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The language of advertising has for long proved a profitable resource for the teaching and learning of foreign languages at different educational levels, as well as for cultural and discourse studies, among others. Research paths and possibiliti[...]![]()
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The use of English as a global language has largely affected other languages, both in general and specialized areas, particularly at the lexical level due to themassive borrowing of English words. Anglicisms are most visible in the language of f[...]![]()
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This article examines a variety of options for expressing speaker and writer stance in a subcorpus of MarENG, a maritime English learning tool sponsored by the EU (35,041 words). Non-verbal markers related to key areas of modal expression are pr[...]![]()
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Daryai-Hansen, Petra ; Barfod, Sonja ; Hvidtfeldt, Susanne | Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | 2013-11-01The paper presents an e-learning package designed to support vocational language teaching in the Fehmarn Belt region, developed as part of two research projects at Roskilde University, the project Den Mentale Bro (The Mental Bridge) and the [...]![]()
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This paper deals with some key issues in a controversial topic, that of the existing overlapping between ESP/EAP courses and simultaneously-run content courses. Some examples are provided and analyzed to be aware of the need of ESP/EAP practitio[...]![]()
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A lo largo de las últimas décadas, el francés de especialidad ha experimentado un desarrollo espectacular que se manifiesta en la aparición de numerosos y muy variados métodos de enseñanza. Así las cosas, nos encontramos hoy con una verdadera ga[...]![]()
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The aim of this paper is to analyse the presence of persuasion markers in the eighteenth century texts of the Corpus of English Philosophy Texts (CEPhiT), a sub-corpus of the Coruña Corpus.2 It is also my intention to ascertain to what an extent[...]![]()
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Due to its role as a lingua franca, English has become a major source of language influence worldwide. This article addresses the impact of English on German. Contact-induced influences can be observed at all levels of the linguistic system in G[...]![]()
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The goal of this paper is to analyze the terminology of the only full translation of the book Physicalische Beschreibung der Canarischen Inseln by Buch carried out by Delgado Luis (von Buch, 1999). In order to achieve this goal, we perform the e[...]![]()
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Domain-specific loans mirror historical and cultural changes in specific areas of life and allow to identify the language which at a certain point in time is considered most prestigious by the recipient language users. Foreign loans are always e[...]![]()
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The main aim of this paper is to show the multiplicity of meanings given to the same word in specialized English lexicon from Old English to Present-Day English in order to provide the English language with linguistic economy and flexibility, th[...]![]()
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This article brings into focus the notion of metaphorical competence (MC) and posits the inclusion of its explicit training in LSP syllabi, stressing its important function in dialogic self-evaluative genres like the job/selection interview. A p[...]![]()
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El debate en torno al concepto de error está presente desde los comienzos de los Estudios de Traducción. Debido al avance tecnológico en un mundo globalizado como el de hoy se ha producido un aumento en la prestación de servicios de localización[...]![]()
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The aim of this study is to investigate the benefits of integrating Mobil Learning (mLearning) into language teaching activities to promote active student engagement and independent learning. A total of 72 beginner level students of Spanish ((Eu[...]![]()
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The aim of this paper is to undertake a study on advertisements released on youtube concerning integration of people with Down Syndrome. This study will be based on the different elements included (visual, audio and dialogues) in the advertiseme[...]![]()
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de Wille, Tabea ; Bermúdez Bausela, Montserrat | Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | 2020-05-02Si bien es cierto que el conocimiento existente en torno a la calidad en traducción y localización es muy amplio, la cuestión de cómo se percibe esta en relación con factores de tipo extrínseco no lo es tanto. Este artículo presenta algunas post[...]![]()
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¿Qué fue de los estudios sobre comprensión lectora que llenaron publicaciones en los años 90? ¿Qué fue de las teorías y de las aplicaciones didácticas? ¿Del antes, durante y después de la lectura? Este trabajo revisa, no sin cierta nostalgia [...]![]()
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The increased interest in Spanish as a Foreign Language (FL) has meant that in China alone there are 25,000 university students taking Spanish courses (Instituto Cervantes, 2013). The demand for Spanish language and culture courses has yet to be[...]![]()
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This paper intends to contribute to the description of written academic English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) from an endonormative perspective (Seidlhofer, 2011). Reformulation markers (that is, that is to say, in other words, namely and i.e.) fulfi[...]![]()
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Rodríguez-Puente, Alejandro ; Peñate, Marcos | Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | 2008-06-02Our analysis aims to compile the trends and approaches along with some of the most meaningful works on foreign language reading from the 60s up until the present day, focusing especially on research into reading for academic purposes (RAP). W[...]![]()
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O’Keeffe, Anne, Brian Clancy & Svenja Adolphs. 2011. Introducing pragmatics in use. Abingdon / New York: Routledge. Pp. 188.Chabner, Davi-Ellen. 2011. The language of medicine in English. St Louis, Missouri: Saunders Elsevier. Pp.1036.![]()
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Alcaraz Varó, Enrique. 2000. El inglés profesional y académico. Madrid. Alianza Editorial, S.A. Pp. 240. Gómez Capuz, Juan. 1998. El préstamo lingüístico: conceptos, problemas y métodos. Valencia: Universidad de Valencia.González Cruz, María Isa[...]![]()
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Books reviewed:Francisco Yus. Cyberpragmatics. Internet-mediated communication in contextBruce, Ian. Theory and Concepts of English for Academic PurposesWalsh, Steve. Exploring Classroom Discourse. Language in ActionSeidlhofer, Barbara. Understa[...]![]()
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Ortega Barrera, Ivalla ; Breeze, Ruth ; Vinagre, Margarita ; Deal, Mandy L. | Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | 2013-11-01María Luisa Carrió-Pastor (ed.).2009. Content and language integrated learning: cultural diversity. Bern: Peter Lang AG. Pp. 187. Fortanet-Gómez, Inmaculada. 2013. CLIL in higher education. Towards a multilingual language policy. Bristol: Multil[...]![]()
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Studies of cross-cultural rhetorical variation, and how the influence of the cul- ture and the linguistic and structural aspects of a person's L1 may affect his/her writing in an L2, are often labelled Contrastive Rhetoric research. This paper r[...]