El estudio de la transferencia ha ocupado y sigue ocupando un lugar
relevante en la agenda de los investigadores sobre la adquisición de
segundas lenguas (L2), lo cual viene a ser una constatación del omnipresente
e importante papel que juega…

We identify different kinds of relevance relations between formulas that emerge in the process of belief revision. Informal definitions for alternative notions of relevance are suggested and a set of schemas and intuitive postulates for formalizing these notions are proposed.

One of the more recent and alluring phrases used by development and resource management practitioners and theorists is "traditional ecological knowledge." Although there is a substantial amount of the literature on this subject, these studies have unfortunately an inadequate characterization…

While theory formation and the relation between theory and data has been investigated in many studies of scientific reasoning, researchers have focused less attention on reasoning about experimental design, even though the experimental design process makes up a large part…

Tanto en el marco de la teoría de los principios y parámetros
(Chomsky, 1981) como en el contexto de los estudios funcionalistas
(Pienemann, 1989), el papel de la transferencia o influencia interlingüística
en la adquisición de segundas lenguas se ha…

The purpose of this study is to investigate a series of issues around the primary theme of value constructions and the ways that these influence the construction of interior spaces and impact on its occupants. The ways in which knowledge…

La reflexión epistemológica sobre la Lingüística
posee un componente sincrónico, la Filosofía de la
ciencia lingüística, y un componente diacrónico, la
Historiografía de la Lingüística, en la que se realizan
dos tipos de análisis sobre el cambio en los programas

This study examined the efficacy of conjoint behavioural consultation (CBC) in the remediation of behavioural problems in children with cognitive disabilities. Further, this study sought to determine whether parents' knowledge of behavioural principles and behavioural management skills improved as a…

The study examines to what extent and under what conditions incidental L2 vocabulary acquisition through reading occurs. The all-male subjects were 144 grade seven ESL learners at a French-language high school in Montreal. They were previously placed into 5 groups,…

This thesis addresses the question of identity from the perspective of Rudolf Steiner and Waldorf Education attempting to make a connection between Steiner's theory of self development in relation to the spiritual world, and the postmodern concept of identity. Fundamentally,…