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Identity and social prestige in the Comunitat Valenciana. A case study on Valencian and English
(Universitat Jaume I, 2017-06-19)
This paper studies the case of the western variety of the Catalan language (henceforth
Valencian) as a sign of identity for it speakers in contrast to the eastern variety of
Catalan (henceforth Catalan), as well as the ...
Exploring factors that contribute to third-language performance anxiety in EMI contexts
(Universitat Jaume I, 2019-06-11)
In most cases, third language performance anxiety is influenced by individual factors.
Some of these factors include the level of willingness to communicate (WTC) from
speakers, their self-perceived competence in English ...
A study on language use and language attitudes by arabs living in Spain
(Universitat Jaume I, 2016-06-15)
Multilingualism is already a key concept when dealing with languages around the world and the
Arab population in the Valencian Community, Spain, is a clear example of the presence of more
than one language living in a ...
Analysing Conceptual Metaphors of Emotion in Mindfulness Literature
(Universitat Jaume I, 2020-06-04)
Metaphors are widely used in daily discourse in order to clarify
meaning or illustrate concepts (Lakoff, 1993). Besides, different
aspects on the use of metaphorical expressions have been extensively
investigated (Lakoff, ...
The Unacknowledged Nineteenth Century Woman: The Portrayal of the Governess in Victorian Literature
(Universitat Jaume I, 2017-06-08)
The Victorian era was characterised for being a period of changes not only in technology, politics and
economy but also in society, primarily with the growth of the middle class. This fact enabled the
proliferation of a ...
Apologies in Fiction TV Series The Big Bang Theory
(Universitat Jaume I, 2017-06-13)
Since Austin’s (1962) work How To Do Things With Words there have been numerous
studies about the way in which utterances are used as a mean to perform actions. The
branch of linguistics that deals with this phenomenon ...
How metaphors describe them all
(Universitat Jaume I, 2017-06-13)
In almost every culture, evil deeds happen in darkness and they are usually made
by ugly people. This also happens the other way around: good deeds happen in light and
they are made by beautiful people. These aspects are ...
Analysis of visual metaphors in social media
(Universitat Jaume I, 2017-09-26)
From a Cogntive Linguistics point of view, a metaphor was understood as a tool that
allows us to understand one conceptual domain in terms of another (Lakoff & Johnson,
1980). Originally, metaphors were only considered ...
The Representation of Gender Discrimination in Taylor Swift’s Music Video The Man. A Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis
(Universitat Jaume I, 2022-06)
In a society dominated by men, women have always been objectified
and regarded as inferior to men. Gender discrimination has been present in
the daily life of women for a very long time. The role of mass media has ...
Examining Teacher’s Corrective Feedback and Learner’s Uptake at Different Proficiency Levels: A Study in ESO and Bachillerato English Classes
(Universitat Jaume I, 2018-06-07)
The development of Schmidt’s (1990) Noticing Hypothesis and Swain’s (1985) Output Hypothesis helped to spread the importance of giving learners Corrective Feedback (CF) in an effort to make them progress in their foreign ...