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The role of the Praenotamenta of Jodocus Badius Ascensius in shaping early modern dramatic criticism
Renaissance Studies, Volume 38, Issue 3, Page 416-434, June 2024.Abstract This article examines the profound and enduring legacy of the treatise on classical drama known as Praenotamenta ascensiana in shaping early modern dramatic poetics. Written by Flemish scholar Jodocus Badius Ascensius (1462–1535) as a preface to his 1502 edition of the Classical plays of Terence, this work has been unjustly overlooked by the ...
Giulia Torello‐Hill
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'Come sei elegante oggi!': positive politeness in Southern Europe [PDF]
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Cenni, Irene
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English in Spain: Education, attitudes and native‐speakerism
World Englishes, Volume 43, Issue 2, Page 315-331, June 2024.Abstract Spain has traditionally featured rather low in the rankings measuring the knowledge of English by European citizens, and yet English has been constantly entering different areas of Spanish life and in all levels of education. This article delves into the efforts made at different levels of education to enable school graduates to communicate in
Enric Llurda, Vasilica Mocanu
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The effect of CLIL on productive thematic vocabulary
International Journal of Applied Linguistics, Volume 34, Issue 2, Page 518-532, May 2024.Abstract In recent years, content and language integrated learning (CLIL) has become increasingly popular throughout Spain. One suggested benefit of this approach is that it increases students’ exposure to the language and facilitates their acquisition of subject‐specific vocabulary (SSV).
Leah Geoghegan
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Developing and Improving EFL Writing Skills [PDF]
, 2016 Learning a foreign language is a process that entails the development of four basic skills: Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing. According to the Common European Framework, such skills can be grouped into productive and receptive.
Tuero, Susana B.
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Referential Cohesion, Ambiguity, Vagueness and Generality in Parliamentary Debate*
Studia Linguistica, Volume 78, Issue 1, Page 128-155, April 2024.Abstract Political discourse has been characterised as being ‘vague’ and ‘ambiguous’. It is argued that politicians tend to use generic and unspecific words in order to avoid explicit commitment (McGee 2018). Although this situation may describe discourse genres such as political interviews and election debates, it is unclear that it can be applied to ...
Josep E. Ribera
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Z Badań nad Książką i Księgozbiorami Historycznymi, 2019 Artykuł jest wynikiem krytycznej lektury opublikowanej niedawno książki Philology. The Forgotten Origins of the Modern Humanities. Jej autor, James Turner, amerykański historyk, przedstawia genezę i rozwój współczesnych nauk humanistycznych.
Monika Opalińska
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Pragmatic Ambiguity, Implicatures, and Translation1
Studia Linguistica, Volume 78, Issue 1, Page 156-185, April 2024.Abstract The goal of this work is to put forward a pragmatic and translational framework for analysing target texts (TT) and source texts (ST) containing conversational implicatures that lead to pragmatic ambiguity. Ambiguity, sensu lato, is deemed to be related to indeterminacy and vagueness.
Pau Francesch, Lluís Payrató
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‘for ye vrangus haldyn of thre bollis of beire fra hyre’: Nominal plurals in south-western Middle Scots [PDF]
, 2004 This paper presents an analysis of plurality markers in the first extant text from the South-West of Scotland, the Wigtown Burgh Court Book (1512-1534). The inflectional endings for the plural are often included among the Middle Scots diagnostic features
Bugaj, Joanna
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Studia Linguistica, Volume 78, Issue 1, Page 1-7, April 2024.Abstract Ambiguity is conventionally defined in Linguistics as a property of a word or an utterance that has two meanings or two interpretations, and is usually classified as lexical, morphological, syntactic (or structural), and pragmatic. Giving an adequate definition of linguistic ambiguity is not trivial, nor is there unanimity in accepting it ...
Jordi Fortuny, Lluís Payrató
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