Postgraduate research

A postgraduate degree enables you to develop specialist knowledge in linguistics or applied linguistics. Postgraduate degrees offered include the Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Languages and Applied Linguistics, Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy.

Staff in the School of Languages and Linguistics can supervise students in a diverse range of areas in linguistics and applied linguistics. Recently completed dissertations include:

2006

• Politeness in intercultural email communication (PhD)
• An examination of the language learning motivation process of ESL university students in Australia (Honours)
• The effect of foreign language intonation on native speakers’ perceptions of politeness (Honours)
• Constructing Australia in the Straits Times (Honours)

2005

• The influence of sexuality on Japanese and Australian male requests (Honours)
• Talk-in-interaction in the conversational employment interview (Honours)

2004

• The influence of Islam on Language planning in Islamic countries (Honours)

2003

• Language maintenance and shift in the Salvadorean community

2001

• Las Yungas: A case study in Argentina’s environmental policy