English spelling reforms and proposals in Early Modern English (1550-1650) with special reference to Richard Mulcaster’s "Elementary"

Traballo Fin de Grao en Lingua e Literatura Inglesas. Curso 2018-2019I intend to study the attemps to reform English spelling in Early Modern English (1550-1650) along with the debates and proposals of the main spelling reformers in this period with special reference to Richard Mulcaster's "Elementary" (1582) which is considered to be "the major study of English ortography" (Lass 1999:32) "the first cosistent attempt to codify and promulgate datailed rules for normalising and regulazing traditional English spelling" (Lass 1999:20). I also intend to provide a historical background of English spelling in Middle English period especially in the late Middle English and enphazise the impact of the printig and the William Catxton's role in a time in which "there was no generally recognised standard form of English scpeech, and only the beginnings of a standard ortography" (Lass 1999:15) to understand the situation of English ortography in Early Middle English Period. In so doing, some key notes will be shown to desing the status of English in a daily linguistic contact environment in which Latin and French continued to be the dominat languages in the fields of knowledge having an important imprint on English spelling. The method of anlysis will focus on the contrast of the main debates and proposals for the reform the spelling in the period covered by this research with special reference to "Elementary" so as to appraise its impact on the subsequent development of the English ortographic syste

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External validation of the GrazeIn model of pasture dry matter intake and milk yield prediction for cows managed at different calving dates and stocking rates

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Societal and scientific impact of policy research: A large-scale empirical study of some explanatory factors using Altmetric and Overton

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La inteligencia emocional en los estudiantes a nivel superior.

En el presente trabajo hemos estudiado y analizado cualitativamente la inteligencia emocional en Estudiantes a nivel superior, con el fin de demostrar que es un elemento que necesitamos valorar, enseñar y reforzar dentro del aspecto educativo de tal que pueda ser organizada para desarrollarse de una manera concatenada y por etapas o ciclos. Nos proponemos en este trabajo dejar evidencias de la necesidad de este estudio holístico de la Inteligencia Emocional y muy particularmente el que' le corresponde a la Educación; es decir el papel que juega la docencia en la creación, desarrollo y establecimiento de la Inteligencia emocional