An Overview of Gendered Violence in Language

Audiovisual Programs As Sources Of Language Input: An Overview

Audiovisual devices such as satellite and conventional televisions can offer easy access to authentic programs which are considered to be a rich source of language input for SLA (Second Language Acquisition). The immediacy of various audiovisual programs ensures that language learners’ exposure is up-to-date and embedded in the real world of native speakers. In the same line, in the present pap...

Audiovisual Programs As Sources Of Language Input: An Overview

Audiovisual devices such as satellite and conventional televisions can offer easy access to authentic programs which are considered to be a rich source of language input for SLA (Second Language Acquisition). The immediacy of various audiovisual programs ensures that language learners’ exposure is up-to-date and embedded in the real world of native speakers. In the same line, in the present pap...

‏‎interpersonal function of language in subtitling

‏‎translation as a comunicative process is always said to be associated with various aspects of meaning loss or gain. subtitling as a mode of translating, due to special discoursal and textual conditions imposed upon it, is believed to be an obvious case of this loss or gain. presenting the spoken sound track of a film in writing and synchronizing the perception of this text by the viewers with...

Violence in families: an overview.

Wife-beating, child battering, sexual abuse, parricide ... these are some of the manifestations of violence in families. There are many others, including emotional violence as well as physically destructive behavior shown by one family member to another or to others outside the family. Is such violent behavior on the increase, or are we just more clearly aware of its existence because of better...

Youth Violence: An Overview