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Modality across genres in Spanish as a heritage language

Thu, 2 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Abstract Writers’ use of modality, an interpersonal linguistic resource commonly used for expressing probability, reveals key information about their claims. Most research on modality addresses L2 English learners, leaving a gap in research in advanced language development in other languages. This paper addresses this gap by studying how heritage language (HL) speakers of Spanish express doubt and probability in Spanish and how the lexicogrammatical features they use across genres reveal how they express these meanings. Drawing on Systemic Functional Linguistics and pragmatics, this study examines modality in 125 texts written in Spanish by HL students in the U.S., including narratives, expositions, article reviews, personal responses, and research papers. The results reveal that students use the most modality resources in personal responses and the least in reviews. This work offers insights about the interpersonal resources writers choose to express their argumentative...

The long goodbye of Marca España: affect, politics and modernity in Marta Sanz’s crime novels

Tue, 4 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000

The long goodbye of Marca España: affect, politics and modernity in Marta Sanz’s crime novels

Transmotion

Wed, 15 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000

This music score was submitted for the Kaleidoscope 2020 Call for Scores, an open access collaboration with the UCLA Music Library.

Rubén Darío, Fascist? Francoist readings of Modernismo

Fri, 25 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Rubén Darío, Fascist? Francoist readings of Modernismo

From Critique of the Postcolony to a Postcolonial Form of Critique. On the Uses and Misuses of Foucault in Jean and John Comaroff’s Work

Tue, 3 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000

From Critique of the Postcolony to a Postcolonial Form of Critique. On the Uses and Misuses of Foucault in Jean and John Comaroff’s Work

Cervantes' by Roberto González Echevarría (review)

Tue, 8 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Cervantes' by Roberto González Echevarría (review)