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Prof Stance in CELiST: A vindication of text - reading
(Universitat Jaume I. Departament d'Estudis Anglesos, 2023)
Stance in academic writing has been discussed extensively within the fields of discourse analysis andpragmatics (Alonso-Almeida, 2015; Hyland,2005; White, 2003). Thus, Hyland and Jiang (2016) identify certain linguistic ...
Conditionals as interpersonal devices in Late Modern English women’s scientific writing
(Universitat Jaume I. Departament d'Estudis Anglesos, 2023)
It is widely recognised that attaining best possible reception of one’s writing within the scientific community is among the main factors that contribute to the rhetorical profile of scientific prose. Authors not only have ...
Strategic construal of in and out in English particle verbs (PVs)
(Universitat Jaume I, 2011-12)
The central aim of this work is to describe the strategic construal of in and out in English particle verbs.
The term strategic construal assumes the following: 1) exploration of strategic thinking in L2 learning and ...
Topological vs. lexical determination in English particle verbs (PVs)
(Universitat Jaume I, 2011-12)
The central aim of this work is to describe semantic determination, i.e., topological vs. lexical determination, by investigating aspects of construal (Langacker 1987) in English PVs with in and out. The paper focuses on ...
An integrated model of metaphorical linguistic expressions and its implications for the semantics of verb-particle constructions
(Universitat Jaume I, 2011-12)
The aim of this article is threefold. Firstly, in line with the current tendencies in cognitive linguistics, which direct research toward convergence, integration and a uniform theoretical perspective, recent developments ...
The use and abuse of language by a Chicano from Aztlán (both words unknown)
(Universitat Jaume I, 2012-12)
Verb-particle constructions in the language of business and finance
(Universitat Jaume I, 2012-07)
Although verb-particle combinations are generally relatively uncommon in formal English, they occur with a certain frequency in texts related to the economy, and specifically in journalism and academic analysis focusing ...
The voice of the cypresses. Cyrus Cassells and the poetry of Salvador Espriu
(Universitat Jaume I, 2012-12)
“To the cypress again and again” is Cyrus Cassells’s poetic response to the work of Salvador Espriu, a poet whose reception has been limited by his belonging to a minority culture and his commitment to the Catalan language. ...
Lexical decomposition of English Spatial Particles and their Subsumption in Motion Constructions
(Universitat Jaume I, 2011-12)
In this paper, we firstly present a tentative formalization of a Lexical Template (LT) and a meta-language for spatial particle semantics within the framework of the Lexical Constructional Model (LCM). The semantic module ...
Wordarrows: The performative power of language in N. Scott Momaday’s non-fiction work
(Universitat Jaume I, 2012-12)
This article focuses on two non-fiction works by Native American author N. Scott Momaday: his 1969 historical memoir The Way to Rainy Mountain and his essay collection The Man Made of Words It specifically tackles performative ...