1.

Philological Research: An Introduction

Gilda M. Socarrás and Almitra Medina

1

Part I: Linguistics

1. Phonology

2.

Representing the Role of Minimal Contrast in Phonology

Rebeka Campos-Astorkiza

9

3.

On the Meter-Phonology Interface. Evidence from Italian

Stefano Versace

25

2. Applied Language Studies

4.

The Time-Course of Particle Acquisition in Japanese Child Language

Mari Fujimoto

43

5.

Poetry Writing in English as Taught in a Chinese Setting: A Calling, an Experiment, and a Showcase

Sui Gang

67

6.

The Reading Teachers’ Conceptualisations of Reading in English as a Second Language (ESL)

Suhaida Omar

77

7.

The Paradigms in Readability Research

Dahlia Janan, David Wray and Melanie Pope

91

8.

An Overview of Inter-rater Reliability, Severity and Consistency in Scoring Compositions using FACETS

Miguel Fernández Álvarez and Inmaculada Sanz Sainz

103

Part II: Literary Analysis

9.

Gender Memory in the Adaptation History of The Tragedy of the Dutchesse of Malfy: Webster, Theobald, Figgis

Elizabeth Bowman

119

10.

Sue’s Paradox of Intellectuality in Hardy’s Jude the Obscure

Manolya Harnuboğlu

139

11.

The Determinism of the Main Characters in Greene's A Gun for Sale and Hauptmann's Vor Sonnenaufgang

Marina Rončević, Tatjana Šepić and Branka Blažević

147

12.

Comparative Study of Images in Les Amants De Tolède of Villiers De L’isle-Adam from the Intercultural, Historical and Religious Perspectives

Graciela Susana Boruszko

159

Part III: Language in Society

13.

Washback on Teacher Perceptions and Actions in Taiwanese Universities of Technology

Hui Fen Hsu

175

14.

Growing Together: Investigating Teachers Learning to Teach English with a Community

Chiou-hui Chou

189

15.

The LEXILOGON Project: A Multilingual Dictionary of Greek-Spanish-English Literary Terms

Alejandro García-Aragón

209

16.

The Role of Contamination in Politics, Literature, Music, and Other Media

David Greetham

231