Bort Mir, Lorena (Date of defense: 2019-05-09)
The analysis and identification of figurative language is one of the largest research areas in cognitive linguistics, and metaphor is one of these tropes. This thesis develops The Filmic Metaphor ...
Moreno Pichastor, MªCarmen (Date of defense: 2006-05-05)
The aim of the present study was to analyse leaners’ use of logical connectors within the EFL classroom setting as well as to provide insights into the effects of instruction on their acquisition process. ...
Nightingale, Richard (Date of defense: 2016-11-21)
Esta tesis analiza las actitudes lingüísticas de los adolescentes multilingües en función de su contacto con los idiomas a través de los medios de comunicación. El estudio utiliza la teoría de Sistemas ...
Beltrán Palanques, Vicente (Date of defense: 2016-12-16)
El objetivo de esta tesis es contribuir a la investigación en pragmática del interlenguaje y multimodalidad. El objetivo principal es explorar como aprendices de lengua en distintos niveles de lengua ...
Moreno Pichastor, Soledad (Date of defense: 2009-09-29)
The present dissertation deals with the analysis of rhetorical strategies of evaluation used in the "response" article in the field of applied linguistics. Based on a genre approach to discourse, our ...
Martínez Flor, Alicia (Date of defense: 2004-12-16)
This dissertation investigates the effects of instruction on the acquisition of pragmatic competence in the classroom setting, and specifically in the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom. In ...
Martinez-Buffa, Ignacio (Date of defense: 2022-12-16)
The current study focuses on multilingual learners’ engagement with languages and the collaborative construction of their pragmatic awareness. The construct of Engagement with Language (Svalberg, 2009, ...
Fera, Ardian (Date of defense: 2020-02-25)
The process of learning a foreign language can be exhausting for almost all language learners. In this study, it is aimed at providing students an accessible way to reducing commitment of errors while ...
Vilar Beltrán, Elina (Date of defense: 2008-09-11)
This PhD dissertation aims at contributing to the body of research in English as a Lingua Franca regarding pragmatic awareness and production by, (a) examining how 104 English non-native speakers' ...
Portolés Falomir, Laura (Date of defense: 2013-12-17)
La presente tesis doctoral se enmarca dentro de la investigación sobre el multilingüismo, más concretamente analiza la adquisición y el desarrollo multilingüe en edades tempranas. Nuestros participantes ...