Final theses
Ongoing Master's theses
- BISACCIA, Laura. "Paradoxical bilingual brains?" Asymmetric processing nodes in naming tasks in L1 & L2. A switching experiment. (Supervision: Mattes)
- GRAF, Alina. Sinorussian pidgins. (Supervision: Vollmann)
- HOCHREITER, Clara. Aphasia diagnostics in a linguistically and culturally diverse context. (Supervision: Mattes)
- RICHTER, Nina. Processing of German wooden path structures in older and younger adults - a reading time experiment. (Supervision: Mattes)
- WAGNER, Chiara. Ergative Marking in Tibetic Languages of Sikkhim and Bhutan. (Supervision: Vollmann)
Completed Master's theses
2024
- GÖSWEINER, Antonia. Facial Expressions and Gestures in Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition.
- REITINGER, Daphne. A Cognitive Approach to Borrowing: German Loans in Sinti-Manuš Romani.
2023
- BASKIR, Sonja. The word formation of the adjective in late German language acquisition.
- MOSER, Margarita. Language perception in premature infants. Effects of prematurity on prosodic perception in early language acquisition.
- OBERFORCHER, Katharina. Function and status of dialect in the repertoire of Tyrolean men and women.
2022
- EGGER, Mathias. The role of personal pronouns in the acquisition of German transitive constructions.
- KUNTER, Carina. Processes of language processing in primary progressive aphasia.
- RANKOVIC, Lidija. Functional-grammatical structure of the verb system in Moroccan Arabic. A corpus analysis.
2021
- CHRISTIAN, Sophie. On the systematics of actants marked on the Moroccan Arabic verb.
- FRANK, Victoria. Sign language discourse: Narrative competences of deaf children in Austrian Sign Language.
- SIMIĆ, Jelena. The sociolinguistic status of the Slovene language in Carinthia.
- TRAMMER, Elisabeth Ruth. Etymology and historical semantics. A current survey based on the New High German adjective "weise".
2020
- EGGER, Maria, Anna. Japanese vowel reduction and its effects on syllable structure.
- KRAFTL, Gabriele. Language attitudes of parents towards dialect and standard language.
- SCHWAIGER, Christiane. The use of the adjective in early language acquisition.
2019
- EDER, Ulrike. Prosodic characteristics of irony in Austrian Standard German. A qualitative and quantitative analysis of intonation contours.
- GSPANDL, Julia. The Acquisition of Depicting Handshapes in Austria Sign Language.
- JANKRIFT, Melanie. Educational success of children with a migration background.
- WURZINGER, Melanie. Sociophonological variation in regional radio.
- ZACH, Lena. Becoming the Object: Constructed Action and Constructed Dialogue in Sign Languages - gestural stylistic device or obligatory phenomenon?
2018
- MAYER, Gabriela. "Can language hide thoughts?" - Style analysis in forensic linguistics.
- URCAN, Andrea. Community-beneficial outcomes of Language Documentation Projects in Latin America. An investigation of pro-jects funded by the ELDP.
- ZAHRER, Alexander. Sexualized speech online. A corpus linguistic study of reviews of prostitution in an Austrian online Forum.
2017
- EIBLER, Wolfgang. Information status of nominal referents in Egyptian Arabic.
- FUCHS, Barbara. Online newspaper articles in easy and simple language - a corpus analysis.
- OTTO, Irmingard. The use of German by Albanian native speakers in Graz. A case study.
- PURKARTHOFER, Antonia. Linguistic varieties and emotions. Variants of linguistic expression with regard to lexical, gestural, mimic and auditory aspects of anger based on a case study of the candidates and jurors of the Austrian and US-American versions of the reality shows Austia's Next Topmodel and America's Next Topmodel.
- VOGELTANZ, Maximilian. Reviews of the works of Hugo Schuchardt and their significance for linguistics.
2016
- BRUNNER, Jennifer. On object marking in Pame Central and beyond.
- KÖHLER, Nora. Language attitudes to variants of German in the theater. Using the example of the Freie Theaterszene Graz.
- TRETTENBREIN, Patrick C. Neuronal Dynamics, Memory, & Language: A Cognitive (Neuro-)Science Perspective on LanguageAttrition.
2015
- SEMLER, Sandrine. Language in Williams-Beuren syndrome.
2014
- HOBEL, Bettina. Dialectal use of German as second language.
- KORB, Christina. Language attitudes and migration.
- MELETIS, Dimitrios. Psycholinguistic aspects of graphetics: The relevance of the form and materiality of writing.
- SCHRANK, Tobias. Identifying relevant cues for uncertainty in dialogue.
- SEIFTER, Thorsten. August Schleicher as a link between linguistics and natural science in the 19th century.