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Analyzing metaphors in Oncology texts
(Universitat Jaume I, 2021-06-10)
Learning Strategies: A Focus on the Use of Memory Strategies to Learn Archaic English
(Universitat Jaume I, 2021-06-08)
The main goal of the present study was to discover what kind of learning strategies
learners use to learn archaic English vocabulary and expressions with a special focus on
memory strategies. In order to achieve this ...
The portrayal of intergenerational bilingual contexts in TV seriesfrom a multimodal perspective: the case ofthe Villanueva familyin Jane the Virgin
(Universitat Jaume I, 2021-06-09)
Over the last few decades, television and film companies have started to show more linguistic diversity in their productionsby portraying bilingual and even multilingual scenariosin anattemptto ...
Historical evidence in Vikings’ TV series: an episode analysis
(Universitat Jaume I, 2016-06-23)
This paper is intended to analyse how the Viking Age has been depicted in audiovisual materials, namely in a present-day television series called ‘Vikings’. With that purpose in mind, some historical evidences on these ...
The Odyssey and The Great Gatsby in Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home
(Universitat Jaume I, 2021-06-14)
The present dissertation will present the exploration of the literary references regarding Homer’s Odysseyand The Great Gatsbythat are found in the twenty-firstcentury graphic novel titled Fun Home. The ...
Feminist Representation in Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber and other Stories
(Universitat Jaume I, 2021-06-09)
Feminism has been present in our Society for a long time, the fight has been divided into three differentwaves; the first wave wasmainlydirected to achieve the voting right for women.Second Wave feminism tried to fight ...
Persuasive techniques in TV commercials: contrasting MCDONALD’S and BURGER KING
(Universitat Jaume I, 2021-06-07)
Advertising has become part of our daily lives and it can be seen consciously or
unconsciously everywhere. According to Frank Jefkins (1984), advertising is considered as
the spreading of ideas, services or products in ...
A Cognitive Linguistic Analysis of the Use of Metaphors in Lyrics
(Universitat Jaume I, 2021-06-07)
Metaphors are one of the most prominent figures of speech used in every language and they can be seen in any professional domain(Lakoff, G. & Johnson, 1980). These figures describe situations, objects ...
Improving spelling in students with dyslexia: a teaching proposal
(Universitat Jaume I, 2021-06-09)
Nowadays, many high school students suffer from some kind of learning disability, but the
most common one is the so-called dyslexia and almost twenty percent of the learners have
dyslexia (International, 2012). However, ...
British Accents and Dialects: The Case of Scottish English
(Universitat Jaume I, 2021-06-07)
It seems difficult to listen to an individual speaking paying attention just to the information
he or she is providing and ignoring completely the speaker’s identity. There is general
agreement that one of the main ...