Answering questions effectively involves a complex interconnected set of linguistic and statistical analysis tools, which can be difficult to investigate and evaluate on [...]

This thesis presents an analysis of signage inside two international airports, public linguistic spaces that should be accessible to both global visitors as well as disab[...]

In Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Russian prevails as the lingua franca despite efforts by policymakers and language activists to promote the Kyrgyz language. This study uses langua[...]

Since the Compact of Free Association between the Marshall Islands and the United States, many Marshallese Islanders have immigrated to the United States, leading to a gr[...]

This paper is an analysis of the use of features of motherese and other baby talk speech registers with adult non-native English speakers at a migrant-focused adult Engli[...]

In recent years, government genres have been largely under-studied within linguistic and rhetorical studies. To allow for a better image and more accessible government, i[...]

This dissertation advances research on evaluation (RoE) through a trio of studies focusing on the role of context and the innovative use of Linguistic Inquiry and Word Co[...]