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

  1. ROCA VARELA, MARÍA LUISA
Zuzendaria:
  1. Ignacio M. Palacios Martínez Zuzendaria

Defentsa unibertsitatea: Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

Fecha de defensa: 2012(e)ko azaroa-(a)k 30

Epaimahaia:
  1. Teresa Fanego Presidentea
  2. José Carlos Prado-Alonso Idazkaria
  3. Encarnación Postigo Pinazo Kidea
  4. Gaëtanelle Gilquin Kidea
  5. Manuel Rubén Chacón Beltrán Kidea

Mota: Tesia

Laburpena

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.