Browsing Licenciatura en Lengua Inglesa by Title
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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 manifestation of agreement and disagreement in WhatsApp : the role of emoticon, emoji and sticker use in synchronous interaction in the context of mobile Instant Messaging
(Universidad de Belgrano - Facultad de Lenguas y Estudios Extranjeros - Licenciatura en Lengua Inglesa, 2023)The Internet has, without doubt, revolutionised communication. As a consequence, instances of computer-mediated communication arose in order to fulfil interlocutors’ communicative needs. From chat rooms and emails to ... -
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 ...