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Ítem A Corpus Study of Brexit Political Discourse: Exploring Modality through Lexical Modals(2024-12-16) Almazán-Ruiz, Encarnación; Orrequia-Barea, AroaThis paper aims to analyse the lexical modals used in the political speeches given by Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn during the final months of the Brexit process. This study explores whether lexical choice shows the politicians’ commitment to their constituents, particularly to determine which lexical modals each politician uses and which semantic implication(s) these modals convey. The study is descriptive-interpretative and uses the corpus-assisted discourse studies approach. It contributes to research on modality in the English language by examining parts of speech other than (semi)auxiliary modal verbs. As the corpus analysis shows, lexical modals are a prominent resource employed by politicians to present facts to their audience.Ítem Discriminación de fake news desde bachillerato hasta postgrado: estrategias interdisciplinares para el desarrollo del pensamiento crítico(Tirant Lo Blanch, 2020) Caballero-Aceituno, Yolanda; Machado-Jiménez, Almudena; Orrequia-Barea, Aroa; Ráez-Padilla, JuanEl presente capítulo contiene un estudio cuyo origen está en la fase inicial de ejecución del proyecto de innovación docente "Generando redes de pensamiento crítico: materiales y herramientas para el análisis de la realidad y sus discursos", financiado por la Universidad de Jaén, un proyecto guiado por el deseo de restaurar en el alumnado roles activos en cuanto a la adopción de posturas crítico-creativas personales y de llevarlo a desentrañar, a través de estrategias de análisis reflexivo, la anatomía de los discursos que condicionan nuestra percepción de la realidad y nuestra (des)movilización a la hora de promover iniciativas transformadoras que contribuyan a desestabilizar la homogenización de pensamiento. La cultura que promueve el pensamiento en serie quiere trazar un destino social único y encuentra en los medios de comunicación y en las redes sociales un medio de difusión óptimo. Para contrarrestarla, proponemos estrategias que configuren como posibles otros destinos que confluyan en el trabajo por el bien común.Ítem English Studies and Literary Education in the Era of Media Manipulation: Context, Perceptions, Feelings and Challenges(Universidad de Alicante, 2020-12) Caballero-Aceituno, Yolanda; Orrequia-Barea, AroaThis article analyses the components of a method of literary education aimed at strengthening critical awareness. It discusses whether the current academic context is hospitable to a literary education that fights against the over-simplification of our epistemological horizons. The popularisation of a utilitarian version of university study, the neglect of reflective practices and the marginalisation of the usefulness of the discipline of literature within the field of English Studies are some of the realities that we currently face. Within this context, a literary education involving activism can play an important role in promoting resistance against the pandemic of media manipulation we are in the midst of. After having examined the views of a group of students at the University of Jaén (Spain) concerning the importance of studying an English Studies degree in contemporary society, it is clear that such an education needs to be based on emotional aspects, paying special attention to the students’ feelings and perceptions. The results of our corpus-based study using Sentiment Analysis techniques evidence the emotional disaffection of students from certain subjects, namely literature, which are specifically aimed at encouraging critical thinking. Thus, one of the future challenges that must be faced is to foster positive emotions in our literature lessons, as they are essential to promote the students’ critical awareness and activism.Ítem Modelling through Modality: (Re)shaping Brexit(2021-11-09) Almazán-Ruiz, Encarnación; Orrequia-Barea, AroaDue to Brexit, the UK has been involved in a continuous political debate between Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister, and Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the opposition. This paper compares and analyses the modality used in a corpus consisting of their political speeches until Brexit day. Modal verbs are used to express ability, possibility, willingness, certainty, obligation and necessity. Politicians’ choice of certain words can be a useful tool to affect voters’ decisions and modality is a resource which reinforces that influence. The findings show remarkable similarities between both politicians and reveal that possibility is the most frequent meaning of the modal verbs used in the corpus.Ítem The British press’ coverage of coronavirus threat: a comparative analysis based on corpus linguistics.(2020-06-25) Almazán-Ruiz, Encarnación; Orrequia-Barea, AroaThe world is living one of the most difficult times at the moment since a pandemic has been declared by the World Health Organisation (WHO, henceforth). In this scenario, information is one of the most powerful tools, not only just to inform, but also to alarm people and create panic. The aim of this paper is to make a comparative linguistic analysis of headlines from serious and sensationalist journalism in the UK. The corpus consists of a compilation of headlines published over the period of one month (from 20th January to 20th February), which have been extracted from four broadsheets: The Guardian, The Independent, The Financial Times and The Telegraph; and four tabloids: The Sun, The Mirror, The Express and The Daily Mail. The corpus management tool Sketch Engine and the programming language R have been used since they allow the user to carry out both an automatic analysis of the text and basic statistics from Corpus Linguistics.