Browsing by Subject "Lingüística Inglesa"

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    • A comparative study of verbal irony and sarcasm in american television comedies and dramas 
      Aguilera S., Karla; Ardile P., Magdalena; Azócar P., Natalia; Fuentes P., Catalina; Godoy V., Paulina; Guerrero A., Andrés; Knipp S., Rocío; Ortiz G., Isidora; Solís S., Mónica (Universidad de Chile, 2009)
      Traditionally, irony has long been viewed as a rhetorical device and broadly defined as “the use of words to express the opposite of their literal meaning.” It has been amply studied in different disciplines such as ...
    • An Analytical Assessment of the Performance of EFL University Students in Essay Writing 
      Aracena, Alan; Fernández, Marcelo; Fuentes, Cristóbal; González Temer, Verónica; Vera, Francisca; Zúñiga, María Paz (Universidad de Chile, 2006)
      Writing is a complex linguistic ability that needs years of practice in order to be mastered. As a matter of fact, it is an ability that can never be fully acquired. Its acquisition involves a series of cognitive processes ...
    • Discourse Strategies and Dominance in a sample from a Talk Show 
      Andulce Troncoso, Pablo; Gutiérrez Figueroa, Elizabeth; Moraga Peña, Angel Rodrigo; Sandoval Westres, Riderick; Segovia Ventura, Rodrigo; Vásquez Bustos, Carlos (Universidad de Chile, 2004)
    • The use of lexical compensatory strategies in the performance of two oral tasks by learners of english as ... 
      Araya A., Lucas; Cortés A., Esteban; Quiroga C., Macarena; Ramos S., Paula; Reyes R., Catalina; Romero P., Verónica (Universidad de Chile, 2006)
      Second language acquisition (SLA) research arose from the developments of the proposals made by Chomsky (1965) regarding the concept of The Language Acquisition Device (LAD), a language faculty that enables children to ...