New insights into the study of english false friendsTheir use and understanding by spanish learners of english

  1. ROCA VARELA, MARÍA LUISA
Supervised by:
  1. Ignacio M. Palacios Martínez Director

Defence university: Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

Fecha de defensa: 30 November 2012

Committee:
  1. Teresa Fanego Chair
  2. José Carlos Prado-Alonso Secretary
  3. Encarnación Postigo Pinazo Committee member
  4. Gaëtanelle Gilquin Committee member
  5. Manuel Rubén Chacón Beltrán Committee member

Type: Thesis

Abstract

This PhD thesis deals with English false friends. It aims at identifying the difficulties Spanish learners have with these words in their interpretation and use of English. More specifically, it looks into the significance of these lexical items in the spoken and written performance of Spanish learners. This dissertation is also intended to cast some light on the potential comprehension problems derived from the existence of false friends in the English language.