Conveners
Arts, cultures, social sciences, literature
- Antra Leine (Faculty of Humanities, English Language Department)
- Laimdota Ločmele (Centre for Applied Linguistics, Faculty of Humanities, University of Latvia)
The English language becomes one's own when one is able to use it to reach one's goals and one of the objectives of the students of English Philology at the University of Latvia, is to learn the key concepts of literary studies. Attaining the desired proficiency in literary analysis is a complicated task, as it requires not only a very good understanding of both spoken and written English...
Language and its use is often taken for granted which can affect students’ grasp of conceptual and theoretical ideas in research methods courses (Jarvis, 2007). Insights from LSP (Language for Specific Purposes) research may to address this issue. Here, specifically y to help students integrate their learning through utilising interaction to practice observation to make features of language...
The story of Hong Gil-dong is a heroic novel widely read in the 19th century, dating back to the Joseon Dynasty (1392 ~ 1897) before the two Koreas were divided in 1953. Today, this classic is reborn as animated films, TV shows, movies, and online games in both Koreas, and communicates with international readers as the most quintessential Korean classic translated into English. The 2016...
The story “Tell the truth…” is part of the book “El Bronx Remembered” which was written by Nicholasa Mohr, the first Nuyorican woman who had her literary works published in the United States of America. “El Bronx Remembered” was first published in 1975 and it draws attention to the “Great Migration” of Puerto Ricans to New York in the 1950’s. The stories reflect the hardships of Puerto Rican...
The present paper explores Culpeper’s impoliteness strategies in selected extracts from Neil Simon’s Biloxi Blues to reveal how Culpeper’s impoliteness strategies are realised in dramatic texts from a pragmatics perspective. Impoliteness is a new field of study and an uncharted field of pragmatics. It also aims to provide a framework for implementing impoliteness strategies in the play to...
