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Body and Grotesque as Self-Disruption in Kerstin Hensel’s Gothic East(ern) German Novel Lärchenau (2008)
(Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2011)
[EN] By analysing the novel Lärchenau and its -to a certain point- gothic features, this article interprets the elaboration of body in this novel as a site of the expression of power, but also as an alternative language. ...
Long’s Peak: Isabella Bird’s Initiation Journey
(2018-12-03)
Contrary to what can be expected from a Victorian lady of the 19th century, which is
mostly taking care of her offspring and loving spouse, the traveller and writer
Isabella Bird was determined to deviate herself from ...
La frontera, borders an transborders. Reflections of the borderlands in Chicana Literature (early 20th-21st c.)
(2015-07-23)
LA FRONTERA, FRONTERAS y TRASNFRONTERAS. Reflexiones sobre la zona fronteriza en la literatura chicana (principios s. XX-XXI) Las fronteras, tanto políticas como conceptuales, han recuperado su protagonismo en el mundo ...
Should EFL Teachers Present Vocabulary in Semantically Related Sets?
(2015-01)
[EN] Teaching vocabulary in semantically related sets is common practice among EFL teachers. The present study tests the effectiveness of this method by comparing it to the alternative technique: presenting vocabulary in ...
Language and modality: Effects of the use of space in the agreement system of lengua de signos española (Spanish Sign Language)
(2016-01-29)
Esta tesis examina la concordancia en la lengua de signos española (LSE) y ofrece una extensa descripción de los mecanismos que la gobiernan en base a datos recogidos de usuarios de LSE del País Vasco. Esta descripción ...
Dangerous and indifferent ground: naturalism and regionalism in Annie Proulx's fictional realm
(2017-06-29)
This doctoral dissertation attempts to prove the validity of naturalism in the last decade of the twentieth century and the first one of the twenty-first century in America, taking as example Annie Proulx's fiction. Apart ...
Literary portraits of basque-american women from shadow to presence
(2015-06-26)
This doctoral dissertation proposes an analysis of the portraits of Basque women in Basque-American literature by means of a comprehensive comparative study of a selection of fictional and non-fictional literary works. ...
Cross-linguistic influences in the phonetic and lexical component in English, Baque and Spanish: Contextual and individual factors in language acquisition and attrition.
(2016-02-03)
Nuestro estudio investiga tres áreas de conocimiento lingüístico que han centrado la atención de numerosos investigadores en las últimas décadas: la adquisición de una terceralengua (L3), (e.g. Cenoz et al., 2001; Cenoz ...
The problems of progress in anglo-american canonical high-fantasy 1889-2001: Ursula K. Le Guin's revision of William Morris And J.R.R. Tolkien's Legacy.
(2019-12-11)
A lo largo de su existencia, la literatura de género fantástico ha buscado encontrar explicaciones yproponer alternativas al modo en el que la sociedad humana ha vivido en distintas épocas. En el casode los tres autores ...
Segmental foreign accent
(2019-05-22)
Tradicionalmente, el acento extranjero se ha estudiado desde una perspectiva holística, es decir, tratándolo como un todo en lugar de como una serie de rasgos individuales que suceden simultáneamente. Los estudios previos ...