• The influence of social media in language change: Changes in vocabulary 

  Vilariño Ferreiro, Andrea (2018-11)

  Nowadays, social media such as Twitter, Instagram or YouTube and computer mediated communication have become quite relevant not only in people's lives, but also in the way language is used. Language change, and in particular ...

• Latin influence on English vocabulary, with special reference to the Modern English period 

  Vázquez Castaño, María (2018-11)

  The aim of this dissertation is to offer an account of Latin influence upon the vocabulary of the English language. Latin is the most prolific source of borrowings in English and, according to the OED, there are over 40.000 ...

• The role of the attraction in agreement mistakes in English vs Spanish 

  Suárez Álvarez, María (2018-11)

  Attraction is a linguistic phenomenon that occurs when a competition between two or more NPs inside of a larger NP cause mistakes in the agreement of relationships, like subject-verb, of the kind: ' *the label on the bottles ...

• Implied Information in Language: a case study 

  Souto Casal, Marta (2018-11)

  O principal obxectivo deste estudo é analizar as influencias das inferencias, implicacións e presupostos no discurso e abordar o uso da linguaxe implícita en xeral e como os falantes da lingua inglesa en particular o usan. ...

• Art, Nature and Women in Sara Baume’s "A Line Made by Walking" 

  Santos Barral, María Olalla (2018-11)

  Sara Baume is probably one of the most promising contemporary irish writers. She is a recent instance of irish women's brilliant contribution to the history of Irish literature. Baume has already published two acclaimed ...

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