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Metaphorical Concepts and Their Cognitive Functions in Medical Discourse: Research Papers vs. Press Articles
(Faculty of Economics. University of Belgrade, 2021-01)
The aim of this paper is to disclose linguistic evidence of the use and function of
metaphors in medical discourse, by comparing their incidence in two genres,
namely research papers and press articles. For that purpose, ...
Commentary on Copp Mökkönen dissertation summary
(John Benjamins Publishing, 2013-09)
The summary of Alicia Copp Mökkonen’s dissertation presents a timely phenomenon that has received increasing interest in the last twenty years (Schieffelin and Ochs, 1996; Duff, 2012), namely that of language socialization ...
The need for successful communication in intercultural and international business settings: Analytic and comparative studies, new trends and methodologies
(Asociación Europea de Lenguas para Fines Específicos (AELFE), 2013)
Communicating is a need in today’s business world; if professionals are not
able to express their ideas appropriately, it will be difficult for them to reach
positive agreements while operating internationally. This ...
Using questions in non-interactive presentations: multimodal analysis of an audience-engaging strategy
(Ibérica. Revista de la Asociación Europea de Lenguas para fines específicos (AELFE), 2023-12-15)
Open science, an approach based on making research available and understandable to everyone, is currently attracting considerable attention. Online genres are a well-accepted means of democratizing science and spreading ...
Children's books by canonical authors in the EFL classroom
(Canadian Center of Science and Education (CCSE), 2020-10-27)
Students’ imperfect grasp of the target language is cited by educators as one of the main tenets and conundrums against the use of real literature in the EFL classroom. However, previous reviews have proven that children ...
Combining Multimodal Techniques to Approach the Study of Academic Lectures: A Methodological Reflection
(Spanish Association of English Studies (AEDEAN), 2021-06-28)
This article offers a methodological reflection on the use of multimodal techniques for the study of academic lectures. Three distinct multimodal approaches have been put forward to explore the use of language holistically, ...
Nurses presenting in English: Needs and requirements in the Spanish University
(University of Belgrade. Faculty of Economics, 2021-01-16)
Disseminating nursing research in English is always a difficult task when English is
not a primary language. In the case of Spanish nurses, the literature suggests that
while nurses are starting to get used to the idea ...
Speaking in a Second Language Rosa Alonso Alonso, ed. 2018 Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2018. xii + 243 pp. ISBN-10: 9027200440. ISBN-13: 978-9027200440 (Reseña)
(aedean, 2019)
Reseña de: Speaking in a Second Language. Rosa Alonso Alonso, ed. 2018. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2018. xii + 243 pp.
ISBN-10: 9027200440. ISBN-13: 978-9027200440.
Muerta pero no enterrada: Hannah Dustan y la creación de una comunidad norteamericana de memoria
(Universitat de València: Facultat de Filologia, Traducció i Comunicació, 2019)
Apresada por un grupo de indios abenakis, el 15 de marzo de 1697, Hannah
Dustan presenció el asesinato de su bebé a manos de sus captores y sufrió todo tipo de
torturas físicas y psicológicas. Ante el temor a padecer ...
The use and function of "please" in learners' oral requestive behaviour : a pragmatic analysis
(Universidad de La Rioja, 2009)
The aim of this paper is to focus on “please” as one of the most frequent modifiers used to mitigate the impositive speech act of requesting. However, apart from this main function, scant attention has been paid to the ...