DEPARTMENT OF LINGUISTICS
UCL Division of Psychology & Language Sciences

MPhil & PhD Theses awarded since 1976

(PhD unless indicated, list may be incomplete)

  • Abangma, Samson (1992)
    Empty Categories in Denya.
    Supervisor: Neil Smith
  • Agouraki, Yoryia (1993)
    Spec-Head Licensing: The Scope of the Theory.
    Supervisor: Misi Brody
  • Anderman, Gillian (1978)
    Aspects of Complementation and its Implication for a Theory of Subordination: A Generative Study of Comparative Germanic Syntax with Special Reference to Swedish.
    Supervisor: Neil Smith
  • Aouard, A (1980)
    A sociolinguistic study of French loan-words in Algerian Arabic.
    Supervisor: Richard Hudson
  • Arad, Maya (1998)
    VP-structure and the Syntax-Lexicon Interface.
    Supervisor: Rita Manzini
  • Backley, Phillip (1998)
    Tier geometry: an explanatory model of vowel structure.
    Supervisor: John Harris
  • Banfi, Cristina (1999)
    A minimalist approach to clitics and clitic doubling in Spanish.
    Supervisor: Rita Manzini
  • Barton, David (1976)
    The Role of Perception in the Acquisition of Phonology.
    Supervisor: Neil Smith
  • Baskaran, Lohan (1987)
    Aspects of Malaysian English Syntax.
    Supervisor: Richard Hudson
  • Betts, Andrew (1990)
    German Impersonal Passives.
    Supervisor: Neil Smith
  • Bhattacharya, Tanmoy (1999)
    The Structure of the Bangla DP.
    Supervisor: Neil Smith
  • Blakemore, Diane (1986)
    Semantic Constraints on Relevance.
    Supervisor: Deirdre Wilson
  • Blass, Regina (1988)
    Discourse Connectivity and Constraints on Relevance in Sissala.
    Supervisor: Deirdre Wilson
  • Breheny, Richard (1999)
    Context Dependency and Procedural Meaning.
    Supervisor: Deirdre Wilson
  • Broadbent, Judith (1997)
    The Representation of coronal segments.
    Supervisor: R. Hayward (SOAS)
  • Brockhaus, Wiebke (1992)
    Final Devoicing: Principles and Parameters.
    Supervisor: John Harris
  • Brody, Michael (1984)
    Conditions and NP-types.
    Supervisor: Neil Smith
  • Bull, Brian (1991)
    The Non-linear Phonological Structure of Moroccan Colloquial Arabic.
    Supervisor: Neil Smith
  • Bury, Dirk (2002)
    Phrase Structure and Derived Heads. [Abstract].
    Supervisor: Ad Neeleman
  • Camdzic, Amela (2004)
    On the Syntax of Long Verb Movement.
    Supervisor: Neil Smith
  • Carston, Robyn (1998)
    Pragmatics and the Explicit /Implicit Distinction.
    Supervisor: Deirdre Wilson
  • Chan, Brian (1999)
    Aspects of the Syntax, Production and Pragmatics of Code-switching - with special reference to Cantonese-English.
    Supervisor: Neil Smith
  • Chekili, F (1982)
    The Morphology of the Arabic Dialect of Tunis.
    Supervisor: Richard Hudson
  • Chiat, Shula (1978)
    The Analysis of Children's Pronouns: An Investigation into the Prerequisites for Linguistic Knowledge.
    Supervisor: Neil Smith
  • Clark, Billy (1991)
    Relevance Theory and the Semantics of Non-declaratives.
    Supervisor: Deirdre Wilson
  • Cormack, Annabel (1989)
    The Syntax and Semantics of Definitions.
    Supervisor: Neil Smith
  • Curcó, Carmen (1997)
    The Pragmatics of Humorous Interpretations: A Relevance-Theoretic .
    Supervisor: Neil Smith
  • Davies, Lee (2001)
    The Nature of Specific Language Impairment: Optionality and Principle Conflict.
    Supervisor: Neil Smith
  • Deamer, Felicity (Oct 2009)
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  • Derbyshire, D (1979)
    Hixkaryana Syntax.
    Supervisor: Geoffrey Pullum
  • Ejele, Philomena (1986)
    Transitivity, Tense and Aspect in Esan (Ishan).
    Supervisor: Neil Smith
  • Eppler, Eva (2005)
    The Syntax of German-English Code-switching..
    Supervisor: Richard Hudson
  • Evans, Barrie (1999)
    A Non-Coercing Account of Event Structure in Pular.
    Supervisor: Neil Smith
  • Fawcett, R (1979)
    Cognitive Linguistics and Social Interaction.
    Supervisor: Richard Hudson
  • Ferrar, Madeleine (1993)
    The Logic of the Ludicrous.
    Supervisor: Deirdre Wilson
  • Fraser, Norman (1993)
    Dependency parsing.
    Supervisor: Richard Hudson
  • Froud, Karen (2001)
    Linguistic Theory and Language Pathology: Evidence for the Morphology Interface from a Case of Acquired Language Disorder.
    Supervisor: Neil Smith
  • Furlong, Ann (1996)
    Relevance Theory and Literary Interpretation.
    Supervisor: Deirdre Wilson
  • Giejgo, J (1981)
    Movement Rules in Polish Syntax.
    Supervisor: Neil Smith
  • Gisborne, Nik (1996)
    English Perception Verbs.
    Supervisor: Richard Hudson
  • Glowacka, Dorota (2005)
    The role of alignment in Morphology and Prosody: The Case of Prosody.
    Supervisor: Moira Yip
  • Golding, E (1976)
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  • Gorayska, Barbara (1987)
    The Semantics and Pragmatics of English and Polish with reference to Aspect.
    Supervisor: Richard Hudson
  • Grimberg, Mary-Lou (1997)
    Against Rigidity: An Investigation of Semantics and Pragmatics of Indexicality.
    Supervisor: Neil Smith
  • Groefsema, Marjolein (1992)
    Processing for Relevance: A Pragmatically based Account of how we process Natural Language.
    Supervisor: Maria Black
  • Gutt, Ernst-August (1991)
    Translation and Relevance.
    Supervisor: Deirdre Wilson
  • Haacke, Willy (1993)
    The Tonology of Khoekhoe (Nama/Damara).
    Supervisor: Neil Smith
  • Harrison, Philip (1999)
    The Acquisition of Phonology in the First Year of Life.
    Supervisor: John Harris
  • Hiranuma, So (2001)
    The Syntactic difficulty of Japanese sentences.
    Supervisor: Richard Hudson
  • Holm, John (1978)
    The Creole English of Nicaragua's Miskito Coast: Its Sociolinguistic History and a Comparative Study of its Lexicon and Syntax.
    Supervisor: Richard Hudson
  • Holmes, Jasper (2004)
    Lexical Properties of English Verbs.
    Supervisor: Richard Hudson
  • Horsey, Richard (2006)
    The Content and Acquisition of Lexical Concepts.
    Supervisor: Deirdre Wilson
  • Ifantidou, Elly (1994)
    Evidentials and Relevance.
    Supervisor: Deirdre Wilson
  • Itani, Reiko (1995)
    Semantic and Pragmatics of Hedges in English and Japanese.
    Supervisor: Robyn Carston
  • Iten, Corinne (2000)
    'Non-Truth-Conditional' Meaning, Relevance and Concessives.
    Supervisor: Robyn Carston
  • Jahangiri, N (1980)
    A Sociolinguistic Study of Tehrani Persian.
    Supervisor: Richard Hudson
  • Janke, Victoria (2007)
    Control without PRO. [Abstract].
    Supervisor: Ad Neeleman
  • Jary, Mark (2005)
    Assertion and Mood: A Cognitive Account. [Abstract].
    Supervisor: Robyn Carston
  • Jiang, Yan (1995)
    Local Dependency and Quantification in Chinese.
    Supervisor: Deirdre Wilson
  • Kang, Hye-Kyung (2000)
    Aspects of the acquisition of quantification: Experimental studies of English and Korean children.
    Supervisor: Neil Smith
  • Karas, Muhsin (1985)
    The Vocabulary of Turkish Newspapers.
    Supervisor: Richard Hudson
  • Kim, Young-Kook (1997)
    Movement and feature-checking in Korean: Relative clauses, topicalization, and case-marking..
    Supervisor: M.R. Manzini
  • Klavans, Judith (1980)
    Some Problems in a Theory of Clitics.
    Supervisor: Neil Smith
  • Kreps, Christian (1998)
    Extraction, movement and dependency theory.
    Supervisor: Richard Hudson
  • Law, Ann (2004)
    Sentence-final focus particles in Cantonese. [Abstract].
    Supervisor: Neil Smith
  • Lekakou, Marika (2004)
    In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated; The Semantics of Middles and its Crosslinguistic Realization. [Abstract].
    Supervisor: Ad Neeleman
  • Lyons, Chris (1978)
    The Historical Development of the Article in Romance.
    Supervisor: Deirdre Wilson
  • Madeira, Ana Maria (1995)
    Topics in Portuguese Syntax: The Licensing of T and D.
    Supervisor: R. Manzini
  • Malambe, Gloria (2006)
    Palatalization and other non-local effects in Southern Bantu Languages..
    Supervisor: Moira Yip
  • Mapanje, Jack (1983)
    On the Interpretation of Aspect and Tense in Chiyao, Chichewa and English.
    Supervisor: Neil Smith
  • Mathieu, Eric (2002)
    The Syntax of Non-Canonical Quantification: A Comparative Study . [Abstract].
    Supervisor: Hans van de Koot
  • Matsui, Tomoko (1995)
    Bridging and Relevance.
    Supervisor: Deirdre Wilson
  • McBrearty, Janie (1980)
    Initial Mutation in Modern Irish and its Implications for Phonological Theory.
    Supervisor: Neil Smith
  • Morris, R (1984)
    Aspect, Case and Thematic Structure in English.
    Supervisor: Neil Smith
  • Moto, Francis (1989)
    Phonology of the Bantu Lexicon.
    Supervisor: John Harris
  • Mtenje, Al (1986)
    Issues in the Non-Linear Phonology of Chichewa.
    Supervisor: Neil Smith
  • Murray, Dinah (1985)
    Language and Interests.
    Supervisor: Deirdre Wilson
  • Mätzig, Simone
    Spared syntax and impaired spell-out: the case of prepositions in Broca's and anomic aphasia..
    Supervisor: Dr Druks
  • Nasukawa, Kuniya (2000)
    A unified approach to nasality and voicing.
    Supervisor: John Harris
  • Noh, Eun-Ju (1998)
    The Semantics and Pragmatics of metarepresentation in English - a relevance-theoretic approach.
    Supervisor: Deirdre Wilson
  • Nuti, Milena (2003)
    Ethnoscience:examining common sense.
    Supervisor: Deirdre Wilson
  • Osawa, Fuyo (2000)
    The Rise of Functional Categories: Syntactic parallels between first and second language acquisition and historical change.
    Supervisor: Neil Smith
  • Ouhalla, Jamal (1988)
    The Syntax of Head Movement: A Study of Berber.
    Supervisor: Neil Smith
  • Pagoni, Stamatoula (1993)
    Modern Greek Phonological Variation: A Government Phonology Approach.
    Supervisor: John Harris/John C. Wells
  • Palyza, M (1979)
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  • Papafragou, Anna (1998)
    Modality and the Semantics/Pragmatics Interface.
    Supervisor: Deirdre Wilson
  • Paterson, S (1983)
    Voice and Transitivity.
    Supervisor: Neil Smith
  • Pearce, Mary (2007)
    The Interaction of Tone with Voicing and Foot Structure: Evidence from Kera Phonetics and Phonology.
    Supervisor: Moira Yip
  • Perovic , Alexandra (2003)
    Knowledge of Binding in Down Syndrome; Evidence from English and Serbo-Croation. [Abstract].
    Supervisor: Ad Neeleman
  • Phillips, E (1983)
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  • Pilkington, Adrian (1994)
    Poetic Thoughts and Poetic Effects: A Relevance Theory Account of the Literary Use of Rhetorical Tropes and Schemes.
    Supervisor: Robyn Carston
  • Pooley, Tim (1988)
    A Sociolinguistic Study of Roubaix.
    Supervisor: Richard Hudson
  • Powell, George (2003)
    Language, Thought and Reference. [Abstract].
    Supervisor: Robyn Carston
  • Pullum, Geoff (1976)
    Rule Interaction and the Organization of a Grammar.
    Supervisor: Neil Smith
  • Rees, Emilce (1993)
    Spec-head Agreement and Functional Categories (MPhil).
    Supervisor: R. Manzini
  • Roberts, J (1986)
    Amele Grammar.
    Supervisor: Neil Smith
  • Rosta, Andrew (1997)
    English Syntax and Word Grammar Theory.
    Supervisor: Richard Hudson
  • Rouchota, Vassiliki (1994)
    The Semantics and Pragmatics of the Subjunctive in Modern Greek: A Relevance-Theoretic Approach.
    Supervisor: Robyn Carston
  • Roussou, Anna (1994)
    The Syntax of Complementisers.
    Supervisor: Rita Manzini
  • Sanoudaki, Eirini (2007)
    A CVCV Model of Consonant Cluster Simplification: Evidence from Greek.
    Supervisor: John Harris
  • Shiraki, Hitoshi (2006)
    Economy and the Distribution of Reflexives. [Abstract].
    Supervisor: Hans van de Koot
  • Siloussar, Natalia
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  • Szendroi , Kriszta (2001)
    Focus and the Syntax-Phonology Interface. [Abstract].
    Supervisor: Ad Neeleman
  • Taillard, Marie (2005)
    The Balancing Act of Persuasion: A Relevance-Theoretic perspective.
    Supervisor: Deirdre Wilson
  • Takahashi, Toyomi (2004)
    Syllable Theory without Syllables.
    Supervisor: John Harris
  • Tamburelli, Marco (2007)
    The role of Lexical Acquisition in Simultaneous Bilingualism.
    Supervisor: Hans van de Koot
  • Tamrazian, Armine (1994)
    The Syntax of Armenian: Chains and the Auxiliary.
    Supervisor: M. Brody
  • Topintzi, Ioanna (2006)
    Moraic Onsets.
    Supervisor: Moira Yip
  • Truswell, Robert (2007)
    Locality of Wh-movement and the Individuation of Events. [Abstract].
    Supervisor: Ad Neeleman
  • Tsakali, Paraskevi (2006)
    The Syntax and Acquisition of Pronominal Clitics: a Crosslinguistic Study with Special Reference to Modern Greek.
    Supervisor: Neil Smith
  • Tsimpli, Ianthi-Maria (1992)
    Functional Categories and Maturation: The Prefunctional Stage of Language Acquisition.
    Supervisor: Neil Smith
  • Tzanidaki, Dimitra (1996)
    The Syntax and Pragmatics of Subject and Object Position in Modern Greek.
    Supervisor: Richard Hudson
  • Vega Moreno, Rosa (2005)
    Creativity and Convention: The Pragmatics of Everyday Figurative Speech. [Abstract].
    Supervisor: Robyn Carston
  • Vermeulen, Reiko (2005)
    The Syntax of External Possession: Its Basis in Theta-Theory. [Abstract].
    Supervisor: Ad Neeleman
  • Waring, H (1976)
    The Intonation of Modern Greek.
    Supervisor: J. T. Pring
  • Wharton, Tim (2003)
    Pragmatics and the Showing/Saying Distinction.
    Supervisor: Deirdre Wilson
  • White, Jonathan (1999)
    An Inquiry into Minimalist Phrase Structure . [Abstract].
    Supervisor: Hans van de Koot
  • Wilder, Chris (1989)
    The Syntax of German Infinitives.
    Supervisor: M. Brody/N. Smith
  • Wood, M (1988)
    A Categorial Syntax for Coordinate Constructions.
    Supervisor: Richard Hudson
  • Xydopoulos, George (1996)
    Tense, Aspect and Adverbials in Modern Greek.
    Supervisor: R. Manzini
  • Zegarac, Vladimir (1991)
    Tense, Aspect and Relevance.
    Supervisor: Neil Smith
  • Öztekin, H (1987)
    Clausal Complementation in Turkish.
    Supervisor: Neil Smith

 

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