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    • closedAccess   “The owl and the nightingale” and “The parliament of fowls” : a comparison and contrast of old english words and borrowings in two mediaeval poems 

      Martínez García, Miriam Universitat Jaume I (2016-10-26)
      Borrowing is basically a process whereby a word from one language enters a different language. Various reasons try to give an account of the motivation behind the loan of words, such as completing missing information or ...

    • closedAccess   Food for thought : analysing idiomatic english from advertising 

      Murtazalieva, Murtazalieva , Yulia Universitat Jaume I (2016-10-26)
      Since languages are continuously evolving and growing due to technological advances and sociocultural improvements, the vocabulary of any language becomes rich, too. Thus, English language is flexible and has many idiomatic ...

    • closedAccess   The role of women in Shakespearean tragedies 

      Alcón Badenes, Andrea Universitat Jaume I (2016-10-26)
      The role of women in Shakespeare’s Works is an important issue to take into account due to the different stereotypes that reflect the end of the sixteenth century. This article explores the particular feminine roles that ...

    • closedAccess   Analysing the speech act of refusing in Grey’s anatomy series 

      Nieto Bernat, Davinia María Universitat Jaume I (2016-10-26)
      Appropriate refusal interactions may be a difficult task for learners of English in a foreign context since they tend to apply rules from their native language to the target language when refusing. Consequently, they can ...

    • closedAccess   Norse Gods and Comics: a Compartive Study of Tales of Asgard 

      Gómez Sánchez, Ferran Universitat Jaume I (2016-10-26)
      In this assignment, a comparative study is developed between the written documents and files about the Norse gods and several comic books of the five-page featurette Tales of Asgard inside the comic series “Thor” created by ...

    • closedAccess   Madness in Hamlet 

      Almela Parrilla, Andrea Universitat Jaume I (2016-10-26)

    • closedAccess   Dialogic literary gatherings through universal literature (A Teaching proposal) 

      García Capellino, Joan Universitat Jaume I (2016-10-26)
      This essay is based on a possible teaching proposal about how to teach dialogic literary gatherings of universal literature in Compulsory Secondary Education students. Nowadays, an optional subject has been established ...

    • closedAccess   Richard III written by William Shakepeare upon Noviembre Teatro 

      Gay Doménech, Arantxa Universitat Jaume I (2016-10-26)
      A deep analysis on Shakespeare´s work Richard III is the purpose of this dissertation. It is an extensive study of the play, which includes the analysis of the marvelous play performed by the Spanish Theatre Company called ...

    • closedAccess   The Celtic origins of Gawain and the Green Knight 

      García Boix, Óscar Universitat Jaume I (2016-10-26)
      The influence of other works of literature on posterior creation has always been a subject of study in the field of literature. The Arthurian cycle is no exception, this medieval compendium of knightly stories has its roots ...

    • closedAccess   Scandinavian influence in Old English poetry: a study of The Battle of Brunanburh 

      Prades Yerves, Lidón Universitat Jaume I (2017)
      One of the ways in which the general interest on the Viking world has been reflected in academia is the study of the influence that the language of these Northern peoples had in Old English during the Scandinavian ...

    • closedAccess   The portrayal of melancholy in Hamlet 

      Maglianesi Magnien, Michelle Universitat Jaume I (2017)
      This project is going to focus on one of the greatest and most complex plays of the English literature, Hamlet. The purpose of this research is to study the role of melancholy in this play, in particular, how melancholy ...

    • closedAccess   TBLT: A Lesson Plan about Saint Valentine’s Day 

      Maronda Sanjuan, Paula Universitat Jaume I (2017)
      This project consists in the design of a lesson plan for an elementary class in the Official Language School (EOI in Spanish). The aim of this paper is to elaborate a teaching proposal about Saint Valentine’s Day by using ...

    • closedAccess   A corpus-based study of visual metaphors in anti-smoking advertisements 

      Martínez Casanova, Lorena Universitat Jaume I (2017)
      This paper aims to investigate the role of visual metaphors in antismoking advertisements. With this purpose in mind, a corpus of 27 printed advertisements extracted, mainly, from Internet, has been compiled. The study ...

    • closedAccess   A depiction of Jane Austen’s society in Pride and Prejudice 

      Morano García, María del Valle Universitat Jaume I (2017)
      The aim of this paper is to analyse how Jane Austen depicts a fictional society in Pride and Prejudice, in order to explore her position towards this topic, as well as to understand the reasons for her criticism about ...

    • closedAccess   A corpus-based study on social media english lexicon: comprenhensibility in ESL and EFL students 

      Del Pozo Muela, Lidón Universitat Jaume I (2017)
      The current status of English as ‘lingua franca’ acquired throughout the last two centuries, as well as the development and rise of Internet and social media have originated the emergence of a new kind of language with ...

    • closedAccess   Pre-voicing phonation mode in Spanish plosives: beyond cross-linguistic transfer? 

      Peris Escuriola, Paloma Universitat Jaume I (2017)
      Among the different phonation modes, there is one which characterizes the Spanish language in opposition to English: pre-voicing in voiced plosives. Previous experience in analytical observation of this acoustic phonetic ...

    • closedAccess   The Influence of Individual Differences in the Learning Process: The Case of Language Learning Strategies 

      Mayo Alcaraz, Ana Universitat Jaume I (2017)
      Due to the phenomenon of globalization, an increasing interest in learning languages has recently arisen. As a consequence, many scholars have devoted their efforts to the study of linguistics. One of the most relevant ...

    • closedAccess   Self-motivation strategies in second language learning 

      Prior Bruno, Maria Soledat Universitat Jaume I (2017)
      In the field of Applied Linguistics, the acquisition of languages has become the object of study of numerous investigations. In fact, a great number of works have focused on the acquisition of foreign and second languages. ...

    • closedAccess   “The Eve of St. Agnes”: a Celebration of Enchantment 

      Adanez Moreno, Griselda Universitat Jaume I (2017-05-07)
      The use of the imagination is one of the main features that can be seen in the poetry of the Romantic period but it is also present in the narratives of the Gothic genre. One of the most well-known Romantic poets, John ...

    • closedAccess   The influence of anglicisms on the Spanish language of fashion 

      Fernández Renau, Julia Universitat Jaume I (2017-06-06)
      Over the last decades, Spanish has incorporated a large number of words from the English language. This could be attributed to globalization and the increasing influence of various aspects that Spanish society has adopted. ...