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The Dylans they are a-changing: representing Bob Dylan in Todd Haynes' "I'm Not There" (2007)
(2020-11-18)
This paper examines the representation of Bob Dylan in Todd Haynes’ film I’m Not
There (2007). Bob Dylan is regarded as one of the most important musicians of the 20th
Century. He rose to fame in early 1960s during the ...
The Two-Way Cultural Street: The influence of US popular culture in the Korean Wave and Japanese anime and viceversa
(2020-05-25)
The history of colonization has been marked by the Orientalist rhetoric used by Eastern empires to justify the invasion and colonization of the West. In the 20th century, the United States recycled this rhetoric to exercise ...
Mobile-assisted language learning in EFL classroom at university: students' perspective
(2020-12-21)
Since the first appearance of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in English as Foreign Language (EFL) classrooms, the perspective of teachers and students on the utilization of technology for language learning ...
Benefits and Drawbacks of Collaborative Writing for Young Foreign Language Learners: A Case Study on Teachers' Perspective
(2020-05-20)
Collaborative Writing (CW) and its benefits and drawbacks for language learning have been studied by many scholars, mainly concerning adult learners (ALs). Nevertheless, its potential applications to young learners (YLs) ...
Vernacular English in Ireland: History and Linguistic Overview
(2020-05-25)
English has been present on the Emerald Island since about the 13th century, making Irish English the oldest of the vernacular varieties outside Britain. The purpose of this paper is to describe the conditions of the shift ...
The Arrival and Development of the English Language in India
(2020-05-25)
It is widely accepted that the English language is the most important international language in the world. It is because of its importance that there has been a worldwide spread of English. Due to the spread of English, ...
Ó labhraísí mé!: the past, present and future of the Irish language
(2020-05-25)
The case of the Irish language could be considered an anomaly – a nation that, in most of its territory, achieved its independence about 100 years ago should, on paper, not speak the language of their colonizers. However, ...
Off widd de spellin ov werdz: A Sociolinguistic Approximation to Respelling Practices. A Case Study of Scouse Alice
(2020-05-25)
A relatively uninvestigated topic in the literature (Sebba, 2007, p. 12), spelling variation is an interdisciplinary field interpretable as serving the purpose of revaluing the non-standard identities corresponding to the ...
Striving for peace: Northern Ireland, from the Good Friday Agreement to Brexit (1998- 2020)
(2020-12-21)
Europe has historically been a battleground for diverse communities, many of which
fighting to achieve some form of power or sovereignty. Medieval battles between
kingdoms lead to wars between empires and lastly to modern ...
Women and judaism: diverse realities between the 19th and 20th centuries
(2020-12-21)
Traditional Jewish communities can be described as androcentric: males have
occupied a central position and they have been the ones to decide women’s place in society. The women archetype in traditional Judaism describes ...