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The Memory Behind the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C.
(2023-04-17)
This work aims to study the memory of one of the most challenging wars in the recent history of the United States of America through the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C. Vietnam was not like other wars. It ...
Out of control: The representation of hegemonic masculinity in Mary Harron's "American Psycho" and Steve McQueen's "Shame"
(2023-04-17)
[EN] Hegemonic masculinities define standardised forms of manhood, and they have been historically linked with violence in western societies as a way to establish male dominance and control over women and those men who do ...
Varieties of english around the world: Australian english
(2023-04-17)
Although English is the native language of the majority of the population in Australia, not
many EFL learners have a comprehensive knowledge of the characteristics of Australian
English, in comparison with other major ...
The semantics and pragmatics of conjoined sentences
(2023-04-17)
It is widely known that conjoined sentences with and can communicate a wide range of
relations between its conjuncts. Therefore, linguists in semantics and pragmatics fields
have long tried to examine the nature of those ...
Naturalism in Stephen Crane's “Maggie, a Girl of the Streets”: exploration of social determinism
(2023-04-17)
Literary works often reflect the reality of society, and naturalism, as a literary genre,
is a clear example of this practice since naturalistic literature focuses on the scientific
observation of life. Nonetheless, ...
Multicultural London English: the new multiethnolect in Inner London City
(2023-04-17)
The city of London, as many others in Europe, has been home for many immigrant families all over the years. Through interaction between immigrant and native British children, new and ethnically mixed friend groups have ...
Null objects in English and Spanish recipes
(2023-04-17)
Even though English and Spanish are languages which do not usually allow null objects (NOs) in the general case, this phenomenon is possible in some special registers of the languages. English and Spanish speakers omit the ...
Collaborative writing In L2 learning and teaching
(2023-04-17)
In recent decades, there has been a growing interest in and recognition of collaborative writing (CW) in many classroom contexts around the world. The current view of language learning and teaching has suggested the use ...
Breton Nationalism: past and present
(2023-04-17)
[EN] Brittany, a French region located in the north-east of France, has a very rich history. Around the 5th century, Celts brought their culture and language to what was then known as Armorica. Then, Julius Caesar conquered ...
Culture awareness in the anglophone world II: British culture in the interwar period through the Series ‘Peaky Blinders’
(2023-04-17)
This paper analyses the representation of British culture during the interwar
period and its historical accuracy in the internationally famous series ‘Peaky Blinders’
through the main ethnic groups represented in the ...