Graduate Theses and Dissertations - Spanish and Portuguese
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Contributions of Cross-linguistic Influence and Language Aptitude to the Perception and Production of L3 Spanish Labial Stops among Korean-English of Varying L3 Proficiency
(Georgetown University, 2022)Over the last two decades, there has been an increasing interest in third language (L3) phonology (Cabrelli Amaro, 2012; Cabrelli Amaro & Wrembel, 2016). However, research so far has been primarily directed at specific ... -
Crosslinguistic Influence from Spanish in L3 Portuguese: The Roles of Language Background, Proficiency Level, Crosslinguistic Awareness, and Psychotypology
(Georgetown University, 2022)While research on crosslinguistic influence (CLI) in third language (L3) learning has widely supported typological proximity as a primary determinant of CLI in L3s (e.g., Giancaspro et al., 2015; Montrul et al., 2010; ... -
Revisiones de lo Afrocubano: Diálogo e interdisciplinariedad en Lydia Cabrera y Wifredo Lam
(Georgetown University, 2021)This dissertation analyzes the representation of Afro-Cuban subjects and cultures in the works of Lydia Cabrera and Wifredo Lam. The exploration of the Afro-Cuban religious universe and its articulation of the experience ... -
A Nation of Flesh: Confronting Cattle at the Argentine Slaughterhouse (1839-2001)
(Georgetown University, 2021)This dissertation explores a cultural history of the slaughterhouse in Argentina from the inception of the nation to the beginning of the twentieth century. Against the understanding of the slaughterhouse as a space designed ... -
Poéticas Amargas: Estéticas Y Políticas De La Plantación De Azúcar En Brazil Y El Caribe (1990-2018)
(Georgetown University, 2021)Bittersweet Poetics asks how a multimedia group of works of art about the sugar plantation —ranging from graphic novels and installation art made out of sugar to photographs—reimagine and rewrite national discourses about ...