by Cairn Macfarland | 12th December 2022
Thesis Title: Default masculine grammatical gender and gender inclusive alternatives in Arabic: effects on occupational expectations, employability, and attitudes Abstract: The use of masculine grammatical forms as a “generic” or default for all genders is...
by Cairn Macfarland | 12th December 2022
Thesis Title: Making sense of the menopause in daily life Abstract: Menopause is a time in which a person’s menstrual periods stop due to changing hormone levels. While it has historically been subject to stigmatisation, recently the public discourse in the UK seems...
by Cairn Macfarland | 8th December 2022
Thesis Title: The Amazonian Bioeconomy? A storyline shaping deforestation and governance in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest. Abstract; This project explores the ‘bioeconomy’ discourse in Brazil and its role in shaping governance in Brazil’s Amazon...
by admin | 7th March 2022
Thesis title: Tuning in to Accentism: Dialect, Discrimination and Education in the Black Country Abstract: Within the UK, each year thousands of children begin school only to find that the language variety that they speak at home is at odds with the one used in the...
by Cairn Macfarland | 7th March 2022
Thesis title: Language and Identity in Online Korean Pop (K-Pop) Fandom Abstract: I examine the role of fan community (fandom) membership on language use amongst social media users, particularly the Korean pop (K-Pop) fan community on Twitter/X. I explore whether or...
by admin | 7th March 2022
Thesis title: Grime and University: Language and the Negotiation of Black Cultural Alignment among British University Students Abstract: There has been a great deal of recent interest in increasing the participation of Black people in higher education, and the...
by Cairn Macfarland | 7th March 2022
Thesis title: Gendered labour in social media self-branding practices: An ethnography of women influencers on Xiaohongshu Abstract: Women fashion and lifestyle influencers are known for their roles as consumers, labourers, entrepreneurs, objects of consumption, and...
by admin | 7th March 2022
Thesis title: Différent ou non?’ Bidialectal French speakers’ perception of gradient acoustic differences and language attitudes Abstract: First supervisor: Esther de Leeuw Pathway:7-Linguistics, Media & Culture Cohort:...
by admin | 7th March 2022
Thesis title: Coming out with it: the relationship between language and emerging identity in young LGBT+ people Abstract: Within fractions of a second, our voices tell listeners a lot about us, about our age, gender, level of education, and for some, even our...
by admin | 7th March 2022
Thesis title: Women’s discursive performances of wellness on social media: a feminist critical discourse analysis Abstract: My doctoral research examines constructions of feminine identity within women’s discursive performances of wellness on Instagram. Wellness can...
by admin | 19th July 2021
Thesis title: Communication, Embodiment, and Learning in Voluntary Communities of Practice Abstract: This project will examine, through ethnographic observation, how individuals become ‘legitimate’ members of voluntary Communities of Practice. Taking as its focus arts...
by admin | 19th July 2021
Thesis title: Being ‘hafu’ on/offline: discursive constructions of mixed-roots Japanese identities in Facebook group interactions and offline personal narratives Abstract: This research examines how ‘hafu’ identities are constructed through offline and online...
