Browsing Department of Foreign Languages by Subject "VDP::Humanities: 000::Linguistics: 010"
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Creencias y actitudes lingüísticas acerca de las formas de tratamiento en Nicaragua
(Doctoral thesis, 2012-06-01)The aim of this study is to describe and interpret the attitudes of Nicaraguans towards the use of the pronouns of address, based on a mentalist theory of language attitudes study. To reveal the attitudes, I present a ... -
Herodotus, Dionysus, and the Greek death taboo. The Homeric hymn to Demeter and the construction of the "chthonic" in Greek literary tradition
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009)Herodotus’ explicit avoidance of the mentioning of divine names and matters in the second book of the Histories counts in most cases as instances of the Greek taboo concerning the relation of gods to the impurity of death, ... -
IPCC communicative practices: A linguistic comparison of the Summary for Policymakers 2007 and 2013
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014)The present paper undertakes an analysis of language use in two so-called Summaries for policymakers (SPMs), published as part of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) Assessment Reports 4 (AR4, 2007) and 5 ... -
La politesse linguistique dans la relation interlocutive en classe : des enjeux de faces aux enjeux opératoires. Une analyse pragmatico-discursive des interactions en classe de langue.
(Doctoral thesis, 2012-06-22)This study explores linguistic politeness as manifested in classroom interpersonal relationship. The field of study includes five general education secondary schools in the city of Yaoundé (Cameroon). The subject matter ... -
La polyphonie discursive: Pour un dialogisme ancré dans la langue et dans l’interaction
(Doctoral thesis, 2011-06-07)The aim of the present thesis is to develop a theoretical and methodological framework for the study of polyphony in discourse, and to apply it to the analysis of a speech by French President Nicolas Sarkozy to the European ...