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The Effect of Instruction on Learners’ Pragmatic Awareness: a Focus on Refusals
Universidad de Murcia (2010)The benefits of instruction on learners’ production and awareness of speech acts is well documented (see Alcón and Martínez-Flor, 2008, for a review of pragmatics in instructional contexts). However, few studies examine ... -
The use of the pragmatic discourse markers and, so and okay in academic conference presentations
Bahri Publications (2010)In this paper we analyse the use of some pragmatic discourse markers in spoken academic discourse, more concretely in academic conference presentations. We aim at providing insights in the use speakers made of the pragmatic ... -
A narrative of the life of Mary Jemison: rhetorical drag and the defiance of hegemonic cultural models
AEDEAN. The Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies (2010-06)In 1758, Mary Jemison was captured by a party of Indians and adopted by two Seneca sisters. She progressively accommodated herself to Indian life, married two Indian warriors and bore them several children. Sixty-five ... -
A comprehensive corpus-based study of the use of evaluative adjectives in promotional hotel websites
Universidad de Almería (2011)The purpose of this paper is to analyse and, if necessary, qualify the high incidence of evaluative adjectives presumably to be expected in promotional hotel websites. Thus, the aim of the study is to understand the role ... -
Corpus exploitation for terminological purposes: a proposed term extraction process for bilingual specialised dictionary elaboration
Asociación Española de Lingüística Aplicada (2011)The method and outcomes described in this research are part of a wider project aimed at creating a specialised, bilingual dictionary on industrial ceramics. One of the key stages in the elaboration of such a work is the ... -
Genre awareness in professional and academic language: the importance of “packing” knowledge appropriately in professional settings and academia
Debrecen University Press (2011)The aim of this article is to provide insights on the importance of genre awareness in the study, correct understanding and accurate use of Professional and Academic Language (PAL), with special emphasis being placed on ... -
La universidad multilingüe
Red Estatal de Docencia Universitaria (2011)El denominado proceso de Bolonia ha contribuido a plantearnos una serie de prioridades, siendo la internacionalización una de ellas. En la actualidad las dimensiones de esa internacionalización son múltiples: la ... -
Research methodologies in pragmatics : eliciting refusals to requests
Universidad de Sevilla (2011)The speech act of refusing, as a dispreferred response, is complex to perform and it usually involves indirect strategies as well as mitigating devices to avoid risking the initiator’s positive face. The appropriate choice ... -
Critical components of integrating content and language in Spanish higher education
WAC Clearinghouse (2011-10)After the harmonization process carried out in Spanish higher education following the Bologna Declaration, many universities have decided to introduce English as the language of instruction for some studies. From 2010, the ... -
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Multimodality in discussion sessions: corpus compilation and pedagogical use
Universitat Jaume I (2011-10-06)Discussion sessions of conference paper presentations are spontaneous and unpredictable, in contrast to the prepared lecture that precedes them. These can be challenging, especially for novice presenters whose worst fear ... -
From the editors: Multiword Patterns: Considering Phrasal Verbs and their Underlying Semantic Systems (I)
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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 ... -
Teachability and bilingualism effects on third language learners' pragmatic knowledge
Walter de Gruyter (2012)The present study focuses on the benefits that teaching the speech act of refusal from a discourse perspective can have on third language learners’ pragmatic knowledge. Additionally, it also explores whether receptive and ... -
English for specific purposes in spanish higher education settings: a diagnostic focus on students‟ preliminary language awareness, attitudes and expectations
Academy Publisher (2012)The present study tries to illustrate and analyse the initial or preliminary level of ‘ESP awareness’ that Spanish students from different scientific degrees have when first joining an ESP course. It also seeks to examine ... -
Reseña del libro "New Approaches to Specialized English Lexicology and Lexicography" de Isabel Balteiro (ed.)
Asociación Europea de Lenguas para Fines Específicos (AELFE) (2012)The book New Approaches to Specialized English Lexicology and Lexicography, edited by Isabel Balteiro, is a collection of eleven relevant contributions aimed at analysing English and EsP lexicology and lexicography and ... -
Content and Foreign Language Integrated Learning
Asociación Europea de Lenguas para Fines Específicos (2012)