Dissertations for the MPhil in Linguistics and MPhil in Speech and Language Processing supervised by Carl Vogel

General Areas of Interest

Metaphor and Sense Extension; formal Semantics (e.g. natural language generics); Human reasoning with generics; Modality; Language Evolution; Foundations of HPSG; Formal language theory; Formal Syntax in HPSG; Dialog Grammar and Semantics; Grammar development and proofing tools; Forensic linguistics; Sampling methodology

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1. Katy Bibby

   Evaluating Empirical Methods for Eliciting Linguistic Judgements

   MPhil in Speech and Language Processing. (Under Examination).

2. Caroline Domenech

   Questioning the Language of Argument

   MPhil in Linguistics. (Under Examination).

3. Emer Gilmartin

   An investigation of linguistic coordination in dialogue between native speakers of English and Russian speaking learners of English

   Part-time MPhil in Speech and Language Processing. (Under Examination).

4. Geraldine Herbert

   Mapping Irish Synsets onto Princeton WordNet Synsets

   MPhil in Speech and Language Processing. (Under Examination).

5. Barbara Biozinska

   Ambiguity in Legal Contexts

   MPhil in Linguistics. 2005.

6. Daniel Krugman

   The Greenspan Effect

   MPhil in Linguistics. 2005.

7. Lucy Hogan

   Using Authorship Identification Techniques to Cluster US Presidents on the Basis of Speeches

   Part-time MPhil in Linguistics. 2005.

8. Myriam Mencke

   Experiments to Validate Scientifically Reliable Author Identification Techniques

   MPhil in Linguistics. 2004.

9. Sile Mc Mahon

   Metaphoricity: Theoretical Perspectives and Empirical Analysis

   MPhil in Linguistics. 2004.

10. Anna Nicholson

    A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation of Epistemic Modality in English

    MPhil in Linguistics. 2004.

11. Alfons Claver

    Formal Representation of Information Packaging in Catalan and English

    MPhil in Speech and Language Processing. 2003.

12. Richard Cotterell

    A Study in Machine Translation for Calendar Expressions.

    MPhil in Speech and Language Processing. 2002.

13. Sofie Van Gijsel

    A Corpus Linguistic Analysis of European Right-Wing Party Manifestos

    MPhil in Linguistics. 2002.

14. Giselle de Almeida

    The Syntax and Semantics of the Subjunctive Mood in Brazilian Portuguese

    MPhil in Speech and Language Processing. 2002.

15. Mary Evie Boswell-Vilt

    A Multidisciplinary Approach to Verbal Aggression in United States Law

    MPhil in Speech and Language Processing. 2001.

16. Brian Murphy

    Syntactic Information Hiding in Plain Text

    MPhil in Speech and Language Processing. 2001.

17. Nuria Alcocer,

    Parallel Lines? User Expectations and System Capabili ties in Machine Translation

    MPhil in Speech and Language Processing. 2000.

18. James Dowdall,

    An HPSG Account of Italian Case Marking

    MPhil in Linguistics. 2000.

19. Lacey Maddox,

    The Language of Fencing

    MPhil in Linguistics. 2000.

20. Donncha O'Cronin,

    Issues in the Syntax of Irish Gaelic relevant to Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar

    MPhil in Speech and Language Processing. 1999.

21. Ann Devitt,

    Anaphoric Reference in DRT: An Implementation,

    MPhil in Linguistics. 1997.

22. Amanda Hackett,

    Metaphoricity and Computational Semantics,

    MPhil in Speech and Language Processing. 1997.

23. Tony Mullen,

    A Compositional Approach to Aspectuality in Czech,

    MPhil in Linguistics. 1997.

24. Gary O'Reilly,

    Cross-Serial Dependencies in Dutch and Swiss-German,

    MPhil in Linguistics. 1997.

25. Federico Terenzoni,

    An investigation of the Semantic Nature of Italian Object Clitics,

    Mphil in Linguistics. 1997.