Summary

The "wooden substitute" in Graham Swift's The Son, or the futher step in the de-familiarizing transition from modernism to postmodernism — Aguilar Osuna, Juan Jesús

A feminine subject in postmodernist chaos: Janette Winterson's political manifesto in Oranges are not the only fruit — Calvo Pascual, Mónica

Searching for the source: Neil Gunn's Highland River — Clark Mitchell, David

The reporting verbs and bias in the press — Floyd Moore, Alan

Poe: the concept of poetry and poetic practice with reference to the relationship between The poetic principle and Annabel Lee — García Parra, María Luz

Text world creation in advertising discourse — Hidalgo Downing, Laura

The power of words in Denisa Chavez's Face of an Angel — Ibarrarán Bigalondo, Amaia

Relevance theory, humour, and the narrative structure of humorous novels — Larkin Galiñanes, Cristina

The pragmatic function of theme: the case of the conditional subordinates — Lorés Sanz, Rosa

The construction of novelty in computer science papers — Luzón Marco, María José

Two types of change-of-state attributes in English — Rodríguez Arrizabalaga, Beatriz

Addicted to fun: courtship, play and romance in the screwball comedy — Ruiz Pardos, Manuela

The representation of chivalry in The Knight's Tale — Sánchez Martí, Jordi

Objective and subjective variables in two university classes — Valdeón García, Roberto Antonio

Auden and Rilke — York, Richard Anthony

Pakistani literature in English 1993 and 1994: a critical survey — Hashmi, Alamgir


Reviews

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Dieter Stein & Rosanna Sornicola (ed.) The Virtues of Language. History in Language, Linguistics and Texts. Number 87. Amsterdam: John Benjamin Pub. Co., 1998 — Belda-Medina, Jose Ramon

Antonia Sánchez-Macarro and R. Carter (eds.) (1998): Linguistic Choice across Genres: Variation in Spoken and Written English. Amsterdam: John Benjamins — Aleson-Carbonell, Marian

Milagros Fernández Pérez. Introducción a la Lingüística. Barcelona: Ariel, 1999 — Belda-Medina, Jose Ramon

Agustín Coletes Blanco. Pérez de Ayala, bajo el signo de Britannia. Serie Literatura, 39. Valladolid: Secretariado de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Valladolid, 1997. 154 p. — Pérez Berenguel, José Francisco

Vilar, Mar. El español, segunda lengua en los Estados Unidos. Universidad de Murcia: Servicio de Publicaciones, 2000, 669 p. — Morell, Teresa

Wharton, Edith. La carta, 1999. Selection, translation and epilogue by Teresa Gómez Reus. Barcelona: Clásicos del Bronce. 176 págs. — Martínez Reventós, María Dolores