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Thu
24
Apr

Tertulia de Literatura y Cine: El Hospital

This event is organised by the ‘Tertulia de Literatura y Cine’ series run by María Muradás-Taylor (Lecturer in Spanish) at the Department of Language and Linguistic Science. During the Tertulia, participants take part in a guided discussion in Spanish about social, historical and political aspects of the Spanish speaking world through literature and films, with the occasional guest speaker

Thu
1
May

Achieving best evidence? Reflections on the cross-examination of vulnerable witnesses in criminal trials in the UK and Ireland

Increasingly, governments around the world have introduced a range of special or alternative measures as a tool to facilitate vulnerable witnesses giving their ‘best evidence' (Hayes & Bunting, 2013). Some of the most prominent examples include the use of screens, the removal of wigs/gowns, live video-link, pre-recorded evidence and intermediaries who facilitate communication with a witness or a defendant.

Thu
8
May

The waitress that the customer served: Disentangling two accounts of verb processing when nouns have unexpected thematic roles

The N400 brain potential is usually large at unexpected words in a sentence. The N400 semantic illusion arises in sentences such as “the waitress that the customer served”, where the N400 at “served” is small despite it being unexpected that a customer would serve a waitress.

Tue
13
May

Title: Serate Italiane Talk ‘D'Annunzio e l'arte preraffaellita’

Online talk on the theme of “Gabriele D'Annunzio e l’orientalismo nell’arte e nella letteratura preraffaellita”

 

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