Dissertation Defenses
Summer 2020 Dissertation Defenses
July 20, 2020
Joshua Griffiths, French Linguistics, Supervised by Barbara Bullock. Dissertation Title: A Comprehensive Reanalysis of Schwa Realization in Contemporary Metropolitan French
Spring 2020 Dissertation Defenses
March 9, 2020
Rozen Neupané, French Linguistics, Supervised by Barbara Bullock. Dissertation Title: A multidisciplinary approach to studying language attitudes and language use in the Ottawa-Gatineau region
March 30, 2020
James Law, French Linguistics, Supervised by Cinzia Russi. Dissertation Title: Diachronic dynamics of metonymy in French semantic frames
April 8, 2020
Elizabeth Mayne, French Linguistics, Supervised by Carl Blyth. Dissertation Title: An Old Tradition in a New Space: A Social Semiotic Analysis of YouTubers’ Folklinguistic Commentary on Quebec French
April 13, 2020
Maxence Leconte, French Studies, Supervised by Alexandra Wettlaufer. Dissertation Title: Modernity Beyond The Ring: Visual, Artistic And Literary Portraits Of Boxers In France (1903-1938)
April 17, 2020
Stephanie Brynes, French Studies, Supervised by Hervé Picherit. Dissertation Title: Suicide In French Avant-Garde Literature from 1919 to 1929: Art and Self-Destruction in Works By Breton, Gide, And Cocteau
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