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On linearization as part of narrow syntax. The case of OSV/OVS structures.
(The Slovak Association for the Study of English, 2017)In this paper I explore an approach to linearization where this is part of core or narrow syntax. Based upon Kayne´s (2011/2013) algorithm that processing follows the order of production, that is from left-to-right, and ... -
On the rise and diffusion of new intensifiers: this/that in some asian varieties of english
(Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies, 2021-12)Estudio léxico-semántico de los intensificadores this y that como modificadores de adjetivos y adverbios en cuatro variedades del inglés asiático. El estudio cuantitativo confirma, por un lado, la influencia del inglés ... -
Pearl Cleage: entre la esperanza y la desesperación
(Universitat Jaume I, 2012)El presente artículo analiza el desarrollo que Pearl Cleage hace de la oposición binaria esperanza-desesperación en su obra teatral. Se describe brevemente la vida de esta dramaturga negra contemporánea y se estudian una ... -
Remembering a Present-Oriented Future in Lois Lowry’s "The Giver" (1993)
(Universitat de les Illes Balears, 2022)Futures Studies as a multidisciplinary academic field developed in the last decades has emphasized the meaningful and revealing nature of the images of the future originating in every society. In this sense, Piotr M. Szpunar ... -
Spelling and punctuation practice in London, Wellcome Library, MS 3731 (ff. 3r–43r, f. 125v)
(Servizo de Publicacións de la Universidade de Vigo, 2023-11-24)A large and growing body of literature has investigated the standardization process of the English language in the Late Modern English period (Auer 939–948, Percy 55–79, Tieken-Boon van Ostade 37–51), ... -
Spelling Forms in Competition The Case of -ise vs. -ize
(Cambridge, 2021-03-30)One of the problems of English spelling is the dual representation of the so-called ‘eyes’-words, rendered in discourse as -ise and -ize, both with high-frequency verbs such as modernise/modernize and rare coinages, as in ... -
Standing on the brink of change? The ME receptarium in Wellcome Library MS 409
(2014-12-16)The following paper is intended to present the main features, mostly grammatical but not only, of a receptarium, that is a collection of medical recipes, contained in London, Wellcome Library, MS 409, ff. 16r–54v, 88r–98r ... -
Strategies for the analysis of large social media corpora: sampling and keyword extraction methods
(Springer, 2023)In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, social media platforms such as Twitter have been of great importance for users to exchange news, ideas, and perceptions. Researchers from fields such as discourse analysis and the ... -
Strategies for the analysis of large social media corpora: sampling and keyword extraction methods
(Springer Link, 2022-04)In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, social media platforms such as Twitter have been of great importance for users to exchange news, ideas, and perceptions. Researchers from fields such as discourse analysis and the ... -
Suffixes in Competition: On the Use of -our and -or in Early Modern English
(Servicio de publicaciones, Universidad de Murcia, 2020)This paper presents a corpus-driven analysis of the linguistic competition between the suffixes -our/-or in Early Modern English. It is conceived as a state of the art to provide an explanation of the development and ... -
Teaching ELF aware pedagogical strategies to EMI professors of architecture
(Estudos Linguísticos e Literários, 2020-04)The internationalization process of Spanish universities has increased the need for teacher training courses to EMI professors. These training programs have a dual objective, to improve content lecturers’ linguistic skills ... -
The derivation of verbs in Old English and Middle English.
(Ediciones Complutense, 2022)Within the framework of minimalist syntax, it is argued that the core-syntax derivation of verbs in OE and ME (up to approx. 1450) is regulated by two licensing T(ense) heads (that is, two T Probes) plus a licensing v head ... -
The Deviant Body in Neo-Victorian Literature: A Somatechnical Reading of The Freak in Rosie Garland’s The Palace of Curiosities (2013)
(Universidad de la Rioja, 2016-04)The contemporary fascination with historical, social and literary representations of the deviant body calls for new understandings of corporeality that question the body as a purely biological entity, and invites readings ... -
‘The Egiptians adored the Sun, and called it the visible sone of the invisible God’: Clausal Boundaries in Early Modern English Scientific Handwritten Texts
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2018)In comparison with late Middle English, a period characterised by a high level of orthographic variation, the beginning of the 16th century witnesses the emergence of an identifiable standard English spelling, which was ... -
The language of happiness in self-reported descriptions of happy moments: words, concepts, and entities
(Springer, 2022-07)This article attempts to study the language of happiness from a double perspective. First, the impact and relevance of sentiment words and expressions in self-reported descriptions of happiness are examined. Second, the ... -
The neural signature of syntactic processing.
(Ediciones Complutense, 2017)The aim of this paper is to contribute to the understanding about the processing of syntax in the brain and/or mind of speakers. The focus is specifically on the neural signature of the processing of tense features and of ... -
‘The night before beg'd ye queens's pardon and his brother's’: the apostrophe in the history of English
(Cambridge University Press, 2023-11-24)The apostrophe was introduced into the English orthographic system by the mid sixteenth century as a printer's mark especially designed ‘for the eye rather than for the ear’ (Sklar 1976: 175; Little 1986: 15). Whereas the ... -
The Philanthropist in Neo-Victorian Literature: (Im)Proper Femininity, Gender Inversion and Freakishness
(Universidad de La Laguna, 2017)The present article singles out the female philanthropist in neo-Victorian fiction to explore the patriarchal unease regarding the unsexing effect of feminism in the mid-Victorian era as well as the literary constructions ... -
The status of English modals prior to their recategorization as T and the trigger for their recategorization.
(ICI Publishers Panel, 2022-09-01)This is an account of English modals that invokes their exceptional morpho-syntactic tense properties as original preterite-present verbs in order to explain their becoming T elements. Within the framework of minimalist ... -
The use of Tik Tok in higher education as a motivating source for students
(Universidad de Granada, 2022-06)This article presents a study conducted at the University of Málaga with the participation of second-year students from the Degree in English Studies. It focuses on a TikTok project that the participants had ...