Recent Master's Theses

2005-2006
Hasegawa, Akio - The Semantics and pragmatics of Japanese particles SHIKA and DAKE
Lowinger, Aaron - Abgrund - Language, the Unknown, and Beyond
Petrova, Nyurguyana - Comprehensive Exam
Rodriguez, Victor Fabian - Comprehensive Exam
Tolpygo, Kirill - Comprehensive Exam
Wei, Juchun - The Northern Citties Shift in Buffalo

2004-2005
Belloro, Valeria - A Role and Reference Grammar Account of Third-Person Clitic Clusters in Spanish
Abrams, Percy - Semantic Features of Onondaga Morphological Verb Classes
Chief, Lian-Cheng - What can "Kuai" Modify
Cox, Cynthia - Comprehensive Exam
Hsiao, Hui-Chen - The role of semantic transparency in the processing of Mandarin compounds
Kim, SoYeom - Comprehensive Exam
LeHouililer, Frank - Explorations in the Proof Theory of Natural Language Dialogue
Lyakh, Viktoriya - A psycholinguistics Investigation of Palatalization in Russian
Nakagawa, Hiroko - Patterns of Japanese-English Code-Switching
Perkins, Marla - Arabic at UB: A Sociolinguistic Attitude Study
Perez-Baez, Gabriela - Language Maintenance in the Zapotec Community of San Lucas Quiavini, Oaxaca

2003-2004
Dumitru, Magdalena - The Role of Fundamental Frequency in Perceiving Prominence

2002-2003
Awuku, Ameyo - Inherent Complement Verbs in Ewe, Valence and the issue of Transitivity
Kim, Myoyoung - The effect of different writing systems on reading: A comparison between Korean and chinese
Miura, Hidematsu - Semantic Reflexive Constructions in Japanese: Another look at Antilocality
Nishiyama, Atsuko - Korean language maintenance in Japan: Korean language education in Japanese public schools
Phipps, Christopher - The Semantics of "from" in RRG linking
Wu, Hsiang-Ting, Andrea - The role of L1 and pictures in processing L2 lexicon in elementary learner

2001-2002
Guerrero, Lilian, Foot Structure and Grouping Harmony in Southeastern Valenzuela

2000-2001
Abe, Sayaka, Metrical Structures in a Musical Phrase: Analysis in Optimality Theory

Akiwumi, Edward, Focus Structure in the Ga Clause

Amazaki, Osamu, A Functional Analysis of Numeral Quantifier Constructions in Japanese

Baldwin, Wendy, Indefinite Referene in Oneida

Kawachi, Kazuhiro, Practice Effects on Speech Production Planning: Evidence from Slips of the Tongue in Spontaneous vs. Preplanned Sppech in Japanese

Kuriyama, Keiko, The Acquisition of Stative Verbs in Japanese: An Analysis of Child Narratives

Lee, Yongeun, Positional Faithfulness in Non-Privileged Positions: [lateral] in Korean

1999-2000
Joergensen, Anne Vestergaard, The Processing of Unexpressed Objects

Kuriscak, Lisa, Language Contact in Galicia: Bilingualism or Diglossia

Wright, Frank, Nuer Noun Morphology (Download PDF)

1998-1999
Eschenberg, Ardis, Focus Structure in Polish (Download PDF)

Muansuwan, Nuttanart, Directional Serial Verb Constructions in Thai

Paris, Luis, The Spanish Causative Construction "Hacer-Infinitive": A Role and Reference Grammar Description, (Download PDF)

Watanabe, Kazue, Presupposition Function: A Japanese Focus Particle "mo"

1997-1998
Bloomquist, Jennifer , Lie, Cheat, and Steal: A Study in Category Structure

Imai, Shingo, Logical Structures and Case Markings in Japanese (Download PDF)

Islas, Martha, Word Order in Mayan Languages

Liao, Min-Hung, Chinese-to-English Machine Translation Using SNePS as an Interlingua: Theory

Wells-Jensen, Sheri, Effects of Sex and Vocal Register on the Intelligibility of Sung Vowels

1996-1997
Dahm-Draksic, Teresa, A Role and Reference Grammar Analysis of Croatian Case Marking (Download PDF)

Grimm, Corinne, The Phonetic Realization of Pitch Accent in the Ontario Dialect of Oneida

Kyung-Shim, Kang, The Acquisition of the Korean Obstruents

Melinger, Alissa, Syllabification, Metrical Structure, and Accent in Seneca

Ng, Eve, The Syntax and Semantics of Mandarin de Sentences: A Role and Reference Grammar Analysis

Rangkupan, Suda, "An Investigation of hay complex constructions in Thai" (Download PDF)

Toratani, Kiyoko, "Typology of Split-Intransitivity: Lexical Aspect and the Unaccusative Hypothesis in Japanese" (Download PDF)

Wan, I-Ping, Tone Errors in Mandarin

1995-1996
Cutting, Lincoln, The Semantic Parameters of Basque Split-Intransitivity in Role and Reference Grammar

Davidson, Matthew, A Quantitative Study of Herodotean Word Order

Diessel, Holger, Functional Propertiesof Pre- and Postposed Adverbial Clauses

Houghton, David, Asseveration in Welsh

Krainz, Stacy, A Sociolinguistic Investigation of the Cognitive Organization of Language Awareness

McDaniels, Todd, The Grammaticalization Process of Absolutives and Unspecified Arguments in Uto-Aztecan

Smirnova-Godoy, Irina, Cross-cultural Comparison of Free Associations

1994-1995
Binns, Kathleen, The Morphemic Status of Zero

Kaufmann, Kean, Reconsidering the Infinitive and Participle in Tamil

Kopris, Craig, Argument Making in Seneca: A Case of Split Intransitivity

Watanabe, Kazue, Presupposition Function: A Japanese Focus Particle "mo"

1993
Park, Ki-seong, "Korean Causatives in Role and Reference Grammar" (Download PDF)

M.A. research in progress:
Poornima, Shakthi - semantics

Hasegawa, Akio