Sociolinguistic study of all Greek private letters on papyri and ostraca (approx 4,000-5,000), with focus on (1) the letter formulas and (2) their language. Both topics have a distinctive value ...read more
In certain varieties of Flemish, a possessor need not be structurally adjacent to its possessee. Examples of this are the Flemish External Possessor (FEP) (Haegeman & van Koppen 2012), Flemish ...read more
Recent studies have suggested that teacher and learner beliefs and expectations have significant influence in language teaching and learning process and, consequently, in the students’ learning outcome. However, in the ...read more
This project is a study of Subject and Theme in a parallel corpus of a Chinese text and its translation into English. The focus in on the relation between subjecthood ...read more
In this project we examine how the storyworld of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is re-presented in fan fiction from the Derbyshire Writers’ Guild (Dwiggie.com). We argue that, unlike Austen, ...read more