguistic construction of heroes and villains in the English-language press of Malawi : from totalitarianism to democracy, 1964-2012
(2016-02-01) - ThesisUsing the conceptual metaphors of ‘hero’ and ‘villain’, the study argues that identities of Malawian presidents are not objective socio-constructs but dependent on political systems and newspaper ideology. Anchored ... -
Monitoring tuberculosis treatment response using molecular techniques
(University of St Andrews, 2019-12-03) - ThesisThis study looks to monitor tuberculosis treatment response using molecular techniques. An assay for the detection and enumeration of Mycobacterium tuberculosis already existed in the form of the Mycobacterial Load ... -
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(2021-12-01) - Thesis