Muñoz Andirkó, Alejandro Gregorio (Date of defense: 2021-07-26)
Over the last years we have come to realize that the history of our species is not as simple as we once thought. We are now faced with complex demographic scenarios, events of admixture with human species ...
Martins, Pedro Tiago (Date of defense: 2020-09-08)
All humans have language. This capacity is a complex biological trait whose evolu- tion is currently an active research topic, especially in recent years. This thesis is an attempt at contributing to ...
O'Rourke, Thomas (Date of defense: 2021-04-27)
The human capacity for language is made up of various cognitive subcomponents, the convergence of which allows our species a unique ability to relay our thoughts. Identifying these subcomponents and ...
Yanygina Yanygina, Galina (Date of defense: 2020-07-07)
Other-directed emotions, both positive (e.g. love, pity, admiration) and negative (e.g. hatred, anger, disgust), play an important role in communication due to their social nature and involvement of ...
García Laguía, Alexandro-Xavier (Date of defense: 2018-11-23)
The first chapter of the dissertation provides a description of the sociolinguistic background of Northern Alta and subsequently presents the methods used to collect data in the field, including recording ...
Galimberti, Valeria (Date of defense: 2023-12-15)
[eng] In the schools of many countries, English is taught as a foreign language with the goal of preparing students for the demands of higher education and for a globalized workforce where English is ...
Avello Garcia, Daniela Isabel (Date of defense: 2023-02-10)
[eng] An increasing number of investigations have been conducted in the last decade to explore the effects of audiovisual input on L2 learning (Montero Perez, 2022; Muñoz, 2022). Nevertheless, primary ...