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Volume 12 Number 2 Year 2015

13 articles in this issue 

Šarolta Godnic Vicic

Variation in the genre of research articles has been extensively studied across different disciplines and languages; however, diachronic change and intradisciplinary variation in this academic genre have received less attention. Therefore this paper aims ... see more

Pags. 9 - 28  

Smiljana Komar

Direct response television commercials (DRTV) exhibit a very specific style of speech and delivery whose main function is to boost the product’s value and sales. This paper presents the findings of the structural and the linguistic analyses of three Engli... see more

Pags. 29 - 52  

Inger Margrethe Mees, Christina Høøck Osorno

This article describes a real time panel study of a small number of working and middle class female speakers recorded in Cardiff at three points in time over a period of 35 years. The first recordings were made in 1977 when the informants were ten years o... see more

Pags. 53 - 77  

Marija Peric, Sanja Škific

The focus of this paper is on language attitudes towards English words and phrases in the Croatian language. In order to prevent loanwords, linguistic purism has arisen as a theory about what languages should be like. The tradition of linguistic purism in... see more

Pags. 79 - 98  

Franciška Trobevšek Drobnak

The aim of the paper is to look into how the use and distribution of complex verbal phrases in English comply with the postulates of the theories of constructional iconicity, frequency asymmetries and naturalness, especially in the initial stages of their... see more

Pags. 99 - 112  

Alma Vancura

Building on extensive study on nonverbal communication, this paper focuses on the presence of culturally referenced representations of nonverbal behaviour in poetry, specifically looking at the presence of culturally referenced nonverbal elements in war p... see more

Pags. 113 - 124  

Mirko Starcevic

The paper examines John Henry Newman and the extent to which his involvement with the Oxford Movement influenced his poetic endeavours. The analysis of the historical and theological background of the Movement from Newman’s perspective makes the task of p... see more

Pags. 129 - 145  

Agnes Pisanski Peterlin, Lisa Botshon

New online educational tools have opened new possibilities for cross-cultural collaboration which supports critical thinking and encourages learner autonomy. Nevertheless, the success of a crosscultural collaborative experience cannot be taken for granted... see more

Pags. 149 - 160  

Katja Težak

Creativity has been discussed, observed and researched for hundreds of years in the fields of psychology and philosophy – from the ancient notion of the inspired genius, all the way to modern psychologists trying to define creativity and prove its effects... see more

Pags. 161 - 174  

Irena Vodopija-Krstanovic, Maja Brala Vukanovic

In recent times, concern has been expressed as to whether English Language Studies are in tune with the wider social, political, technological and economic trends, and the latest developments in applied linguistics and English language education. In line ... see more

Pags. 175 - 189  

Primož Jurko

Evaluative meaning is frequently understood as a form of connotation, pertaining to single lexical items. However, the term has recently been applied also to longer stretches of text, spanning several words. The paper generally deals with the latter aspec... see more

Pags. 193 - 209  

Kristina Kocan Šalamon

The paper interrogates cultural specifics of contemporary African American poetry and exhibits translation problems when translating this poetic work. African American writers have always included much of their cultural heritage in their writing and this ... see more

Pags. 211 - 224  

Veronika Rot Gabrovec

The article explores various representations of culture(s) found in contemporary English children’s literature and discusses how they were rendered into Slovene. In the first part, some introductory definitions of culture and approaches to the translation... see more

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