5th International Conference Discourse Markers in Romance Languages: Boundaries and Interfaces

The Conference is one of a series of conferences on discourse markers in Romance languages (Madrid, 2010; Buenos Aires, 2011; Campinas, 2012; Heidelberg 2015) and aims to build on the previous events. The conference serves as a platform for internationally renowned linguists and young researchers alike to exchange views and ideas and to broaden their research perspectives. This year’s theme will specifically question issues of categorization and[Leer más]
18/01/2017

Folia Linguistica

Folia Linguistica and its supplement Folia Linguistica Historica are the peer-reviewed journals of the Societas Linguistica Europaea (SLE). Each volume consists of two issues of Folia Linguistica plus one issue of Folia Linguistica Historica. Folia Linguistica covers all non-historical areas in the traditional disciplines of general linguistics (phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics), and also sociological, discoursal,[Leer más]
30/12/2016

Análisis y nuevos enfoques sobre el artículo determinado en la enseñanza del español a los nativos persas

La presente tesis aborda la problemática en el uso del "artículo determinado" en la enseñanza del español como 2/L. El artículo definido encierra una complejidad que se hace evidente en los desacuerdos que tienen los gramáticos en cuanto a su estatus categorial, sus valores y sus funciones. En este trabajo, desde un aspecto general, se estudia el estado de la cuestión del artículo determinado en perspectiva diacrónica y sincrónica actual,[Leer más]
29/12/2016

Subject position and pedagogic identity of Japanese learners studying Spanish as a foreign language in communicative learning settings at the tertiary level in Japan

This study addresses the question: How do the structural conditions of university organisation modulate subject position, social relations and discourse and therefore shape individual consciousness and activity? The response is informed by an empirical pedagogical problem located at the tertiary level in Japan: What makes acquirers attain higher levels of language mastery in foreign language (Spanish) settings informed by communicative language[Leer más]
28/12/2016

14th Workshop on Syntax, Semantics and Phonology (WoSSP 2017)

WoSSP is a series of rotating graduate workshops organized by graduate students for graduate students who work on any aspect of generative linguistics. Next edition will take place in Oviedo at the Campus de Humanidades (Faculty of Arts) on June 29 & 30 2017. This workshop is aimed at graduate students who wish to present their work in progress so as to receive valuable feedback from other graduate students. We also want to promote the bonds[Leer más]
27/12/2016