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Crosslinguistic variation in the clausal skeleton: multiple complementizer structures, a comparative analysis of english, spanish and basque
Leyaristi Oñederra, Ainhoa (2023-04-17)In the last decades, much effort has been devoted to investigating the functional structure dominating IP: the so-called left-periphery of the clause. Research conducted on this topic has attempted to characterize the ... -
Culture awareness in the anglophone world II: British culture in the interwar period through the Series ‘Peaky Blinders’
Zabaleta Perez, Julen (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 ... -
Derivation of ironical implicatures by English foreign language learners: do language proficiency and culture play a role?
Ortiz Fernández, Paola (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 ... -
Didactic Unit for Students of 1st year of Compulsory Secondary Education: developing oral comprehension and production skills
San Martin Gaztelurrutia, Idoia (2018-12-03)This project consists in an innovative teaching program comprising eight lesson plans devised for a 1st year of Compulsory Secondary Education (CSE) classroom. Based on an audiolingual and a communicative language teaching ... -
Dido and Aeneas. Virgilian influence on Henry Purcell
Ruiz Andikoetxea, Oihane (2020-05-20)The Aeneid by Virgil has been admired and continually imitated along centuries, and it is one of the most important poems written in the history of western civilization after the Bible, as it served as a source of influence ... -
Different and identical worlds: "Alice's Adventures In Wonderland" and "Through The Looking-Glass"
Luque Vaquero, Aitziber (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 ... -
Ellipsis in drama and novel: a cohesive device
Expósito Gutiérrez, Sara (2022-03-07)Ellipsis is one of the devices contributing to the cohesion of both written and spoken discourse. It is the omission of some elements from a clause whose meaning is understood even though they fail to be phonetically ... -
English as a contact language: Nigerian English as a case study
Letona López, Aritz (2017-11-21)Throughout the 16th century, the colonial aspirations of the British Empire took the English language to territories where it got in contact with different linguistic realities. These contact situations resulted in new ... -
English as a Contact Language: Singapore English
Echeverría Echániz, MarkelSingapore English is a perfect variety to analyse in order to stress the importance of linguistic contact in shaping languages. -
English for Academic Purposes: The Challenge of Paraphrasing
Elizalde Esain, AndreaOver the past two decades, English for Academic Purposes (EAP) has experienced an important growth becoming a central element of L2 students’ higher education. These students seem to find in citation, a vital area of EAP, ... -
English neologisms in modern times
Ortiz Colina, Raquel (2022-03-07)The study on neologisms or the new words created in a language has been gaining strength lately and has been getting the attention of linguists. It is obvious that neologisms produce a feeling of curiosity since they ... -
English VP ellipsis: ellipsis site, licensing condition and identity condition. A literature review
Macazaga Núñez, Irene (2023-04-17)Verb Phrase ellipsis is the syntactic occurrence in which the elements within the verb phrase–the verb and its complements–are elided (van Craenenbroeck, 2014). Although this linguistic phenomenon can be encountered in ... -
Error Analysis: a case study with intermediate learners of English
Eskarza de Marcos, ArrateError Analysis emerged following the traces of Contrastive linguistics, which has been a recurrent approach for research on Second Language Learning in the last century. Errors had been considered a negative response to ... -
Esther Through the Looking-Glass: Self-Image De(Con)struction in Sylvia Plath's "The Bell Jar"
Moya Escudero, Maite (2022-03-07)[EN] The aim of this paper is to analyse the role of mirrors in Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar. Specifically, I concentrate on the six scenes in which a mirror is literally or metaphorically present in order to sustain my ... -
Explaining the uses of ser and estar: A didactic proposal for English learners of Spanish
Vicien Palomino, Maika (2020-05-20)The distinction between ser and estar is one of the most difficult aspects of Spanish grammar for English learners of Spanish. There are many authors from different backgrounds that have dealt with this topic aiming to ... -
Expression of authority in academic writing: a comparative study of the usage of first-person pronouns between genders
Goicoechea Ortiz, Ainhoa (2018-12-03)The expression of authority by means of first-person pronouns in Academic Discourse has long been a controversial issue. Traditionally, impersonality was said to be one of the core characteristics of expert writing; However, ... -
Fiction as a reflection of reality: the rise and fall of totalitarian regimes in J. K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" series and in Nazi Germany
Echávarri Manjón, Sara (2023-04-17)Totalitarian regimes dominated the 20th century in Europe. Germany's Nazism is one of the most prominent examples of such regimes. Nevertheless, these phenomena are not restricted to the real world since they have also ... -
Foreign language anxiety in the Basque Country: a comparison of high school and university students
Zelaia Kortabitarte, Ainara (2022-03-07)Anxiety has been widely studied in the field of second language acquisition (SLA), as it is one of the main obstacles that students have to overcome in their language learning process. This paper presents an explanation ... -
Foreign Language Anxiety: Students' Perspectives and Pedagogical Implications
Tello Loyarte, LierniDuring the last four decades, researchers have shown an increasing interest in the effect of affective variables in language learning because of their decisive role in understanding individual differences in language ... -
From having a house of my own to forgetting the room of one's own: A Reflection on Michele Serros's How to Be a Chicana Role Model and Sandra Cisneros's The House on Mango Street
Diaz Orbe, Alaitz (2024-05-06)[EN] Chicanas have historically been made aware of their difference not only because of their Mexican cultural heritage but also for their gender. Despite their current protection under the US Constitution and the many ...