Dissertations completed SPITZ, Alice. Power plays - Mother-daughter disputes in contemporary plays by women: A study in discourse analysis. obtain additional information here. BUBEL, Claudia. The linguistic construction of character relations in TV drama: Doing friendship in Sex and the City. obtain addtitional information here. GERHARDT, Cornelia. The language of television viewing. SCHWARZ, Jeannine. 2010. Linguistic aspects of verbal humor in stand-up comedy. Göttingen: Sierke. obtain addtitional information here. Dissertations in progress LEY, Susanne. FROBENIUS, Maximiliane. The language of video blogs.