Modern Languages Theses: Recent submissions
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Negotiating home spaces: spatial practices in Italian postcolonial literature
(2015) - ThesisThis thesis analyses a selection of Italian postcolonial novels from a spatial perspective, exploring the ways in which specific spaces come to play crucial roles in the narration. By investigating the work of Cristina ... -
The German language and Reunification 1990 : the effect of emotion on the use of modal particles in East and West Berlin
(2002) - ThesisThe thesis looks at the language of Germany before and after unification in 1990. In particular the language of the German Democratic Republic before the Wende is examined and the subsequent changes within it. Furthermore, ... -
Genres instables : ludic performances of autofiction in the works of Catherine Cusset, Philippe Vilain, Chloé Delaume and Éric Chevillard
(University of St Andrews, 2015-11-30) - ThesisAutofiction has been the subject of much critical investigation in France, yet little of this theory extends to contemporary texts. Furthermore, autofictional theory has, until now, neglected the study of ludic performance ... -
The phonematics, phonotactics and para-phonotactics of southern Standard British English
(1987) - ThesisAs the title indicates, this thesis is concerned with a thorough investigation of the "phonematic", "phonotactic" and "para-phonotactic" sub-systems of Southern Standard British English from the view-point of the theory ... -
The emergence of post-hybrid identities : a comparative analysis of national identity formations in Germany’s contemporary hip-hop culture
(2016-06-25) - ThesisThis thesis examines how hip-hop has become a meaningful cultural movement for contemporary artists in Hamburg and in Oldenburg. The comparative analysis is guided by a three-dimensional theoretical framework that considers ...