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Addenda: One Middle English Manuscript and Four Editions of Medieval Works Known to J. R. R. Tolkien and What They Reveal
(Taylor & Francis, 2021-06-27)
This article proposes the addition of four items to “Section A” of Oronzo Cilli’s Tolkien’s Library: An Annotated Checklist (2019) and the inclusion of complementary information to two other entries after demonstrating J. ...
The Unpublished ‘Mód Þrýþe Ne Wæg’ by C.S. Lewis: A Critical Edition
(Edinburgh University Press, 2024-04)
As the title of this edition indicates, it provides a critical apparatus for a holistic understanding of this alliterative epistolary poem by C.S. Lewis, which has never appeared in print before. With this in mind, all ...
Tolkien’s Lost Chaucer, by John M. Bowers
(Taylor & Francis, 2021-08-27)
Review of Tolkien's Lost Chaucer by John M. Bowers.
Sir Orfeo as the Source for the Medieval Romance Topoi of Abduction and Otherworld Rampant within The Hobbit’s Mirkwood
(Taylor & Francis, 2021-08-25)
In view of Jason Fisher’s (2011) principles for a rigorous study of J. R. R. Tolkien’s sources, this paper aims to demonstrate that the relationship between Sir Orfeo (c.1330) and The Hobbit (1937) is of influence and not ...
Tolkien, Shakespeare, Trees, and The Lord of the Rings
(Taylor & Francis, 2024-04-09)
J. R. R. Tolkien maintained an ambivalent attitude toward William Shakespeare throughout his life. As Tom Shippey succinctly affirms, Tolkien read Shakespeare’s works with both interest and disapproval. Shakespeare’s plays, ...
Conjunction and Disjunction in Annie Proulx's Post-West: An Affective Critical Approach
(2023-10-26)
I came across Annie Proulx's books as a reader, long before even considering ever carrying out any scholarly work on her. Her readings always took me back to a place about which I thought I knew a lot yet I did not: the ...
What has changed over 18 years? Future teachers’ language use and attitudes towards multilingualism in the Basque Autonomous Community
(Taylor & Francis, 2022-09-19)
Attitudes are learned and one’s personal experience and social environment play a role in shaping them. Teachers in particular exert a significant impact on the formation of students’ language attitudes.
This study targets ...
The role of lexical context and language experience in the perception of foreign-accented segments
(Gruyter, 2023-07-26)
When faced with intelligibility problems, listeners resort to contextual
information. The present study explores the use of lexical context by listeners when
identifying segments with various degrees of foreign accent. ...
Looking into English-medium instruction teachers’ metadiscourse: An ELF perspective
(Elsevier, 2022-04)
Metadiscourse plays a key role in teachers’ attempts to ease and maximize knowledge transmission. This role is particularly important in the context of English-medium instruction (EMI), where teachers face the challenge ...
Exploring the pseudo-longitudinal development of specific morphosyntactic features and syntactic complexity in CLIL young learners
(De Gruyter, 2022-01-20)
CLIL studies on language specific areas such as morphosyntax are
still quite limited, particularly those with young learners. Likewise, the pseudoevolution
of morphosyntactic aspects across age and proficiency ...