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Applying for honours in art history and curatorship, visual arts and design.

Admission to Honours in the School of Art and Design is assessed according to the following criteria:

• Academic achievement: applicants must have a weighted average mark (WAM) of 70% or greater across 36 units (6 courses) at 2000- and 3000-level in art or design subjects, pending on your degree.
• Merit of the applicant’s project proposal: applicants must provide a written proposal describing their proposed Honours project – the area of research, research process, subjects, themes, contextual research and methodology. More information about writing a proposal is available below.

Step 1: Submit Thesis Supervision form and project proposal to the School of Art and Design

Applicants for Honours must submit the following two documents electronically to [email protected] :

• Please note: A supervisor will be appointed to you by the Honours convenor, based on your project proposal. Do not nominate a supervisor or seek their signature – leave this field blank.
• Once a supervisor has been allocated, the form will be returned to the applicant, signed by your supervisor, the convenor and the Head of School. The applicant must then upload the completed form to their online application for the Honours program (see below).
• For Art History and Curatorship, students must approach potential supervisors directly, in consultation with the CAHAT Honours Convenor. It is the student’s responsibility to provide their Honours supervisor with the Thesis Supervisor Confirmation Form to sign.
• Applicants who are already enrolled in an ANU Bachelor of Art History and Curatorship, Bachelor of Visual Arts or Bachelor of Design program are not required to submit a portfolio for assessment – only the thesis supervision form and the research proposal.
• A portfolio of work comprising a maximum of 10 jpeg files. These can be submitted by email or by file-sharing service (OneDrive etc.). For Art History and Curatorship this should take the form of a written research paper (2000 words minimum).
• Two written references from academics, artists, designers or technologists who can speak to your research, skills and experience.
• A scanned copy of your official academic transcript from your home institution. Screenshots or unofficial transcripts are not acceptable.

Please note that applications submitted without the necessary material will not be assessed.

Both documents must be submitted in PDF format to [email protected] no later than 11.55pm on 10 October . Please name files with your surname first.

This timeframe allows for completed Thesis Supervisor Confirmation Forms to be returned to applicants in time to submit their formal applications by the closing CASS deadline of 31 October. Once you have received your approved Thesis Supervisor Confirmation, please complete step 2.

Step 2: Apply to ANU Student Central for admission to Honours

Lodge your formal application for the Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours) or the Bachelor of Design (Honours) by following the below links and clicking on ‘Apply’:

• Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours)
• Bachelor of Design (Honours)
• Bachelor of Art History and Curatorship (Honours)

Make sure that you upload both your research proposal and your completed Thesis Supervisor Confirmation Form with your application. Your application is not complete without these.

Enquiries about the application process should be directed to [email protected] from your ANU student email address, or from your applicant email address for non-ANU candidates.

Important information: Writing a project proposal for Honours in the School of Art and Design

Applicants should organise their project proposal under the following headings:

The applicant:

• ANU ID number
• Email address
• Phone number
• List the academic staff whom you worked closely with in your third year
• Have you discussed your proposal with any academic staff at SOAD?

The project:

• Title of the proposed project
• Summary of the proposed project (maximum 50 words)
• contextual review (artists, designers, academics, authors that inform this proposal)
• proposed methodology/methods
• Bibliography (not included in word count)
• Requested studio area (if applicable)
• ANU equipment you anticipate using (if applicable)

More information about preparing a proposal can be found at the following link, provided by the Academic Skills and Learning Centre .

File attachments

• Thesis Supervisor Confirmation Form 2022-2023 V7.5-2.pdf ( PDF , 225.92 KB )

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The School of Politics and International Relations is home to one of the best political science and international relations programs in the world. The distinctive, world-leading program befits its place in the ANU, which is an institution dedicated to research-led education.  This page sets out the opportunities for, and distinctive features of, the Honours programs in the School of Politics and International Relations.

Degree Programs

The School of Politics and International Relations offers six Honours programs:

• Bachelor of Arts (Honours) with the following specialisations : Political Science; International Relations
• Bachelor of European Studies (Honours)
• Bachelor of International Relations (Honours)
• Bachelor of Political Science (Honours)
• Bachelor of Public Policy (Honours)
• Bachelor of Politics, Philosophy and Economics (Honours)  with the following specialisations: Political Science; International Relations

The successful completion of all Honours programs require a minimum of one year of study (up to two years in case of part-time studies) and students are required to submit a thesis of no more than 20,000 words. For more detailed information about entry requirements for the Honours programs, please refer to  the “Admission” tab on the individual program’s websites  (or follow the links above).

Interested students can find more information (e.g. part-time options, general expectations etc.) in the  2020 Honours and Masters Guide .

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Our training program enables our Honours students to undertake an in-depth research project at undergraduate level under the close supervision of academic staff. The School of Politics and International Relations provides a supportive environment and programs that encourages new modes of research while also supporting traditional scholarly methods of inquiry.

The key element of our graduate program is its intense focus on the unique research-led education culture at the ANU. Our guiding assumption is that the best way to produce academic researchers is to incorporate them into a culture of academic research. This research culture is made possible by two things in particular: the culture of political science with its intensive focus on discussion and debate, and the culture of the ANU, with its focus on research-led education. Some elements of our research culture include our weekly research seminars, monthly politics and international relations works-in-progress workshops, and the presence of a large number of international and national luminaries who are present on campus as visiting fellows.

The School of Politics and International Relations invites Honours students to take an active role in this research culture, and all Honours   students are encouraged to attend the research seminars.

Finding a Supervisor

It is incumbent on applicants to identify and contact potential Honours supervisors.  We encourage applicants to view the research profiles of the School’s faculty  to identify supervisors who work in the area of the students’ interest.  Visit this page  to view all the members of faculty.

• Further information on supervisors from SPIR is available here.

Once an applicant has identified a potential supervisor, the applicant should contact the supervisor via email, stating that they are interested in Honours studies, outlining their area of interest and proposed topic, and asking whether the faculty member is willing to supervise them. If an applicant is unsure about how to contact a potential supervisor they should contact the Honours Convenor via  [email protected]   or directly [find out the Convenor of the specific Honours programs  here ].

Honours Progression

Upon matriculation into an Honours program with the School of Politics and International Relations students will be invited to the annual Honours Induction Program.

The induction will welcome students to the School and to the University, introduce the faculty of the School, and familiarise students with their opportunities and responsibilities. It also includes social events that allow new students to meet the other students, faculty and support staff who comprise the School community. The Induction Program usually occurs during February.

All Honours students in the School of Politics and International Relations are required to undertake three courses at the Honours level. The course grades make up 50 percent of the final Honours grade. There is one compulsory course:  POLS4011 (12 units) . The remaining two courses (6 units each) are electives from a program specific list (see  “Study” tab in the respective Honours program )

The Thesis Preview

In accordance with the rules within the School of Politics and International Relations, all Honours students must present a thesis proposal to the School’s academic staff, before the second semester of full-time study. The Thesis Preview is meant to help students prepare more effectively for their thesis: they can expect to receive helpful feedback from experienced SPIR staff as well as learn useful decision making and argumentation strategies from other Honours students. The Thesis Preview is an integral part of the Honours program and a central opportunity for our students to benefit from the School’s research culture.

Applications

Further information can be found at:

• ANU Honours Applications website
• CASS Honours Applications website

For further information, please contact the Honours Convenor  [email protected]

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All Australian National University theses are in digital form. You can search for them online through the  theses collection in ANU Open Research , and are also searchable via the  Library Catalogue .

The majority of ANU theses are openly accessible but a small number are restricted due to cultural sensitivities, copyright controls or other restrictions.

Digital theses

Digital theses can be searched online through the  theses collection in ANU Open Research .

The Australian National University Library’s theses collection holds the research output of the University’s academic community over the last 60 years. The first ANU thesis was awarded in 1953.

By digitising its print theses collection, ANU Library delivers the University’s unique and original research in a freely available, open access online collection. Digital delivery expands engagement with the Library’s collections, provides visibility to the university’s scholarship, and supports the careers of its academic community.

Restrictions

The majority of theses are openly accessible; however, some may not be available under open access conditions due to author or copyright restrictions.

If an author wishes to restrict access to their thesis (or part of it), they can elect to do so as part of the online submission process. If after 12 months an extension to that restriction is required, a new application must be completed.

In the case of a Higher Degree by Research thesis, approval is required from the Dean, Higher Degree Research and can be sought by filling out an  Extension of Thesis Restriction of Access Request Form  or emailing  [email protected] . If approved, the Open Research team will be notified and restrict access to the online version of your thesis in line with the decision made.

Read our  Restriction Infosheet  for more information about applying for restrictions on theses.

Hard copy theses

Hard copy theses can be requested  for reading within the Library, but cannot be borrowed.

The majority of theses are available for research or study, however some may not be available due to author or copyright restrictions.

To check whether access restrictions apply to a particular thesis, ask at the  Menzies Library  Information Desk or email the  ANU Library .

Non-ANU readers are advised to check in advance whether they will be granted access to a particular thesis.

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Program: HMUSI 1 year full-time 48 units

Applications for entry into the Honours program for Music are considered in October, for entry into the program in Semester 1 the following year.

Before applying students should contact Dr Alec Hunter, Honours Convenor, for information regarding the program and advice on developing a proposal.

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You will need to submit a Thesis Supervisor Confirmation Form.  For more information, please visit the How to apply for CASS Honours page .

Selection process

Applications for entry to the School of Music Honours program are assessed on:

• prior academic achievement
• the merit of the submitted Honours Proposal
• as required, a performance audition *.

Students wishing to specialise in Performance who have not completed MUSI3301 Music Performance 5 and MUSI3302 Music Performance 6 with at least a distinction average prior to commencing the Honours program will need to audition.

Honours Proposal guidelines

A research topic, providing the specific focus of your Honours program, is required in each stream. Depending on the chosen stream outcomes of your research topic are presented in both written and creative form. In the Performance stream, your recitals should represent aspects of your research. Similarly in the Composition, Arranging and Sound Design stream, your compositions or other creative work should also represent aspects of your research. In both cases, the creative results of your research are accompanied by a written exegesis that explores the creative components of your program as part of the research process. In the Musicology, Ethnomusicology and Music Curatorship stream, your research will be presented in the form of a written thesis.

Application for the Honours program requires the submission of a topic proposal of between 350 and 500 words. Your proposal provide a clear sense of the research topic, and demonstrate some understanding of relevant literature, theoretical frameworks and methodologies. A strong proposal would include:

• a topic title
• a discussion of the aims of the research topic
• a brief consideration of existing relevant literature and other sources
• a consideration of relevant theoretical frameworks
• an outline of relevant methodologies
• a discussion of particular requirements of the project (required resources etc.).

Entry requirements

Entry requires the completion of a Bachelor of Music degree with distinction average in 36 units of courses in the discipline cognate with the Honours specialisation; written permission of the Honours Convenor; and written agreement of a staff member to supervise the sub-thesis.

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Tony Allison awarded Riaz Hassan Prize for Best Honours Thesis

CAIS research scholar, Tony Allison is the 2021 winner of the AAIMS Riaz Hassan Prize for Best Honours Thesis. On behalf of all CAIS staff and research scholars we congratulate Tony and wish him all the best for his doctoral research.

Tony received this prestigious award for his outstanding thesis “The Prince and the Torpor”: Social Change in Saudi Arabia .

Since the start of Saudi Vision 2030, an economic diversification programme, in 2016, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has witnessed a significant amount of social change. A number of commentators have highlighted the unprecedented nature of the change. The goal of this thesis, therefore, is to explore the nature of this social change. In doing so, this thesis will answer two questions. One, what social change has occurred under Vision 2030. Two, what factors are responsible for the extent of this change. This thesis argues that three factors are responsible: one, Mohammed bin Salman, in his desire for social change, his institutional power to achieve this change and his use of state repression to prevent opposition; two, the youth’s desire for social change, caused by socio-economic stress produced by high unemployment and severe boredom, has allowed the social change to progress at a faster rate; and three, the decline of the ‘ulamā’s power relative to the monarchy, to the extent that they are no longer able to oppose social change as they have historically done.   The Australian Association of Islamic and Muslim Studies (AAIMS) offers this prize for the most outstanding honours thesis in the interdisciplinary field of Islamic and Muslim studies, with the intention of encouraging junior scholars to pursue further research in the field. The award is named after Emeritus Professor Riaz Hassan OAM, who has been a foundational figure in Islamic Studies in Australia and has held positions of eminence at Flinders University, the National University of Singapore (NUS), Gadjah Mada University, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and Yale University.

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School: School of Philosophy

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- B. Eng. (Moscow State University of Telecommunications and Informatics), 2003; - PhB and Honours in Philosophy (The Australian National University), 2015

Thesis title: Addressing the environmental crisis

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I commenced my PhD in 2016 after completing an undergraduate degree in philosophy at the ANU. I work in political and social philosophy.

My PhD thesis develops an account of structural social problems, analyses climate change as a structural problem, and, building on that account, explores what we, individuals, should do in response to climate change. The focus is on activism, social movements, and structural social change.

Political philosophy Social Theory Environmental Political Theory Environmental Philosophy Critical Theory

2017: Fundamental Ideas in Philosophy (PHIL1004, ANU) – tutor

2017: Civil Society, Politics, and Policy (8716, UC) – tutor

2018: Philosophy and Public Policy (PHIL2122, ANU) – tutor

2018: Theories of Social Justice (PHIL2020, ANU) – tutor and guest lecturer

2020: Theories of Social Justice (PHIL2020, ANU) – convenor and lecturer

In 2019, I received VC’s award for excellence in tutoring and demonstrating (ANU).

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Kyle Wilson graduated from the ANU with First Class Honours in Russian in 1976. He studied at Moscow and Leningrad State Universities (1977-79). He taught Russian at the University of Queensland before joining the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs in 1981. He had postings in Warsaw (1982-84), Moscow (1988-92) and Beijing (1995-2000). He studied Polish in Lublin and Krakow; and Mandarin at the Beijing Institute of Economics and Management. From 2000 to 2003 he headed DFAT’s China Political and Bilateral Section.  From 2003 to 2013 he was seconded to the Office of National Assessments as the Senior Analyst for Russia and the Former Soviet Union. Wilson has served as official Russian interpreter for Australian heads of state, prime ministers and minister.  Since retiring from DFAT and ONA he has been a Visiting Fellow at the ANU’s Centre for European Studies.

His interests embrace all aspects of Russia past and present, with a particular focus on Russian national myths and the history of Russian thought; Sino-Russian relations; and the history of Australian-Russian ties.

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Wilson was awarded an Australia Day medal for his work in Russia and Central Asia and the Solidarity Medal, awarded by the government of Poland.

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Dr Ksenia Gnevsheva

Areas of expertise

• Linguistics 2004
• Laboratory Phonetics And Speech Science 200404
• Language In Culture And Society (Sociolinguistics) 200405
• Applied Linguistics And Educational Linguistics 200401
• Language Studies 2003
• English As A Second Language 200303
• Central And Eastern European Languages (Incl. Russian) 200304

Research interests

Ksenia’s main linguistic interest lies at the intersection of sociophonetics and second language acquisition. Her current work focuses on sociolinguistic variation in bilingual speakers in production and perception. 

I am a Lecturer in Linguistics in the School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics at the ANU. I hold a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Canterbury (New Zealand), a M.A. in English as a Second Language from the University of Arizona (USA), and a B.A. in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics from the Saratov State University (Russia). Before joining the ANU in 2017, I worked as a Linguistic Scientist in Research and Development at Fluent Scientific, Ltd. In addition to English and Russian, I have significant familiarity with French, Korean, Polish, and Spanish.

Researcher's projects

• Sociophonetic variation in bilingual speakers.
• Second dialect acquisition in a second language.
• Accentedness perception and linguistic discrimination.
• Accent identification and attitudinal evaluation.
• L2 acquisition in a study-abroad context.
• Acquisition of sociolinguistic variation in a foreign language context.
• Using ultrasound imaging in L2 teaching.

Available student projects

I welcome proposals for research in any of the areas listed in the research interests section above. 

Additionally, I have data that could be used for specific projects by Honours/Masters students:

1. Second dialect acquisition.

2. Second dialect acquisition in a second language.

3. Second language acquisition in a study-abroad context.

4. Sociolinguistic variation in second language speakers of English.

5. Sociolinguistic variation in first and heritage language speakers of Russian.

Past student projects

Xiaozhu Liu, 2023, Masters thesis,  Predictors of cross-dialectal convergence in the English of Chinese L1 speakers

Long Yu Lo, 2023, Honours thesis,  International and local school graduates’ production of aspiration, labialization, and tone in Hong Kong Cantonese

Yao Lu, Masters thesis, 2020,  Accentedness and personality evaluation of Asian and Caucasian non-native English speakers by Asian non-native English listeners

Fearghas Macfarlane, Honours thesis, 2020,  Acquisition of English coronal sibilants by L1 Mandarin speakers

Paul Reid, Masters thesis, 2020,  A comparison of machine learning algorithms and native speaker perceptual frameworks in the discrimination of phonemic contrasts

Jiahuan Zhang, Honours thesis, 2019,  Crosslinguistic influence on adult L2 learners' acquisition of Chinese classifiers

Kayla Sarte, Masters thesis, 2019,  The development of phrasal complexity in Filipino L2 English Argumentative Writings 

Janice Chan, Honours thesis, 2019, The effectiveness of Duolingo in Chinese acquisition 

Publications

• Sarte, K & Gnevsheva, K 2022, 'Noun phrasal complexity in ESL written essays under a constructed-response task: Examining proficiency and topic effects', Assessing Writing, vol. 51.
• Jiao, D & Gnevsheva, K 2022, 'Dialect proficiency and Mandarin rating in dialect identification: The case of Jiangsu province', Journal of Linguistic Geography, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 1-11.
• Reid, P, Gnevsheva, K & Suominen, H 2022, 'A comparison of machine learning algorithms and human listeners in the identification of phonemic contrasts', Eighteenth Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology , The Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association, Inc., Canberra, Australia, pp. 41-45.
• Gnevsheva, K 2021, 'Book Review: Folklinguistics and Social Meaning in Australian English', Journal of English Linguistics, vol. 49, no. 3.
• Gnevsheva, K, Szakay, A & Jansen, S 2021, 'Lexical preference in second dialect acquisition in a second language', International Journal of Bilingualism, vol. 26, no. 2.
• Gnevsheva, K 2021, 'Topic affects perception of degree of foreign accent in a non-dominant language', Linguistics: an interdisciplinary journal of the language sciences, vol. 59, no. 1, pp. 101â121.
• Gnevsheva, K, Szakay, A & Jansen, S 2021, 'Phonetic convergence across dialect boundaries in first and second language speakers', Journal of Phonetics, vol. 89, pp. 1-11.
• Gnevsheva, K 2020, 'The role of style in the ethnolect: Style-shifting in the use of ethnolectal features in first- and second-generation speakers', International Journal of Bilingualism, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 861-880.
• Gnevsheva, K, Gonzalez Ochoa, S & Fromont, R 2020, 'Australian English Bilingual Corpus: Automatic forced-alignment accuracy in Russian and English', Australian Journal of Linguistics, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 182-193.
• Inceoglu, S. & Gnevsheva, K. (2020). Ultrasound imaging in the foreign language classroom: Outcomes, challenges, and students’ perceptions. In O. Kang, S. Staples, K. Yaw, & K. Hirschi (Eds.), Proceedings of the 11th Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching conference, ISSN 2380-9566, Northern Arizona University, September 2019 (pp. 115–126). Ames, IA: Iowa State University.
• Gnevsheva, K & Buerkle, D 2019, 'Age estimation in foreign-accented speech by native and non-native speakers [IN PRESS]', Language and Speech, vol. Online.
• Jiao, D, Watson, V, Wong, S et al 2019, 'Age estimation in foreign-accented speech by non-native speakers of English', Speech Communication, vol. 106, pp. 118-126pp.
• Szakay, A, Gnevsheva, K & Jansen, S 2019, 'Lexical access by L1 and L2 mono- and bidialectal listeners', 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, ICPhS 2019 , ed. S. Calhoun, P. Escudero, M. Tabain, & P. Warren, Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association Inc., Melbourne, pp. 3245-3249.
• Gnevsheva, K 2018, 'The expectation mismatch effect in accentedness perception of Asian and Caucasian non-native speakers of English', Linguistics: an interdisciplinary journal of the language sciences, vol. 56, no. 3, pp. 581-598pp.
• Gnevsheva, K 2018, 'Variation in foreign accent identification', Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, vol. 39, no. 8, pp. 688-702pp.
• Gnevsheva, K & Lin, J 2018, 'Acoustic and perceptual correlates of comprehensibility in relation to suprasegmental features', New Zealand Studies in Applied Linguistics, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 56-68.
• Gnevsheva, K 2018, 'Passing for a native speaker: Production and perception', in Jan Volin, Radek Skarnitzl (ed.), The Pronunciation of English by Speakers of Other Languages , Cambridge Scholars Publishing, United Kingdom, pp. 139-159pp.
• Gnevsheva, K 2017, 'Within-speaker variation in passing for a native speaker', International Journal of Bilingualism, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 213-227.
• Gnevsheva, K 2017, 'Nativelikeness in production and perception: Implications for pedagogy', Current issues in primary, preâ€?school and specialised education during modernisation , ed. T.U.Makashina and O.B.Shirokih, Moscow Region State Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, Russia, pp. 32-33pp.
• Gnevsheva, K 2016, 'Beyond the language: listener comments on extra-linguistic cues in perception tasks', Language Awareness, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 257-271.
• Leach, H, Watson, K & Gnevsheva, K 2016, 'Perceptual dialectology in northern England: Accent recognition, geographical proximity and cultural prominence', Journal of Sociolinguistics, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 192-211.
• Gnevsheva, K 2016, 'The effect of recording setting in accentedness perception', Te Reo: Journal of the Linguistics Society of New Zealand, vol. 59, pp. 23-46pp.
• Gnevsheva, K 2015, 'Style-shifting and intra-speaker variation in the vowel production of non-native speakers of New Zealand English', Journal of Second Language Pronunciation (JSLP), vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 135-156.
• Gnevsheva, K 2015, 'Acoustic analysis in the Accents of Non-Native English (ANNE) corpus', International Journal of Learner Corpus Research, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 256-267.
• Gnevsheva, K 2015, 'Passing for a native speaker: Production and perception', EPIP4 4th International Conference on English Pronunciation , ed. Jan Volín, Faculty of Arts of Charles University in Prague, Czechoslovakia, pp. 37-40.
• Gnevsheva, K 2015, 'Intra-speaker variation and 'accentedness' in non-native English speakers', ASLA Symposium , ASLA och Författarna, Sweden, pp. 23-32.
• Gnevsheva, K 2014, 'Book Review: Howard Giles & Bernadette Watson (eds.), The social meanings of language, dialect and accent: International perspectives on speech styles. New York: Peter Lang, 2013', Language in Society, vol. 43, no. 3, pp. 361-362.
• Gnevsheva, K 2009, 'Variatsii v yadre mentalnogo leksikona (Variations in the Nucleus of the Mental Lexicon)', Filologicheskie etudy, vol. 12, pp. 193-195.
• Ignatov, A., & Gnevsheva, K 2008, 'Asemanticheskie reaktsii v assotsiativnom slovare (Asemantic Reactions in the Dictionary of Associations)', Filologicheskie etudy, vol. 11, pp. 192-193.

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