Philological Explorations

Edited by Gilda M. Socarrás

ISBN: 978-960-6672-56-9, 352 pages

First published in 2009 by ATINER

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Table of Contents

 

 

 

Introduction

Socarrás, G.M.

i

Part I: Linguistics

Phonology

1.

Representing the Role of Minimal Contrast in Phonology

Campos-Astorkiza, R.

1

2.

The Phonology of Loanwords in Persian

Alinezhad, B.

17

3.

The Perception of Laryngeal and Length Contrasts in Stops by German Infants and their Parents

Pohl, M. and Grijzenhout, J.

31

Applied Linguistics Studies

4.

Negotiation of Meaning in L2 Academic Writing

Kilimci, A.

47

5.

Knowledge Construction in Synchronous Computer-Mediated Classroom Discussions

Abdul Ghani, R.

59

6.

I Know but I don't Speak - Constraints other than Language Barrier for Korean Students in the US Classroom Discussion

Kim, J. and Lim, H.

83

7.

Collocational Development of L2 Learners of English

Miriouglu, M.

95

8.

In Search of L2 English Evidence in L1 Collocational Patterns of Turkish EFL Learners

Can, C. and Altunkol, E.

105

9.

Involving Studnets in Error Correction Cooperative Learning for Correcting Written Grammar Mistakes: Can it Encourage Students´Learning and Retention

Servetti, S.

115

Discourse Analysis

10.

Commitment and Involvement in Display Print Advertisements addressed to English-Speaking Community in Egypt: A Speech Act Analysis

Maklad, H.T.S.

129

11.

Solicitudes in American English: Syntactic Forms, Social Distance, and Gender Difference

Kim, S.H.

 

157

Part II: Literature

Identity Studies

12.

Azmi Beshara Addressing Forms of Violence in

Love in a Shadow Zone: A Tale of a Place Fragmented

El-Hussari, I.A.

177

13.

Allegorical Revisions of the Censored Subject: Ambivalent Spaces of Transformation in Beth Yahp’s The Crocodile Fury

Chin, G.V.S.

191

14.

Turkish-American Identity and Remembered Narratives of Anatolia in Gün’s and Croutier’s Novels

Uslu, A.D.

201

15.

Found in Translation: Literary/Cultural Translation and Transnational Literacy

Koundoura, M.

211

16.

From Devabhasa to Mantra in the English Language:

Sri Aurobindo Poetics in Savitri or the Renewal of Indoanglian Literature

Real Najarro, O.

219

Classics

17.

In the Name of Odysseus: An Old Trick and a New Approach in Aristophanes’ WaspsWasps 167-198

Kotini, V.

229

18.

Aristophanes’ Lysistrata and Comic Role-Exit

Thorburn, J.

237

19.

The Popularity and Reception of Antigone in Contemporary Irish Drama: Five Versions

Remoundou-Howley, N.

249

Literary Representations

20.

Of Queens, Cults, and Feminine Power: Images of Cleopatra

Wright, K.T.

265

21.

The  Visual  Image  in  Epiphanic  Short  Story

Correia, A.

273

22.

Breaking The Mimetic Mirror: From Representation to Presentation in Not I and Hamletmachine

Ilter, S.

281

23.

Postmodern Realism as an Exponent of Impossible Desire: Rossetti’s Obsession, by Basque Novelist Ramon Saizarbitoria

Olaziregi, M.J.

289

24.

“Welcome to my House! Enter Freely and of your own will!” (Dracula 26): Transylvanian Hospitality in Bram Stoker’s Sources for Dracula

Crisan, M.M.

301

Part III: Language in Society

25.

Implementing CLIL in Primary School Geography Classes. 

A Disaster or a Success?

Xanthou, M.

309

26.

Communicative Competence for the Acquisition of Citizenship: Law Education through Second Language Learning

Bavieri, L.

323

27.

An Introduction to Language Policy Implementation in Iran:

The Case of the Third Academy

Davari Ardakani, N. and Ahmadipour, T.

 

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