Why two years in one? In 2023, industrial action led to a long delay in releasing marks to students, and we were unable to process repository nominations until marks were released. By the time they were, we were unable to reach many students who were nominated. For the few students from 2023 who we were able to keep in touch with, we merged their entries with the class of 2024 to make sure to recognise their excellent work.
Regardless of graduation year, papers are listed alphabetically by surname. Nominations will be added as they come in.
Barber, J. (2023). “Brands: They’re just like us!” Non-standard language use and the construction of brand image in Duolingo’s social media marketing. Long Dissertation; English Language. Supervisor: Dr Heike Pichler.
Barnett, L. (2024). #KyivnotKiev: An investigation into British politician’s pronunciation of Ukraine’s capital city and the influence of political ideology on variation. Long Dissertation; English Language. Supervisor: Dr Niamh Kelly.
Church, L. (2024). The correspondence of Henry Liddell, Esq.: Editing for different audiences. Long Dissertation; English Language. Supervisor: Dr William van der Wurff.
Hargreaves, J.A. (2024). Tracing the use and variety of new word signalling techniques in the English language from 1610 to 1960. Long Dissertation; English Language. Supervisor: Dr William van der Wurff.
Hart, S. (2024). /l/-Darkening in Tyneside English: Phonological predictors, ongoing change, and categoricity. Short Dissertation; Linguistics. Supervisor: Dr Rory Turnbull.
Huxtable, A. (2023). The critical period and the lexicon: Investigating invariance after acquisition in a computational model of language change. Long Dissertation; Linguistics. Supervisors: Dr Christine Cuskely and Dr Rory Turnbull.
Kilgannon, T. (2024). ‘Hideous hags’ versus ‘wise wizards’: How medieval and early modern perceptions of witches and witchcraft are reflected in the language of this era. Short dissertation; Linguistics. Supervisor: Dr Adam Mearns.
Krol, S. (2024). On relative clause attachment ambiguity: Parsing strategies of French-English bilinguals. Short Dissertation; Linguistics. Supervisor: Prof Michelle Sheehan.
May, E. (2023). An investigation into the use of morphology as a clinical marker in children with developmental language disorder. Long Dissertation; English Language. Supervisor: Dr Emma Nguyen.
Pratt, E. (2024). The revitalization of Francoprovençal: The role of new speakers and linguistic policy. Short Dissertation; Linguistics. Supervisor: Prof Michelle Sheehan.
Rogers, C. (2024). Do the positive or negative attitudes younger adults have towards older adults affect the frequency usage of elderspeak markers? A mixed method study that analyses the use of sentence fragments, repetitions, and questions through a referential communication activity. Long Dissertation; English Language. Supervisors: Dr Heike Pichler and Prof Michelle Sheehan
Woodman, S.E. (2024). Anyone for cards? Exploring the emergence of linguistic structure in a novel communication system using gamification. Long Dissertation; Linguistics. Supervisor: Dr Christine Cuskley.