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How Do Heritage Children Acquire Spanish In Dual Language Schools? Charting The Acquisition Of The Subjunctive Mood, Patrick Thane, Stephanie Rodriguez, Michele Goldin, Jennifer Austin

Heritage Languages Around the World 2

Despite the growth of dual-language immersion programs in the United States as a method of equitable bilingual education, few studies have examined how children acquire Spanish through immersion (e.g., Herschensohn et al, 2005; Goldin, 2020a, 2020b; Thane, 2023). This project compares English-fluent heritage speakers (HSs) and L2 learners (L2Ls) of Spanish in their productive and receptive knowledge of the subjunctive mood, an area of Spanish grammar prone to variability in bilingual populations (e.g. Giancaspro et al, 2022; Montrul & Perpiñán, 2011; Potowski, 2007). 56 children participated, including 10 HSs in the 4th/5th grades, 8 HSs in the 7th/8th grades, 20 …

Language Use And Heritage Language Acquisition - The Case Of Portuguese-Speaking Pupils In Finland, Patricia Carvalho Ribeiro

Heritage Languages Around the World 2

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Heritage And Second Language Acquisition – Differences And Similarities In Written Productions Of Young Learners, Ana Espirito Santo, Nelia Alexandre

Heritage Languages Around the World 2

This presentation aims to explore the linguistic features evident in the written productions of young Portuguese heritage speakers (YHS) residing in France and young French speakers acquiring Portuguese as their second language (YL2) in an immersion setting in Portugal. Specifically, the investigation seeks to determine whether exposure to Portuguese since birth, even under reduced input conditions for YHS, results in more native-like language proficiency compared to the Portuguese L2 exposure encountered by YL2 learners.

While the outcomes of the Heritage Language (HL) and L2 acquisition processes may share some similarities (Au et al., 2002; Knightly et al., 2003, a.o.), the …

Reevaluating Assessment Criteria For Heritage Language Speakers: A Focus On Brazilian Portuguese., Jaqueline Ionson

Heritage Languages Around the World 2

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Voices In The Shadows: Reflections On The Portuguese-Azorean American Linguistic Heritage, Giuseppe Formato, Graça Indias Cordeiro

Heritage Languages Around the World 2

This study calls attention to the diversity of Portuguese as a heritage language label in southern New England, focusing on the vanishing Azorean-American sociolinguistic heritage in the Greater Boston area. The researchers critically reflect on the attitudes regarding Azorean-American speech and ways in which such attitudes contribute, or not, to the survival of this local way of expression. Through a collaborative sociolinguistic and ethnographic research, this paper is based on the first author’s experience as a Portuguese teacher with young heritage learners of Azorean ancestry in one of the last high schools to offer Portuguese language study in the Boston …

The Status Of Sakurabiat Teaching: Heritage Language And Second Language, Carla Costa, Ana Vilacy Galucio, Rosalina Da Silva Guaratira, Silvana Da Silva Cunha Guaratira, Matheus Augusto Ribeiro Soares

Heritage Languages Around the World 2

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Portuguese As Heritage Language In Macau, Ana Margarida Silva

Heritage Languages Around the World 2

Portuguese language holds a dual status in Macau: it is not only an official language but also a heritage language.

The arrival of Portuguese to this territory in the beginning of the XV century and its consequent foundation of an important trading harbor center between the Far East and Europe (Newit, 2005: 145), has also contributed to the dissemination of the Portuguese language, as well of other languages from the different parts of the maritime Empire (e.g. Africa, India, or Melaka). Thus, a new multilingual and pluricultural society arises from this confluence of people from different linguistic and cultural backgrounds …

Shifting Gears: Language Practices, Attitudes, And Shift In Austin, Tx Among Heritage Language Speakers Of Spanish, Patrick Lawrence

Heritage Languages Around the World 2

The current work presents a mixed-methods study examining the intersection between language usage, attitudes, and intergenerational language shift among heritage language speakers in Austin, TX, an understudied community for language shift research. Only one study, Laosa (1975), has examined this topic here, a city where 34% of the population identifies as Hispanic, and one that has experienced unprecedented growth in the last fifteen years (U.S. Census Bureau 2022). Participants consisted of four generations of 20 heritage language speakers, whom I define as those who: a) have a personal and ethnic connection to Spanish; b) grew up in a Spanish-speaking home; …

Phonetic Variation In The Reawakening Language Tunica, Meg A. Harvey

Heritage Languages Around the World 2

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Tone Sandhi In A Heritage Speaker Of Dinka, Mirella L. Blum

Heritage Languages Around the World 2

Dinka, a Nilo-Saharan language from South Sudan, is known for its unusual and highly complex suprasegmental system. The language has independently contrastive tone, voice quality, and three-level vowel length, all of which are both lexical and morphological, and via which almost all of the language’s morphology is expressed (Andersen 1987, 1993, Remijsen & Ladd 2008, Remijsen & Gilley 2008, Blum 2020). Tone has a very high functional load in the language, and tone systems can differ considerably across the more than twenty dialects. In fact, one of the primary way in which varieties of Dinka can be differentiated from one …

Heritage Language And Second Language Processing Of Referential Structures In Russian, Angelina Rubina

Heritage Languages Around the World 2

Most studies on second language (L2) and heritage language (HL) acquisition of Russian have focused on one population group (either L2 or, more rarely, HL learners) and one linguistic structure at a time (i.e., Laleko, 2010; Sekerina et al., 2019). However, a comparative analysis of L2 and HL learners on a variety of language structures has greater representativity, offering a more fine-grained picture of bilingual language development. Addressing the representativity limitation of existing research, this study focuses on the grammar feature of specificity (referentiality) in Russian. Specificity in Russian presents an interesting case study, because it is expressed through different …

Plurall By Bem, Felicia Jennings-Winterle

Heritage Languages Around the World 2

Plurall by BEM (formerly known as Brasil em Mente) is a cultural organization committed to the teaching, promotion, and nurture of Portuguese as Heritage Language (PHL). It started working in the metropolitan area of New York City, in 2009, offering afterschool programs in which the Portuguese Language was experienced through music/movement classes, capoeira, preschool activities, and literacy.

Through the years, Plurall has developed many other proposals, including the creation of a library that sent books to all 50 American states over the mail; a publisher dedicated to producing didactic material for the teaching of this specialty of Language Education; and …

Does Syntactic Complexity Correlate To Functional Proficiency And Writing Genre? The Case Of Heritage Spanish, Alberta Gatti, Daniela Castillo, Syelle Graves

Heritage Languages Around the World 2

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Age And Education In The Acquisition Of Inflectional Morphology In Heritage Spanish, Patrick Thane

Heritage Languages Around the World 2

The study of how bilingual education shapes heritage language development is an underexplored avenue for research on heritage speakers (HSs). This line of inquiry has simultaneous implications for theories concerning bilingual development and for linguistic justice for bilingual children. By studying multiple age ranges of bilingual children who differ in their exposure to Spanish at school, it is possible to address the “missing link” (Montrul, 2018, p. 534) in heritage language research: acquisition during the school period. However, dual-language immersion schools are celebrated in the United States for facilitating HSs’ development of Spanish without comparing children’s language acquisition in different …

Language Attitudes And Linguistic Interferences: A Case Study On Italian Heritage Speakers In The Flanders Region Of Belgium, Elisa De Cristofaro, Irene Cenni

Heritage Languages Around the World 2

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Correlations Between Positive And Negative Attitudes And Oral Proficiency In Brazilian Portuguese Heritage Speakers, Flavia Terra Cunha

Heritage Languages Around the World 2

Some studies carried out with heritage speakers suggest that negative language attitudes can have a detrimental impact on language maintenance (Cho 2000, Tse 2000; Zhang & Slaughter-Defoe 2009), while other studies found that positive language attitudes favorably impact language maintenance (Mejías & Anderson 1988, Mejías, Anderson-Mejías & Carlson 2003; Gubitosi & de Oliveira 2020). However, very few studies have analyzed possible effects of positive and negative attitudes into heritage speakers’ level of proficiency in their heritage language, and fewer still have classified attitudes statements into different topic areas and analyzed their impact separately. Another important point is that many studies …

Possible Correlations Between Morphological Awareness And Reading Proficiency In Adult Heritage Speakers Of Portuguese, Marco Tulio Bittencourt

Heritage Languages Around the World 2

Readers employ metalinguistic abilities that help them read successfully in their language. Morphological awareness is a metalinguistic ability in which readers decipher complex words and retrieve their meaning (Kuo & Anderson, 2006). Awareness of derivational morphology is crucial in morphologically opaque languages like English since 60 to 80% of derivational words comprise academic texts (Anglin, 1993). The most studied type of morphological awareness is awareness of derivational morphology (Kuo & Anderson, 2006). Studies with L1 English Children (Carlisle, 2000; Kirby et al., 2011) with L1 Spanish-L2 English children (Kiefer, Lesaux, 2007), bilingual speakers (Carlo et al.,2008), L1 Brazilian Portuguese children …

2024 Disease Management At A Glance, Sai Sree Uppala, Martha Sylvia

Cranberry Chart Book - Management Guide

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2024 Nutrition Management At A Glance, Peter Jeranyama

Cranberry Chart Book - Management Guide

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2024 Insect Management At A Glance, Anne Averill, Martha Sylvia

Cranberry Chart Book - Management Guide

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2024 Weed Management At A Glance, Hilary A. Sandler, Katherine Ghantous

Cranberry Chart Book - Management Guide

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Protecting Return Address Integrity For Risc-V Via Pointer Authentication, Yuhe Zhao

Masters Theses

Embedded systems based on lightweight microprocessors are becoming more prevalent in various applications. However, the security of them remains a significant challenge due to the limited resources and exposure to external threats. Especially, some of these devices store sensitive data and control critical devices, making them high-value targets for attackers. Software security is particularly important because attackers can easily access these devices on the internet and obtain control of them by injecting malware.

Return address (RA) hijacking is a common software attack technique used to compromise control flow integrity (CFI) by manipulating memory, such as return-to-libc attacks. Several methods have …

Blockchain Design For A Secure Pharmaceutical Supply Chain, Zhe Xu

Masters Theses

In the realm of pharmaceuticals, particularly during the challenging times of the COVID-19 pandemic, the supply chain for drugs has faced significant strains. The increased demand for vaccines and therapeutics has revealed critical weaknesses in the current drug supply chain management systems. If not addressed, these challenges could lead to severe societal impacts, including the rise of counterfeit medications and diminishing trust in government authorities.

The study identified that more than the current strategies, such as the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) in the U.S., which focuses on unique authentication and traceability codes for prescription drugs, is needed to …

Use Of Unoccupied Aerial Vehicle (Drones) Based Remote Sensing To Model Platform Topography And Identify Human-Made Earthen Barriers In Salt Marshes, Joshua J. Ward

Masters Theses

Elevation is a foundational driver of salt marsh morphology. Elevation governs inundation and hydrological patterns, vegetation distribution, and soil health. Anthropogenic impacts at grand scales (e.g., rising sea levels) and local scales (e.g., infrastructure) have altered the elevation of the salt marsh surface, changing the topography and morphology of these ecosystems. This study establishes and assesses means to document and analyze these impacts using Unoccupied Aerial Vehicle (UAV) based remote sensing to model platform topography. This thesis’s first and primary study presents and compares methods of producing high-resolution digital terrain models (DTMs) with UAV-based Digital Aerial Photogrammetry (DAP) and Light …

Multi-Method Approach To Assess The Impact Of Off-Fault Deformation During Fault Evolution, Christ Faviana Ramos Sanchez

Masters Theses

Scaled physical experiments using analog materials that simulate deformation processes in the Earth’s crust provide direct observations of deformation during strike-slip fault evolution. Carefully scaled experiments allow us to directly observe millions of years of deformation within hours and document the behavior of experimental faults. My thesis is composed of three distinct chapters that use scaled physical experiments to help us better understand partitioning of deformation on and off of strike-slip faults within the Earth’s crust. For my first project, I built a workflow that allows the measurement of off-fault deformation manifested as vertical motions along faults. When combined with …

Evaluation Of Antioxidant Strategies In Low-Moisture Foods, Vinatee Patil

Masters Theses

Lipid oxidation in foods is vastly studied and yet less is known about lipid oxidation mechanisms in low-moisture food systems. Low-moisture foods are comprised of almost all snacks. Most of these snacks are baked or deep-fried foods consisting of a major chunk of saturated fat in consumers’ diets. Therefore, the goal is to improve the nutritional profile of these products to ultimately deliver a healthy product to the consumer. Replacing saturated fats with healthy unsaturated fatty acids is a challenge the food industry faces daily due to oxidative stability.

This study aims to mimic and optimize the industrial cracker model …

Buffering Effects Of Negative Intergroup Contact Through Complex Social Identities, Liora Morhayim

Masters Theses

Although negative intergroup contact occurs less frequently than positive contact, negative contact can more strongly influence outgroup attitudes and behaviors due to the effect of category salience in the generalization process. The present study (N =306) tests whether being aware of an outgroup member’s complex social identity will serve as a buffer against the adverse impact of a negative intergroup contact experience on outgroup attitudes. In a 3X2 between-subjects design, social identity complexity (SIC) of an outgroup confederate (high versus low versus control) and the valence of contact (neutral versus negative) were manipulated. Participants interacted with an outgroup confederate …

Unraveling Intermolecular Vwfa1-Gp1bα And Vwf C4-Gp2b3a Interactions Using Atomic Force Microscopy, Sherly Makar

Masters Theses

Von Willebrand factor (VWF) is one of the largest and most complex glycoproteins. It is the main player in maintaining hemostasis at injury sites in the blood vessels as it bridges the interaction between blood platelets and the extracellular matrix (ECM). VWF acts as a mechanosensor in high-shear surroundings, leading to a conformational change in its domains. VWF is a mosaic protein with many different domains that are receptors to the proper ligands on the blood platelets. The A1 domain is the initial point of contact between the VWF and the blood platelets as it binds to the glycoprotein 1b- …

Investigating The Role Of Got2 In Murine Organogenesis And Placenta Development, Olivia Macrorie

Masters Theses

According to the Knockout Mouse Project (KOMP), loss of glutamatic oxaloacetic transaminase 2 (Got2) results in lethality between embryonic day (E) 9.5 and E12.5, which is a critical period for organ and placenta development. The first aim of this project is to characterize the KOMP-generated Got2 null allele. In situ hybridization reveals that while Got2 is ubiquitous throughout much of the embryo, it is highly expressed in the liver and throughout the developing labyrinth layer of the placenta by E9.5. While Got2^-/- embryos are lethal at E10.5, at E9.5 Got2-deficient embryos have pharyngeal arch defects, do not turn properly, …

Extracting Dnn Architectures Via Runtime Profiling On Mobile Gpus, Dong Hyub Kim

Masters Theses

Due to significant investment, research, and development efforts over the past decade, deep neural networks (DNNs) have achieved notable advancements in classification and regression domains. As a result, DNNs are considered valuable intellectual property for artificial intelligence providers. Prior work has demonstrated highly effective model extraction attacks which steal a DNN, dismantling the provider’s business model and paving the way for unethical or malicious activities, such as misuse of personal data, safety risks in critical systems, or spreading misinformation. This thesis explores the feasibility of model extraction attacks on mobile devices using aggregated runtime profiles as a side-channel to leak …