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Elaboración de una versión reducida de las listas de frases en español (vr-LFE) para evaluar la percepción del habla con ruido
2014
Desing of a short version of the 'listas de frases en espa˜ (vr-LFE) (Spanish sentence lists) to evaluate speech perception in noise Abstract This article presents, a short version of the 'listas de frases en espa˜ (vr-LFE; ''Lists of Phrases in Spanish'') to evaluate speech perception in noise. The original version is an adaptation of the SPIN (Speech Perception in Noise) test for the English language. The original LFE consists of 6 lists, each of them including 25 high-predictability sentences and 25 low-predictability sentences. The difference between the correct recognition scores on the two types of sentences provides an estimation of the effective use of linguistic context (semantic, …
“The drops which fell from Shakespear’s Pen”: Hamlet in Contemporary Fiction
2012
Questions of gender, ethnicity and sexuality have all been raised by novelists intent on rewriting Shakespeare from the position of what have been seen as cultural margins. While discussions of such rewritings are ongoing, few concerted efforts have been made to trace a pattern in the treatment of Shakespearean allusion and adaptation at the hands of British and American writers of the literary mainstream. The present essay sets out to investigate the way in which three such writers —Ian McEwan, Graham Swift, and John Updike— employ allusion to/adaptations of Hamlet in their novels and what their respective stances reveal about their understanding of their role as canonical writers.
Syllabus Design for Pre-service English Language Teachers in Spain
2018
This paper describes the steps involved in designing educational programs for pre-service English language teachers in Secondary education within the Spanish context, following the current educational law (LOMCE). Considering the century-long search for the best method within TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language), and the continuous reforms of educational laws in Spain, pre-service teachers must learn the competences and skills essential for designing of their own teaching program. The series of steps described here will enable teachers to show accountability to educational authorities and increase their self-confidence, subsequently improving their craft in the language classroom.
A Controllable Text Simplification System for the Italian Language
2021
Text simplification is a non-trivial task that aims at reducing the linguistic complexity of written texts. Researchers have studied the problem by proposing new methodologies for addressing the English language, but other languages, like the Italian one, are almost unexplored. In this paper, we give a contribution to the enhancement of the Automated Text Simplification research by presenting a deep learning-based system, inspired by a state of the art system for the English language, capable of simplifying Italian texts. The system has been trained and tested by leveraging the Italian version of Newsela; it has shown promising results by achieving a SARI value of 30.17.
Tīmekļa projekti vidusskolēnu caurviju prasmju attīstībai
2018
Izglītības sistēmai ir noteicoša loma tādu zināšanu, kompetenču un dzīves uztveres formēšanā, kas ir pamats 21. gadsimta cilvēka veiksmīgās dzīves un karjeras panākumiem. Pasaule nemitīgi mainās, un, lai saglabātu aktualitāti, izglītībai ir jāattīstās un jāpielāgojas mūsdienīgai videi, nodrošinot jēgpilnu mācību procesu. Tomēr Latvijas izglītības sistēma ne vienmēr spēj sniegt skolēniem tādu kompetenču klāstu, kas atbilstu reālās dzīves prasībām 21. gadsimtā. Mūsdienās jaunatnei nepieciešams labi pārvaldīt caurviju prasmes, kas savukārt veicinātu spējas pielāgoties, gūt panākumus problēmu risināšanā mainīgajā pasaulē. Jaunā izglītojamo paaudze tiecas pēc aktīvas iesaistīšanās mācību procesā…
Innovative pragmatic codes in Ugandan English : a relevance-theoretic account
2013
Published version of an article in the journal: Argumentum. Also available from the publisher at: http://argumentum.unideb.hu/2013-anyagok/bisingoma.pdf Open access The paper investigates innovative pragmatic codes in Ugandan English within the conceptual framework of Relevance Theory (cf. Sperber & Wilson 1986, Wilson & Sperber 2004). Wilson & Sperber (2004) state that an utterance is optimally relevant if it is worth the hearer’s processing effort, and if it is compatible with the speaker’s linguistic abilities and preferences. The reasoning behind these tenets of Relevance Theory can be used to account for the pervasive use of many expressions peculiar to Ugandan English. For example, in…
The expletive passive and beyond : A comparative analysis of passives in English and Norwegian
2020
This thesis argues that passives in English and Norwegian can be explained by a casetheoretic approach inspired by Chomsky (1981, 1995, 2000 and 2001). I argue that the passive morpheme originates in little v and blocks little v's case-assigning properties in English but not in Norwegian. Thus the passive feature —[PASS]—forces a postverbal DP to move out of the vP phase in English so that the basic passive, although seemingly driven by the EPP, is in reality a result of a combination of the EPP and case theory. Following Bruening (2013), I further argue that the by-phrase is an adjunct just like instrumental PPs that can be freely inserted in structures that have external arguments that ar…
The emergence of christianity within the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria : an exploration into its earlist roots and an investigation in to the in…
2007
Masteroppgave i engelsk- Universitetet i Agder 2007 This thesis commences with a description of Pre-Roman and Roman Britain, to identify the people who lived in Northumbria and their background. The description then progresses with an explanation about the withdrawal of the Romans, and the state of affairs they left behind, giving also a reason for the arrival of the Anglo-Saxons. Once this is established, the scene which the Anglo-Saxons meet on their arrival is depicted, and their subsequent settlement recounted. The Anglo-Saxons were a warlike people, so their belligerent activities suppressing the Celts, and the campaigning between themselves and the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms for supremacy, …
Idioms : categorization, lexical representation and the question of compositionality
2012
Masteroppgave i engelsk- Universitetet i Agder, 2012
Negation in English : compared to Norwegian
2011
Masteroppgave i engelsk- Universitetet i Agder 2011