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Author:

Roggia, Aaron B.

Title:

Unaccusativity and Word Order in Mexican Spanish: An Examination of Syntactic Interfaces and the Split Intransitivity Hierarchy

Graduate Program:

Spanish

Keywords:

Syntax-discourse Interface
Unaccusativity
Split-Intransitivity
Word Order
Spanish
Mexican Spanish
Syntax-lexicon Interface
Focus

File:

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Committee Members:

John Lipski, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Lipski, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Almeida Jacqueline Toribio, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rena Torres Cacoullos, Committee Member
Carrie Neal Jackson, Committee Member
Marie Gillette Speicher, Committee Member
Barbara E Bullock, Committee Member

Author:

Brown, Joshua R.

Title:

Religious Identity and Language Shift among Amish-Mennonites in Kishacoquillas Valley, Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

German

Keywords:

Anabaptist
Amish-Mennonite
religious identity
sectarian
language shift

File:

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Committee Members:

Barry Richard Page Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Barry Richard Page Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Carrie Neal Jackson, Committee Member
Michael Travis Putnam, Committee Member
John Lipski, Committee Member

Author:

Isenberg, Noelle Ariane

Title:

A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF DEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOMES IN WEB-BASED AND CLASSROOM-BASED GERMAN LANGUAGE EDUCATION AT THE POST-SECONDARY LEVEL: VOCABULARY, GRAMMAR, LANGUAGE PROCESSING, AND ORAL PROFICIENCY DEVELOPMENT

Graduate Program:

German

Keywords:

age
phonological working memory
individual differences
grammaticality judgment
translation recognition
WebCAPE
SOPI
text-based chat
mobile language learning
German language
oral proficiency
distance language learning
online language learning
language learning
distance learning
online learning
semester standing
SAT scores
grades
development
developmental outcomes
The Pennsylvania State University
German Online at PSU

File:

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Committee Members:

Barry Richard Page Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Barry Richard Page Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
J Scott Payne, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Steve L Thorne, Committee Member
Carrie Neal Jackson, Committee Member
Adrian Johannes Wanner, Committee Member

Author:

Shrefler, Nathan Laurence

Title:

Readability and German Bibles

Graduate Program:

German

Keywords:

Luther
Bible
Lexical Density
Readability

File:

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Committee Members:

Barry Richard Page Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Carrie Neal Jackson, Committee Member
Steve L Thorne, Committee Member
Sinfree Bullock Makoni, Committee Member

Author:

Bobb, Susan Christine

Title:

MORPHOLOGY IN BILINGUAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING: THE ROLE OF SECOND LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY IN ACQUIRING GRAMMATICAL GENDER

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

critical period
morphology
bilingualism
grammatical gender

File:

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Committee Members:

Judith Fran Kroll, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Carrie Neal Jackson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel J Weiss, Committee Member
Maya Misra, Committee Member
Paola Eulalia Dussias, Committee Member

Author:

Mcgregor, Janice Michelle

Title:

On Community Participation and Identity Negotiation in a Study Abroad Context: A Multiple Case Study

Graduate Program:

German

Keywords:

study abroad
identity
language learning
community participation
case study
ethnography

File:

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Committee Members:

Carrie Neal Jackson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Carrie Neal Jackson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Barry Richard Page Jr., Committee Member
Dr John Plews, Committee Member
Celeste S Kinginger, Committee Member
Robert William Schrauf, Special Member

Author:

Scaltz, Tracy Cramer

Title:

Verb Frequency Effects and Mood Preference: Implications for the L2 Teaching and Learning of Negated Matrix Verbs of Belief

Graduate Program:

Spanish

Keywords:

verb frequency
mood preference
socio-pragmatic intention
pedagogy
subjunctive/indicative
negated matrix verbs of belief

File:

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Committee Members:

Paola Eulalia Dussias, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paola Eulalia Dussias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rena Torres Cacoullos, Committee Member
Carrie Neal Jackson, Committee Member
Karen Lynn Miller, Committee Member
Maria Rosa Truglio, Committee Member

Author:

Dietrich, Amelia Jane

Title:

The Role of Probabilistic Cues in L2 Processing: Verb bias in Spanish and English

Graduate Program:

Spanish

Keywords:

sentence processing
bilingualism
corpus linguistics
verb bias
psycholinguistics
Spanish

File:

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Committee Members:

Paola Eulalia Dussias, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paola Eulalia Dussias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Carrie Neal Jackson, Committee Member
Rena Torres Cacoullos, Committee Member
John Lipski, Committee Member
Karen Lynn Miller, Committee Member

Author:

Roccamo, Ashley Lynne

Title:

Comparing the Success of Pronunciation Instruction in Beginner and Intermediate German Language Classrooms

Graduate Program:

German

Keywords:

German
Linguistics
Education
L2 Pronunciation
Second Language Acquisition
Phonology
Accent

File:

Download Roccamo_Dissertation_FINAL_Apr_2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Barry Richard Page Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Carrie Neal Jackson, Committee Member
Michael Travis Putnam, Committee Member
Paola Eulalia Dussias, Committee Member
Dr Mary O'brien, Special Member

Author:

Villegas Erce, Alvaro

Title:

The role of L2 English immersion in the processing of L1 Spanish sentence complement/relative clause ambiguities

Graduate Program:

Spanish

Keywords:

Sentence processing
Spanish
Subjunctive mood

File:

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Committee Members:

Paola Eulalia Dussias, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew J Marr, Committee Member
Karen Lynn Miller, Committee Member
Matthew Carlson, Committee Member
Carrie Neal Jackson, Special Member

Author:

Hendricks, Alison Klara Eisel

Title:

Inconsistent input and amount of exposure: child language acquisition of Fering, a dialect of North Frisian

Graduate Program:

German

Keywords:

child language acquisition
morphology
inconsistent input
German
North Frisian

File:

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Committee Members:

Carrie Neal Jackson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Lynn Miller, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Barry Richard Page Jr., Committee Member
Michael Travis Putnam, Committee Member

Author:

Qvarnstrom, Marie Yvonne

Title:

The Impact of Societal Changes and Attitudes on the Maintenance and Shift of Pennsylvania German among the Old Order Amish in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

German

Keywords:

PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN
LANGUAGE MAINTENANCE
SHIFT
ATTITUDE
SOCIOECONOMIC
SOCIOCULTURAL CHANGES / LANCASTER COUNTY

File:

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Committee Members:

Barry Richard Page Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Carrie Neal Jackson, Committee Member
Michael Travis Putnam, Committee Member
John Lipski, Committee Member

Author:

Henry, Nicholas Alan

Title:

Morphosyntactic Processing, Cue Interaction, and the Effects of Instruction: An Investigation of Processing Instruction and the Acquisition of Case Markings in L2 German

Graduate Program:

German

Keywords:

second language acquisition
sentence processing
German
applied linguistics
Processing Instruction
Input Processing

File:

Download Nick_Henry_Dissertation__Final_.pdf

Committee Members:

Carrie Neal Jackson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Barry Richard Page Jr., Committee Member
Michael Travis Putnam, Committee Member
Paola Eulalia Dussias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bill Van Patten, Special Member

Author:

Na, Ji Young

Title:

Communication about Emotions Using AAC During Storybook Reading: Effects of an Instruction Program for Parents of Children with Down Syndrome

Graduate Program:

Communication Sciences and Disorders

Keywords:

Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Emotion
Children with Down syndrome
Storybook
Instruction and Intervention

File:

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Committee Members:

Krista M Wilkinson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kathryn D R Drager, Committee Member
Carol Anne Miller, Committee Member
Carrie Neal Jackson, Committee Member

Author:

Gardner, Christine Elaine

Title:

The Production of Read and Conversational Speech by L1 and L2 Speakers of German

Graduate Program:

German

Keywords:

German
Read Speech
Conversational Speech
Word Duration
Speech Style
Second Language Acquisition
Second Mention

File:

Download Gardner_Dissertation_German_Read_and_Conversational_Speech.pdf

Committee Members:

Carrie Neal Jackson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Carrie Neal Jackson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Barry Richard Page Jr., Committee Member
Michael Travis Putnam, Committee Member
John Lipski, Committee Member

Author:

Sippel, Lieselotte Eva-Maria

Title:

The effects of peer interaction, form-focused instruction, and peer corrective feedback on the acquisition of grammar and vocabulary in L2 German

Graduate Program:

German

Keywords:

German
peer interaction
form-focused instruction
corrective feedback
classroom research
second language acquisition

File:

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Committee Members:

Barry Richard Page, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Barry Richard Page, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Carrie Neal Jackson, Committee Member
Michael Travis Putnam, Committee Member
Gabriela Appel, Outside Member
Ruth Albert, Special Member

Author:

Schempp, Patricia Lynne

Title:

L2 Learners' Processing of Grammatical Gender Varies According to Cognate Status and Proficiency: An ERP Study

Graduate Program:

German

Keywords:

German
Grammatical Gender
ERP
L2 Learners
Cognate Status
Second Language Acquistion
SLA
L2
Cognate
Gender
Psycholinguistics
Cognitive Psychology
Linguistics
Language Learning
Bilingual
Bilingualism

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Committee Members:

Carrie Neal Jackson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Carrie Neal Jackson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Barry Richard Page Jr., Committee Member
Michael Travis Putnam, Committee Member
Adriana Van Hell, Outside Member

Author:

Fowler, Courtney E

Title:

Cross-Language Interaction During Language Production in L1 German-L2 Italian Bilinguals

Graduate Program:

German

Keywords:

Linguistics
Bilingualism
German
Italian
South Tyrol
Cross-language interaction

File:

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Committee Members:

Carrie Neal Jackson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Carrie Neal Jackson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Barry Richard Page Jr., Committee Member
Michael Travis Putnam, Committee Member
Paola Eulalia Dussias, Outside Member

Author:

Martin, Ines Aileen

Title:

Bridging The Gap Bewteen L2 Pronunciation Research and Teaching: Using iCPRs to Improve Novice German Learners' Pronunciation in Distance and Face-to-Face Classrooms

Graduate Program:

German

Keywords:

German
Applied Linguistics
Pronunciation
Distance Learning
Online Learning
Classroom based learning
Classroom instruction
Perception
Production

File:

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Committee Members:

Barry Richard Page Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Barry Richard Page Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Carrie Neal Jackson, Committee Member
Michael Travis Putnam, Committee Member
Matthew Thomas Carlson, Outside Member
Mary Grantham O'Brien, Special Member

Author:

Joo, Hyoun A

Title:

Clausal architecture in naturally acquired German: Korean immigrants in Germany

Graduate Program:

German

Keywords:

Syntax
L2 German
Feature Reassembly
Organic Grammar
Second Language Acquisition
L1 Korean L2 German acquirers

File:

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Committee Members:

Michael Travis Putnam, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Travis Putnam, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
B. Richard Page, Committee Member
Carrie Neal Jackson, Committee Member
John Lipski, Outside Member

Author:

Bice, Kinsey L

Title:

Dynamics of Language Processing and the Consequences for New Language Learning

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

bilingualism
language learning
ERPs
language processing
trajectory of learning

File:

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Committee Members:

Judith F Kroll, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michele Theresa Diaz, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paola Eulalia Dussias, Committee Member
Daniel J Weiss, Committee Member
Carrie Neal Jackson, Outside Member

Author:

Gavin, Bianca Edith

Title:

LEARNING SECOND LANGUAGE VOCABULARY THROUGH COMMUNICATIVE CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES: DOES NUMBER OF ENCOUNTERS MAKE A DIFFERENCE?

Graduate Program:

German

Keywords:

Second Language Acquisition
Vocabulary
classroom learning

File:

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Committee Members:

Carrie Neal Jackson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Carrie Neal Jackson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Travis Putnam, Committee Member
Richard Page, Jr., Committee Member
Janet Van Hell, Outside Member

Author:

Vosburg, Nora

Title:

The syntax and semantics of periphrastic do in Kansas Plautdietsch

Graduate Program:

German

Keywords:

Plautdietsch
do-periphrasis
Mennonites
sociolinguistics
syntax
variation

File:

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Committee Members:

Michael Travis Putnam, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Travis Putnam, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Carrie Neal Jackson, Committee Member
Richard Page, Jr., Committee Member
John Lipski, Outside Member
Rena Torres Cacoullos, Outside Member
Joseph C. Salmons, Special Member
Daniel Leonhard Purdy, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Vosburg, Donald M

Title:

Language Learning in an MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game): A Case Study of L2 Learners of German

Graduate Program:

German

Keywords:

German
SLA
MMORPG
World of Warcraft
Language Learning
Applied Linguistics

File:

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Committee Members:

Barry Richard Page Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Xiaofei Lu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Carrie Neal Jackson, Committee Member
Michael Travis Putnam, Committee Member

Author:

Kerschen, Katherine

Title:

Targeting Lexical-Conceptual Links to Improve Productive L2 Vocabulary Knowledge

Graduate Program:

German (PHD)

Keywords:

vocabulary learning
second language acquisition
lexical processing
semantic network
semantic feature analysis
retrieval practice
German

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Committee Members:

Carrie Jackson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Chaleece Sandberg (she/her), Outside Unit Member
Richard Page, Major Field Member
Katharina Schuhmann, Major Field Member
Kevin McManus, Outside Field Member
Carrie Neal Jackson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Lei, Daisy

Title:

Novel Word Learning with Verbal Definitions and Images: An ERP Study

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

word learning
offline consolidation
semantic integration
event-related potentials (ERPs)
EEG
LPC
N400

File:

Download DaisyLei_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Janet van Hell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rick Owen Gilmore, Committee Member
Carrie Neal Jackson, Committee Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair