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VP ellipsis in English and Swedish: a comparative study
This comparative study analyses the verb phrase ellipsis phenomenon in English and
in Swedish, which exhibit both similarities and differences. In this analysis, VP
ellipsis –an elided verb phrase whose meaning is recovered ...
On Northern Irish English: A Phonological and Morphosyntactic Description
The present paper reviews the phonological and morphosyntactic aspects of the Northern Irish English (NIrE) variety. NIrE is the dialect of English spoken within the region of Northern Ireland, which officially belongs to ...
I Love You my Dear, but First Things First: Alice Walker's "Everyday Use" from In Love and Trouble
"Everyday Use" is a short story settled on the Sixties; an important decade which
challenged the American social values. The short story was written by Alice Walker, a
writer who belongs to the reduced ...
Nella Larsen's Passing: Crossing Forbidden Boundaries
The present paper aims at analysing the theme of transgressions or the crossing of
forbidden boundaries in Nella Larsen’s Passing. Due to the fact that hers is the first
novel to address the social practice of “passing” ...
Video Tutorial Series-Basic Concepts in Natural Phonology. Second video: Phonological Processes according to dependency of context.
(2016-12-20)
This is an English adaptation of six video tutorials originally called "Serie Vídeos
tutoriales‐conceptos básicos en Fonología Natural" in Spanish. It could be used in basic phonological courses. I present some of the ...
Video Tutorial Series-Basic Concepts in Natural Phonology. Third video: Functional types of Phonological Processes
(2016-12-20)
This is an English adaptation of six video tutorials originally called "Serie Vídeos
tutoriales‐conceptos básicos en Fonología Natural" in Spanish. It could be used in basic phonological courses. I present some of the ...
Video Tutorial Series-Basic Concepts in Natural Phonology. First video: Phonological Processes
(2016-12-20)
This is an English adaptation of six video tutorials originally called "Serie Vídeos
tutoriales‐conceptos básicos en Fonología Natural" in Spanish. It could be used in basic phonological courses. I present some of the ...
Different and identical worlds: "Alice's Adventures In Wonderland" and "Through The Looking-Glass"
(2022-03-07)
When one thinks about the concept of children's literature, many ideas will probably come to mind related to the topic. The literary genre of children’s literature, despite seeming simple from the outside, is more complex ...
Derivation of ironical implicatures by English foreign language learners: do language proficiency and culture play a role?
(2022-03-07)
Literature on cross-cultural communication has demonstrated that communication breakdowns are more likely to occur among speakers from different cultural backgrounds (Togame, 2016). This led other scholars, such as Bouton ...
The fall of chivalry: an analysis of the representation of knighthood in George R. R. Martin´s “A Song of Ice and Fire"
(2020-11-24)
Traditional ideas of knighthood and chivalry are often related to the knight’s duty to his overlord—be it a lord or a king—his devotion to his beliefs and to courtly virtues—especially in the courtly love literature. ...