Tag: Romance

Tense and Aspect in Romance Languages


Free Download Dalila Ayoun, "Tense and Aspect in Romance Languages"
English | 2005 | pages: 329 | ISBN: 9027241406 | PDF | 1,8 mb
This volume presents a state-of-the-art descriptive and explanatory analysis of the second language development of Romance tense-aspect systems. It contains new experimental data from adult French, Catalan, Portuguese learners, and Italian children learners. Standing research questions are addressed and pedagogical implications for foreign language classrooms are proposed arguing that there are possible commonalities in the instructional sequences of tense-aspect development in Romance languages. The first chapter presents an overview of current theoretical approaches and a summary of empirical findings. The following four chapters introduce new empirical data from a variety of theoretical perspectives (e.g., the Aspect Hypothesis, the UG/Minimalist framework). Chapter 5 proposes practical pedagogical approaches for the foreign language classroom based on empirical findings. The last chapter summarizes and discusses these findings in order to start elaborating a more comprehensive model of the development of tense-aspect marking in the Romance languages.

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The Subject of Crusade Lyric, Romance, and Materials, 1150 to 1500


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English | April 9, 2020 | ISBN: 022669321X | 280 pages | PDF | 16 Mb
In the Middle Ages, religious crusaders took up arms, prayed, bade farewell to their families, and marched off to fight in holy wars. These Christian soldiers also created accounts of their lives in lyric poetry, putting words to the experience of personal sacrifice and the pious struggle associated with holy war. The crusaders affirmed their commitment to fighting to claim a distant land while revealing their feelings as they left behind their loved ones, homes, and earthly duties. Their poems and related visual works offer us insight into the crusaders’ lives and values at the boundaries of earthly and spiritual duties, body and soul, holy devotion and courtly love.

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Trans+ Love, Sex, Romance, and Being You


Free Download Kathryn Gonzales MBA, "Trans+: Love, Sex, Romance, and Being You"
English | ISBN: 1433829835 | 2019 | 304 pages | EPUB | 9 MB
A groundbreaking all-inclusive, uncensored, must-have guide for teens who are living in this world, who identify as transgender, nonbinary, gender non-conforming, gender fluid, or are questioning their gender identity or how they express themselves, and for their cis-allies and advocates.

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The Invisible Man A Grotesque Romance


Free Download H. G. Wells, "The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance "
English | ISBN: 0198702671 | 2017 | 192 pages | AZW3 | 779 KB
One night in the depths of winter, a bizarre and sinister stranger wrapped in bandages and eccentric clothing arrives in a remote English village. His peculiar, secretive activities in the room he rents spook the locals. Speculation about his identity becomes horror and disbelief when the villagers discover that, beneath his disguise, he is invisible.

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The Blithedale Romance


Free Download Nathaniel Hawthorne, "The Blithedale Romance"
English | 2005 | pages: 201 | ISBN: 1406501336 | PDF | 1,4 mb
Large Format for easy reading. Classic Romance from the19th century American novelist and short story writer set in colonial New England.

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