Joan Rodríguez, Meritxell (Date of defense: 2019-11-29)
This dissertation aims to put forward a thorough reflection on contemporary processes of identity constructions, both individual and collective, which are criss-crossed by experiences of migration ...
Martín i Díaz, Jordi (Date of defense: 2017-09-19)
During the collapse of Socialist Yugoslavia and amid a concomitant process to ethnically divide Bosnia, Sarajevo suffered through a siege which after three-and-a-half years resulted in a completely new ...
Walls, Francesca (Date of defense: 2018-12-07)
This thesis assesses how languages are managed in families with at least one transnational anglophone parent (TAP) resident in the metropolitan region of Barcelona. The languages chosen by TAPS for use ...
Picazo Jaque, Claudia (Date of defense: 2017-11-29)
The aim of this dissertation is to explore the hypothesis that language is occasion- sensitive. To hold that language is occasion-sensitive is to hold that the truth-conditions of most of our utterances ...
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 ...
Bruttomesso, Elisa (Date of defense: 2020-03-21)
In the last years we have witnessed an ever-increasing politicization of urban tourism. The questioning of the tourist industry, which has become part of the actions of several groups of citizens, has ...
Farguell Pérez, Joaquim (Date of defense: 2005-03-15)
La producción de sedimento en suspensión es la más importante que acarrean los ríos a los océanos y mares del mundo. El estudio en el que se basa la presente tesis se ha llevado a cabo en la cuenca del ...
Benavent Chàfer, José Vicente (Date of defense: 2020-02-14)
The focal point of this PhD thesis is (foreign/native) speaker perception and recognition. To test such phenomena, jurors from British and Spanish universities were selected to answer ad hoc perception ...