Projects
Across Boundaries: A Western European Canon of Romances in an Era of Media Change (1471- c. 1550) University of Antwerp
Reliability and validity of the measurements of computer assisted quality assurance tools KU Leuven
This research project aims to test the computer assisted quality assurance tools QA Distiller, Verifika and Xbench in order to establish if they are reliable and valid tools the use of which would increase the quality of the end-product, especially in the English-Spanish language combination.
Remembering the City of Life KU Leuven
In September 1919 a group of volunteers headed by the Italian poet Gabriele D’Annunzio occupied the town of Fiume (now Rijeka, Croatia) to claim its annexation to Italy. During the occupation, which lasted till December 1920, Fiume became a unique political and artistic labyrinth, attracting all sorts of political activists as well as many Italian and foreign avant-garde artists. Extensive scholarly attention has been devoted to the ...
Is leuk sufficiently cool? The social meaning of English loanwords: an acquisitional perspective KU Leuven
This project wants to investigate how the speech community of tomorrow, viz. elementary school children evaluate the use of English words in a Dutch context, which contextual parameters affect their evaluation and whether an evolution is visible in the dimensions shaping these attitudes as children grow older. By focusing on these questions, the project I am proposing intents to break new ground in the study of social meaning of English ...