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Engagement strategies in online opinion articles : analysis of the dialogistic positioning adopted by the authors of news articles about the attack on the Capitol in CNN and Fox News
(Universidad de Belgrano - Escuela de Lenguas y Estudios Extranjeros - Licenciatura en Lengua Inglesa, 2022)We live in a media-saturated world. Television, newspapers, radio, social networks and other widely available communication forms play an important role in society. As Matheson (2005) posits, “the shared world of a ... -
Factors that may contribute to overcome maturational constraints in late second language learning: a case study of a highly proficient adult learner in a corporate EFL setting.
(Universidad de Belgrano. Facultad de Lenguas y Estudios Extranjeros., 2010)el presente estudio aborda la relación entre los estudiantes adultos exitosos y los factores que pueden contribuir a superar las limitaciones de la maduración en la adquisición de L2 tarde. El principal factor a considerar, ... -
Gender Conventions and Language of Evaluation in Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre, Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights and Anne Brontë’s The Tenant of Wildfell Hall.
(Universidad de Belgrano - Escuela de Lenguas y Estudios Extranjeros - Licenciatura en Lengua Inglesa, 2021)Since first published, Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë have been object of both praise and criticism by readers and scholars from all the world. One of the most studied aspects of their novels is their approach to ... -
Harry Potter and the Transition from Child to Young Adult
(Universidad de Belgrano - Facultad de Lenguas y Estudios Extranjeros - Licenciatura en Lengua Inglesa, 2015)The first quotation above has turned out to be self-prophetical to say the least – not only does every child in our world know J. K. Rowling’s most famous character’s name, but many adults are familiar with it, too. The ... -
Hedges in Industry-sponsored medical research articles
(Universidad de Belgrano - Escuela de Lenguas y Estudios Extranjeros - Licenciatura en Lengua Inglesa, 2020)Apart from fact and observable phenomena, uncertainty and speculation can also be communicated in research articles. To do so, scientists resort to tentative conclusions, speculations, and hedging. We focused on hedges ... -
Learning lexically with digital tools: An exploratory study of lexical use in writing by 3rd grade ESL students at a bilingual school in Buenos Aires
(Universidad de Belgrano - Facultad de Lenguas y Estudios Extranjeros - Licenciatura en Lengua Inglesa, 2015)Latest trends in education inevitably lead schools and teachers to reformulate their views of how a second language is to be taught. Two decades ago, a paradigmatic shift in ESL teaching was caused by the change in ... -
Princess’ Metamorphosis: from Sleeping Beauty to Awakened Woman
(Universidad de Belgrano - Escuela de Lenguas y Estudios Extranjeros - Licenciatura en Lengua Inglesa, 2021)The prevailing ideals of feminine behaviour have been determined by social characteristics of specific time and place. Controversy under gender inequality is not a new issue but recent cultural and social changes have ... -
Stancetaking and the projection of ethnic identity in YouTube comments on two videos about African American Vernacular English
(Universidad de Belgrano - Escuela de Lenguas y Estudios Extranjeros - Licenciatura en Lengua Inglesa, 2016)It is well known that the new media play an important role in people’s lives nowadays. What seems remarkable is the fact that traditional communication practices are being redefined and new ones have emerged as a consequence ... -
The construction of national identity as portrayed in contemporary irish fiction: An analysis of the butcher boy by Patrick McCabe
(Universidad de Belgrano - Escuela de Lenguas y Estudios Extranjeros - Licenciatura en Lengua Inglesa, 2016)Language seems to serve two main functions. On the one hand, it is an instrument of communication. On the other hand, it can constitute a means of asserting one´s identity or one´s distinctiveness from others. Language ... -
The Media as a consensus generator machine: Engagement strategies of alignment through language devices in two opposing-view liberal blogs about Edward Snowden
(Universidad de Belgrano - Escuela de Lenguas y Estudios Extranjeros - Licenciatura en Lengua Inglesa, 2015)This thesis analyzes language structures in two opposing-views blogs related to the well-known whistleblower Edward Snowden. These opinion blogs - ‘Edward Snowden is no hero’ and ‘Why Edward Snowden is a hero’- were ... -
The reading process and the role of the reader in a stylistic analysis of “Flights” in Olga Tokarczuk’s novel flights
(Universidad de Belgrano - Escuela de Lenguas y Estudios Extranjeros - Licenciatura en Lengua Inglesa, 2021)Flights (2017), the English translation of the novel Bieguni (2007), was written by the Polish writer and psychologist Olga Tokarczuk. Author of eight novels and two short-story collections, she has received one of the ... -
The representation of women in the media : An analysis of four American commercials from two different time periods
(Universidad de Belgrano - Escuela de Lenguas y Estudios Extranjeros - Licenciatura en Lengua Inglesa, 2021)The aim of the present paper is to provide an overview of the early and recent commercials of two specific products analyzing their implications and the context in which they were elaborated, and to highlight important ... -
The use of gender neutral pronouns in ELT textbooks (from 1970s to 2010s)
(Universidad de Belgrano - Escuela de Lenguas y Estudios Extranjeros - Licenciatura en Lengua Inglesa, 2016)Since the beginning of time, human beings have been able to distinguish themselves from animals through language. People have spoken first as a means of communicating their basic needs and later to be able to express ...