Browsing Articles publicats (Anglès i Lingüística) by Title
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I speak small: unequal Englishes and transnational identities among Ghanaian migrants
(Taylor & Francis Online, 2018-02-15)This paper investigates language ideologies involving various nonstandard English-language practices among homeless Ghanaian migrants, and explores how these interplay with transnational identity management in Catalonia, ... -
Ideologies on multilingual practices at a rural Catalan school
(Equinox publishing, 2009)This ethnographic study analyses ideologies on multilingualism and attitudes toward cultural diversity in a rural Catalan school located in a semirural locality which is undergoing a series of changes linked to the dynamics ... -
Images of old age in YouTube: destabilizing stereotypes
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)This article presents an analysis of the most viewed YouTube videos under the labels ‘old age’, ‘older age’ and ‘senior citizens’. As powerful sources that transmit cultural information which either perpetuates or undermines ... -
In the Footsteps of Edward Bulwer-lytton's "Lucretia"Revisiting Victorian Popular Narratives of Madness
(Universidade de Vigo, 2012)The character of Bertha Mason in CharlotteBrontë’s Jane Eyrehas often been considered theparadigm of ‘the madwoman in the attic’; an archetypearising from Gothic domestic fictionthat would recur ... -
In their blooming sixties: aging as awakening in Amanda Cross’ an imperfect spy and the puzzled heart
(VU University Library, 2012)The writer and Columbia professor Carolyn Gold Heilbrun (1926–2003) is widely known for her best-selling Kate Fansler mystery novels, published under the pseudonym of Amanda Cross. However, she also authored remarkable pieces ... -
Inmigración e interacción en la enseñanza/adquisición de lenguas: la construcción conversacional del alumnado de origen inmigrante
(Asociación Universitaria de Formación del Profesorado, 2006)Además de presentar la interacción en el aula desde la perspectiva del trabajo en parejas alumno autóctono/no autóctono, nuestro objetivo en el presente apartado de este volumen es analizar los procesos interactivos que ... -
International universities and implications of internationalisation for minority languages: views from university students in Catalonia and Wales
(Taylor & Francis, 2014-01-01)European higher education institutions are in general highly committed to internationalisation, seeing it as providing ways into the global education market, as an indicator of academic excellence, and for generating income. ... -
Internationalization of Business English communication at university: A threefold needs analysis
(AELFE (Asociación Europea de Lenguas para Fines Específicos), 2013)This paper provides an example of a thorough needs analysis previous to the syllabus planning of a Business English (BE) course at a Catalan university. Three types of sources for linguistic needs are considered. Firstly, ... -
Interpretación semántica de esquemas sintácticos
(Universidad de Concepción, 2003)En este artículo presentamos una propuesta para el tratamiento de la interfaz entre la sintaxis y la semántica que no se restringe al estudio de la estructura argumental, sino que también tiene en cuenta otros elementos ... -
Invisible Environments: Old Age and its spaces
(Universidad de Almería. Departamento de Filologia Inglesa, 2005-05)Despite the progressive ageing of a worldwide population, negative attitudes towards old age have proliferated thanks to cultural constructs and myths that, for decades, have presented old age as a synonym of decay, ... -
Is Manuela Carmena a politician? Spanish journalists and politicians in the spotlight
(Taylor and Francis, 2018)The purpose of this paper is to better understand how the participants involved in a specific radio interview use categorization to (re)produce a dominant discourse in the Spanish political arena. In this discourse, ... -
Is orrmulum's introduction an instance of an aristotelian prologue?
(Kluwer Academic, 2004)Ever since its first edition, scholars of Orrmulum have conventionally divided its introduction into three sections: Dedication, Preface, Texts and Introduction. Indeed, modern editorial practice would seem to justify this ... -
«It reminded me of Poe’s story»: Edgar Allan Poe’s legacy, the ghost story and the American gothic in Richard Matheson’s A Stir of Echoes
(Univeristat Autónoma de Barcelona, 2014)Pese a que la novela El último escalón (1958) a menudo ha sido eclipsada por otros títulos más conocidos de Richard Matheson tales como Soy leyenda (1954) o El increíble hombre menguante (1956), debería otorgársele la ... -
Joanna McClelland Glass’ Mrs. Dexter and Her Daily and the Inter-play among Age, Gender and Class
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Juan Luis Vives and Richard Mulcaster: a humanist view of language
(Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 1998)Humanist writers were multifaceted and thcir writings eclectic, delving into a wide range of fields of enquiry Many issues wcre raised and addressed, pursued ur abandoned, uftcn unsystematically. ‘[his hetcrogeneity has ... -
L2 reading and vocabulary development after a short Study Abroad experience
(Universidade de Vigo. Servicio de Publicacións, 2020)This study explores the development of L2 reading and vocabulary as a result of a short (3-week) SA experience. Given the growing literature on Study Abroad (SA) research, this investigation attempts to shed some light on ... -
La gramaticalización de los auxiliares del rumano
(Academia Română, 2009)In this paper we evaluate the degree of grammaticalization in Romanian verbal periphrases (VP), attending phenomena such as decategorialization and increasing cohesion. In order to evaluate the degree of decategorialization ... -
Language and education issues in global Catalonia. Questions and debates across scales of time and space
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Language in Education: An Interview with Leo van Lier
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Language policies and practices in the internationalisation of higher education on the European margins: an introduction
(Taylor & Francis, 2014)Following Spolsky's definition of language policy, this introductory paper offers a brief reflection on the three main lines of research that are represented in this special issue regarding the relationship between ...