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A 2007 aircraft-based study of plumes from biomass burning origin from Mexico and Central America advected over south Texas and the western Gulf of Mexico.
(2009-06-10)Biomass burning is the burning of living and dead vegetation which includes grasslands, forests, and agricultural lands (Levin, 1998). It is a global phenomenon and serves a multitude of purposes such as clearing of forests ... -
A cognitive poetic exploration of Elena Poniatowska’s La noche de Tlatelolco.
(2021-05-04)This study of Elena Poniatowska’s La noche de Tlateloco is based on a cognitive poetic approach to explore readers’ perceptions of the work. It affirms both the historical veracity and literary ingenuity of the text by ... -
A comparison between an inventive present perfect and the preterite.
(2020-04-08)Based on research evidence proving the evolution and expansion of uses of the present perfect tense, a comparison between the preterite and the present perfect should be acknowledged and instructed in the Spanish language ... -
A pragmalinguistic analysis of missed opportunities for building rapport in interpreted medical interviews with Spanish-speaking patients.
(2016-03-14)Interpreted medical discourse presents significant challenges for communication because portions of the original message are often reduced, omitted, or revised (Aranguri, Davidson, & Ramirez, 2006), particularly by lay ... -
Compliments and politeness among Mexican and Puerto Rican couples.
(2011-05-12)This paper explores the speech act of complimenting among Mexican and Puerto Rican couples. The study applies Brown and Levinson’s Politeness Theory (1987) in analyzing spontaneous, face-to-face compliment giving between ... -
The death of Celestina : "othering" in changing times.
(2011-05-12)La Celestina, as the definitive literary work of its period, portrays in microcosm the destructive forces at work within a Spanish society which was successful on the exterior but unraveling at its core as it transitioned ... -
Developing a Spanish for Heritage Speakers Program for universities in Texas.
(, 2013-09-16)In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau reported that 37.6% of the persons in Texas were of Hispanic or Latino origin, up from 32.0% in 2000. As demographic trends across Texas show growing Hispanic populations, universities ... -
El desarraigo en la narrativa latinoamericana de la segunda mitad del siglo XX : el caso de Juan Rulfo = Unhomeliness in the Latin American narrative of the second half of the 20th Century : the case of Juan Rulfo.
(2021-04-23)En base a una perspectiva analítica ecléctica con énfasis en la crítica cultural, esta tesis analiza el concepto del desarraigo que se reitera en textos narrativos latinoamericanos publicados a partir de la segunda parte ... -
El impulso ético en la narrativa latinoamericana del siglo XXI = The ethical impulse in the Latin American narrative of the 21st century.
(2016-03-31)Esta tesis analiza el impulso ético en la narrativa latinoamericana del siglo XXI. Examina en profundidad los cuentos “Santa Fe” de Alejandra Costamagna, “Imágenes photoshop” de Edmundo Paz Soldán y “Horses in the Smoke” ... -
El nuevo historicismo y la otredad en la narrativa contemporánea nicaragüense: el caso de Sergio Ramírez.
(2006-07-30)En la presente tesis se analiza la narrativa nueva-histórica del autor nicaragüense Sergio Ramírez (1942), la cual consideramos como una de las tres tendencias fundamentales de la literatura latinoamericana contemporánea ... -
The evolving narrator in the Spanish novel (1884-1958) : La de Bringas, Niebla, and Entre visillos.
(, 2013-09-16)The function of the narrator in Spanish literature is evolving, but the narrative voice continues to play a crucial role in communicating the message of the work, whether forcefully, playfully, or subtly. La de Bringas ... -
The existential search for national, individual and spiritual identity in selected works of Miguel de Unamuno.
(2008-06-10)Miguel de Unamuno, a well-known twentieth century Spanish writer and member of the Generation of ’98, exemplified the human struggle with collective and individual identity in many of his essays, dramas and novels. As a ... -
Exploring questions of Spanish national identity in selected works of Miguel de Unamuno, Azorín, and Antonio Machado.
(, 2012-08-08)Critics of La Generación de 1898 claim that the group’s aims were purely philosophical and intellectual – thus having no practical applications for the country. However, a careful examination of the respective works by ... -
Exploring the metaphoric value of idioms : a taxonomy of Spanish conceptual metaphors and idioms.
(2016-03-30)In 1980, George Lakoff and Mark Johnson challenged the traditional view of metaphors by showing their prevalence in everyday speech. Instead of a literary device, Lakoff and Johnson proposed that metaphors are commonly ... -
Foreign language learning: an exploratory study on the external and internal influences affecting success.
(2006-07-24)This study explores the influence that determinants such as age, length of exposure, learning environment, personality, attitude, study habits, personal practice, and personal motivation have on individuals studying a ... -
Gestos posmodernos en la novela latinoamericana: los casos de Cristina Rivera Garza, Ana Maria Shua y Laura Restrepo.
(2006-07-24)Proponemos en esta tesis que las novelas La muerte como efecto secundario (1997) de Ana María Shua (1951), La cresta de llión (2003) de Cristina Rivera Garza (1961) y Delirio (2004) de Laura Restrepo (1955) exhiben gestos ... -
Heritage and second language learner perception of Spanish pronunciation.
(2020-04-17)Spanish heritage language (HL) learners demonstrate measurable differences in their production and accent when compared to both native speakers (NS) and second language (L2) learners of Spanish (Montrul, 2011; Potowski, ... -
La búsqueda de la redención individual como utopía en la narrativa de Gabriel García Márquez.
(2010-06-23)En la literatura latinoamericana existe un gran énfasis en lo social con respecto a la búsqueda utópica. Mientras la sociedad puede representar un vehículo o un obstáculo en la búsqueda utópica, a veces ésta resulta ser ... -
La búsqueda de los valores perdidos en el cuento latinoamericano contemporáneo.
(2008-06-11)Through the lens of ethical criticism, the ideas of the Russian cultural theorist Mikhail Bahktin, and the assertions of the Spanish psychiatrist Enrique Rojas, this thesis examines the search for values in four Latin ... -
La condición posmoderna y el absurdo en el cuento latinoamericano contemporáneo.
(2011-05-12)Esta tesis analiza el enlace de la condición posmoderna y el absurdo en los cuentos "Chac Mool" (1954) del mexicano Carlos Fuentes (1928), "Un señor muy viejo con unas alas enormes" (1972) del colombiano Gabriel García ...