@article{EibensteinerKoch2018, author = {Eibensteiner, Lukas and Koch, Christian}, title = {El uso de los tiempos del pasado en espa{\~n}ol como lengua extranjera: Una comparaci{\´o}n de aprendientes escolares austriacos con pol{\´i}glotas rom{\´a}nicos}, series = {promptus - W{\"u}rzburger Beitr{\"a}ge zur Romanistik}, volume = {4}, journal = {promptus - W{\"u}rzburger Beitr{\"a}ge zur Romanistik}, issn = {2364-6705}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-187955}, pages = {21-42}, year = {2018}, abstract = {The normative use of past tenses is supposed to be a big challenge for learners of Spanish. Although they might understand the grammatical chapter in theory, adequate past tense use in spontaneous oral production is not guaranteed. Morphological errors, overgeneralizations of tenses and interferences with other languages characterize the interlanguage of the learners. Based on two corpuses, we analyse how the past tense use differs between secondary school students from Austria and Romance polyglots. Qualitative and quantitative analyses show that polyglot speakers surpass the secondary school students in some areas such as the distinction of verbal aspect. However, the students tend less to use the perfecto compuesto in an inadequate way in narration.}, subject = {Vergangenheitstempus}, language = {es} } @incollection{Duerbeck2019, author = {D{\"u}rbeck, Gabriele}, title = {Empathy, Violence, and Guilt in a Girl-Chimp Experiment: An Analysis of Human-Animal Relations in Karen Joy Fowler's Novel We Are Completely Beside Ourselves (2013)}, series = {Texts, Animals, Environments: Zoopoetics and Ecopoetics}, booktitle = {Texts, Animals, Environments: Zoopoetics and Ecopoetics}, publisher = {Rombach Druck- und Verlagshaus}, address = {Freiburg i. Br.}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-178131}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg}, pages = {325-337}, year = {2019}, abstract = {No abstract available.}, language = {en} } @incollection{Driscoll2019, author = {Driscoll, K{\´a}ri}, title = {"Il n'y a pas de chats": Feline Absence and/as the Space of Zoopoetics}, series = {Texts, Animals, Environments: Zoopoetics and Ecopoetics}, booktitle = {Texts, Animals, Environments: Zoopoetics and Ecopoetics}, publisher = {Rombach Druck- und Verlagshaus}, address = {Freiburg i. Br.}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-178019}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg}, pages = {159-174}, year = {2019}, abstract = {No abstract available.}, language = {en} } @article{Dittmann2021, author = {Dittmann, Lara A.}, title = {Sprach- und Kommunikationsnuancen in literarischen Interspeziesbegegnungen - Juan Ram{\´o}n Jim{\´e}nezʼ Platero y yo (1914/1917) und Thomas Manns Herr und Hund (1919)}, series = {promptus - W{\"u}rzburger Beitr{\"a}ge zur Romanistik}, volume = {7}, journal = {promptus - W{\"u}rzburger Beitr{\"a}ge zur Romanistik}, issn = {2364-6705}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-305658}, pages = {55-71}, year = {2021}, abstract = {The encounter with non-human animals has always been a major preoccupation in the (philosophical) quest of understanding the human (condition). Of course, they are not only present in literary texts, but also in other media such as music and art. We consider ourselves aware of their selves, natures and skills as well as their sensory perceptions. Indeed, the ways we interact with non-human animals in everyday life and in the fictional world, how we perceive, think and talk about them as well as how we communicate with them are often related to our own self-perceptions in the social collective and in social-historical discourse. If we take a closer look at literary interspecies relations, we can detect clear shades in language and communication. Based on the approaches of Human-Animal Studies, this article deals with those nuances regarding animal-human encounters in Juan Ram{\´o}n Jim{\´e}nez' Platero y yo (1914/1917) and Thomas Mann's Herr und Hund (1919) in a comparative perspective. In addition to this, a special focus is placed on the effect these elements can have on (inter)acting literary subjects as well as on extra-textual recipients.}, language = {de} } @incollection{Demello2019, author = {Demello, Margo}, title = {The Rabbits of Okunoshima: How Feral Rabbits Alter Space, Create Relationships, and Communicate with People and Each Other}, series = {Texts, Animals, Environments: Zoopoetics and Ecopoetics}, booktitle = {Texts, Animals, Environments: Zoopoetics and Ecopoetics}, publisher = {Rombach Druck- und Verlagshaus}, address = {Freiburg i. Br.}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-178064}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg}, pages = {231-239}, year = {2019}, abstract = {No abstract available.}, language = {en} } @article{deCringis2021, author = {de Cringis, Patricia}, title = {100 Jahre Vokalschw{\"a}chung in den tierras altas: historische Perspektiven eines (zu) wenig beachteten Aussprachemerkmal}, series = {promptus - W{\"u}rzburger Beitr{\"a}ge zur Romanistik}, volume = {7}, journal = {promptus - W{\"u}rzburger Beitr{\"a}ge zur Romanistik}, issn = {2364-6705}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-305638}, pages = {35-52}, year = {2021}, abstract = {This paper deals with the origin of the hundred-year old theory of tierras bajas and tierras altas, focusing on the description of vowel weakening within that theory developed in 1921 by Henr{\´i}quez Ure{\~n}a. I argue that the early conception of vowel weakening and its dialectal distribution has strongly influenced the kind of research we have been conducting about this phonetic feature to this day. The aim of this study therefore, is to sharpen our understanding of the former zeitgeist of research and to stimulate further big data-based studies on vowel weakening overcoming the traditional dialectal division of tierras bajas and tierras altas.}, language = {de} } @article{Cunha2015, author = {Cunha, Concei{\c{c}}{\~a}o}, title = {captar - cap(i)tar, facto - fato: Variation und Wandel bei Plosivsequenzen im Portugiesischen}, series = {promptus - W{\"u}rzburger Beitr{\"a}ge zur Romanistik}, volume = {1}, journal = {promptus - W{\"u}rzburger Beitr{\"a}ge zur Romanistik}, issn = {2510-2613}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-139454}, pages = {59-89}, year = {2015}, abstract = {The present study is concerned with the production and perception of the stop consonant clusters /pt/ and /kt/ as well as CVC-Sequences /pVt/ and /kVt/ in European and Brazilian Portuguese (EP and BP, respectively). European and Brazilian Portuguese have the same syllable structure (Bisol 1999: 731, Mateus/d'Andrade 2000: 39), but are postlexically affected by contrary phenomena. After the occurence of phonological processes such as vowel reduction and deletion in European clusters and vowel epenthesis in Brazilian consonant clusters, the difference between lexical consonant clusters and CVC-sequences would be diminished in both varieties, so that EP would realize both as CC, while BP would realize both as CVC. In order to test whether clusters and CVC-sequences can be distinguished in production and perception, we discuss a physiological experiment and a perceptual study with participants of both varieties. The results show less overlap in BP than in EP. The reason for which is seen in the perception of intervocalic epenthetic elements even in lexical clusters in BP and more consonant clusters in EP.}, language = {de} } @article{Cristalli2022, author = {Cristalli, Marco Antonio}, title = {Ein Mann ohne Ehrgeiz, Konturen und Tatendrang - Parodierung von M{\"a}nnlichkeitsnormen in Jean-Philippe Toussaints Monsieur (1986)}, series = {promptus - W{\"u}rzburger Beitr{\"a}ge zur Romanistik}, volume = {8}, journal = {promptus - W{\"u}rzburger Beitr{\"a}ge zur Romanistik}, issn = {2364-6705}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-329747}, pages = {37-60}, year = {2022}, abstract = {The nameless protagonist of the postmodern novel Monsieur, written by Belgian author Jean-Philippe Toussaint, can be described as a rather strange man. He lacks ambition, a drive for action and seems to be unfit for daily life. He constantly fails to accomplish his predestined role as a real man, as for instance to pay the bill for dinner when dating a woman. The scope of the present paper is to analyse, on the one hand, how this novel deconstructs hegemonial concepts of masculinity but, on the other hand, is in itself also a parody of the latter.}, language = {de} } @article{Christmann2021, author = {Christmann, Tim}, title = {Grenzerfahrung, Grenz{\"u}berschreitung, Grenz{\"u}berwindung: Das Falkland/Malvinas Malvinas-Trauma in Lola Arias' Film Teatro de Guerra (2018)}, series = {promptus - W{\"u}rzburger Beitr{\"a}ge zur Romanistik}, volume = {7}, journal = {promptus - W{\"u}rzburger Beitr{\"a}ge zur Romanistik}, issn = {2364-6705}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-305577}, pages = {17-33}, year = {2021}, abstract = {This article will examine the cinematic approach to the trauma of the Falklands/Malvinas War in Lola Ariasʼ film Teatro de Guerra (AR/ES, 2018). The armed conflict between Ar-gentina and Great Britain in 1982 can be understood as a traumatic liminal experience, whose artistic reception pushes conventional aesthetics to their limits and calls for innova-tive representational strategies. Based on a cultural studies approach to the Falklands/Mal-vinas War as a collective trauma, this contribution will highlight selected moments of aes-thetic border crossing in Teatro de Guerra, by which the film succeeds in transcending boundaries between former enemies of the war.}, language = {de} } @incollection{Chetvertak2022, author = {Chetvertak, Іevgeniia}, title = {Cyber aggression in the stance of communicative approach}, series = {Studies in Modern English}, booktitle = {Studies in Modern English}, editor = {Lazebna, Nataliia and Kumar, Dinesh}, publisher = {W{\"u}rzburg University Press}, address = {W{\"u}rzburg}, doi = {10.25972/WUP-978-3-95826-199-0-1}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-296152}, publisher = {W{\"u}rzburg University Press}, pages = {1-9}, year = {2022}, abstract = {The article deals with the notion of internet aggression (cyber aggression). It considers the mentioned term from both psychological and communicative approaches. The paper also provides detailed analyses of the cyber aggression in political discourse. The provided ex-amples are taken from the speeches of politicians during the time of Covid pandemic. The author also identifies several types of cyber aggression.}, language = {en} } @incollection{Chaturvedi2023, author = {Chaturvedi, Ridhi}, title = {Female Suicidality and Its Cultural Aspects: Watching the "Living Dead" in Deepa Mehta's Water}, series = {Global Cultural Studies? Engaged Scholarship between National and Transnational Frames}, booktitle = {Global Cultural Studies? Engaged Scholarship between National and Transnational Frames}, editor = {Jetter, Tobias}, publisher = {W{\"u}rzburg University Press}, address = {W{\"u}rzburg}, doi = {10.25972/WUP-978-3-95826-207-2-129}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-305927}, publisher = {W{\"u}rzburg University Press}, pages = {129-147}, year = {2023}, abstract = {No abstract available.}, subject = {Film}, language = {en} } @incollection{Chakraborty2023, author = {Chakraborty, Adreeta}, title = {Political and Cultural Negotiations with Feminism in India: A Perspective}, series = {Global Cultural Studies? Engaged Scholarship between National and Transnational Frames}, booktitle = {Global Cultural Studies? Engaged Scholarship between National and Transnational Frames}, editor = {Jetter, Tobias}, publisher = {W{\"u}rzburg University Press}, address = {W{\"u}rzburg}, doi = {10.25972/WUP-978-3-95826-207-2-51}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-305866}, publisher = {W{\"u}rzburg University Press}, pages = {51-58}, year = {2023}, abstract = {No abstract available.}, subject = {Kulturwissenschaften}, language = {en} } @incollection{CazajousAuge2019, author = {Cazajous-Aug{\´e}, Claire}, title = {The Traces Animals Leave: A Zoopoetic Study of Rick Bass' "Antlers"}, series = {Texts, Animals, Environments: Zoopoetics and Ecopoetics}, booktitle = {Texts, Animals, Environments: Zoopoetics and Ecopoetics}, publisher = {Rombach Druck- und Verlagshaus}, address = {Freiburg i. Br.}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-178097}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg}, pages = {269-278}, year = {2019}, abstract = {No abstract available.}, language = {en} } @incollection{CazabanMazerolles2019, author = {Cazaban-Mazerolles, Marie}, title = {Narrating le vivant: the Zoe-Poetical Hypothesis}, series = {Texts, Animals, Environments: Zoopoetics and Ecopoetics}, booktitle = {Texts, Animals, Environments: Zoopoetics and Ecopoetics}, publisher = {Rombach Druck- und Verlagshaus}, address = {Freiburg i. Br.}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-177818}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg}, pages = {71-81}, year = {2019}, abstract = {No abstract available.}, language = {en} } @incollection{Buehler2019, author = {B{\"u}hler, Benjamin}, title = {Other Environments: Ecocriticism and Science Fiction (Lem, Ballard, Dath)}, series = {Texts, Animals, Environments: Zoopoetics and Ecopoetics}, booktitle = {Texts, Animals, Environments: Zoopoetics and Ecopoetics}, publisher = {Rombach Druck- und Verlagshaus}, address = {Freiburg i. Br.}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-177973}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg}, pages = {127-138}, year = {2019}, abstract = {No abstract available.}, language = {en} } @article{Buch2016, author = {Buch, Marina-Rafaela}, title = {Madame Chrysanth{\`e}me (1887) et Japoneries d'automne (1889) de Pierre Loti entre japonisme et exotisme d{\´e}senchant{\´e}}, series = {promptus - W{\"u}rzburger Beitr{\"a}ge zur Romanistik}, volume = {2}, journal = {promptus - W{\"u}rzburger Beitr{\"a}ge zur Romanistik}, issn = {2510-2613}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-161603}, pages = {53-75}, year = {2016}, abstract = {The novel Madame Chrysanth{\`e}me (1887) and the essays collected in Japoneries d'automne (1889) written by French travel author Pierre Loti offer a paradoxical view of Japan during the Meiji period. In both travel writings, the author is torn between aesthetic japonism - which spread all over Europe at the end of the 19th century - and exotic expectations, i.e. the picturesque fascination of the Other. The latter, however, remains unsatisfied throughout his stay. In both writings, Pierre Loti provides an insight into Japan that entirely reflects the spirit of his time. Thereby, he contributes to an image of Japan, which will long remain vivid in the Occident. Contemporaries perceive Loti's representation of Japan as a realistic testimony, tinged with both sensory impressions and his highly ambiguous feelings towards the distant country, which in the end remained incomprehensible to him.}, subject = {Loti, Pierre}, language = {fr} } @incollection{Brunner2015, author = {Brunner, Alexandra}, title = {Die Fragilit{\"a}t der Identit{\"a}tsentw{\"u}rfe im Zeichen einer Krise der Repr{\"a}sentation im (post-)modernen Roman Lateinamerikas}, series = {Kommunikation und Repr{\"a}sentation in den romanischen Kulturen. Festschrift f{\"u}r Gerhard Penzkofer}, booktitle = {Kommunikation und Repr{\"a}sentation in den romanischen Kulturen. Festschrift f{\"u}r Gerhard Penzkofer}, editor = {Hornung, Christoph and Lambrecht, Gabriella-Maria and Sendner, Annika}, publisher = {AVM.edition}, address = {M{\"u}nchen}, isbn = {9783954770557}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-152280}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg}, pages = {379-396}, year = {2015}, abstract = {No abstract available.}, subject = {Roman}, language = {de} } @article{Brunke2016, author = {Brunke, Dirk}, title = {Der nationalepische Pionier Esteban Echeverr{\´i}a. Ein Beitrag zur Entstehungsgeschichte des romantischen epischen Gedichts in Hispanoamerika}, series = {promptus - W{\"u}rzburger Beitr{\"a}ge zur Romanistik}, volume = {2}, journal = {promptus - W{\"u}rzburger Beitr{\"a}ge zur Romanistik}, issn = {2510-2613}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-161592}, pages = {25-51}, year = {2016}, abstract = {This article concentrates on the Argentine author Esteban Echeverr{\´i}a who is known as the founding father of Romanticism in the River Plate region. The author of this article intends to show that the importance of Echeverr{\´i}a for the development of Argentine national literature goes beyond the spreading of Romanticist aesthetics. Especially his poem La cautiva (1837) has been regarded as the national epic poem of Argentina because it represents national landscape and the early days of national history. However, as the classification of this narrative poem as the national epic poem already indicates, Echeverr{\´i}a also contributed to the presence of this prestigious genre at the River Plate region. By investigating Echeverr{\´i}a's less known verse texts - namely the texts which were read by all Romantics but which have been neglected by literary studies so far - this article illustrates that Echeverr{\´i}a gave decisive impulses for the presence of the epic poem at the River Plate.}, subject = {Echeverr{\´i}a, Esteban}, language = {de} } @incollection{Borgards2019, author = {Borgards, Roland}, title = {The Beetle Is in the Eye of the Beholder: Animal Ecologies, Situated Poetics and the Poetry of Annette von Droste-H{\"u}lshoff}, series = {Texts, Animals, Environments: Zoopoetics and Ecopoetics}, booktitle = {Texts, Animals, Environments: Zoopoetics and Ecopoetics}, publisher = {Rombach Druck- und Verlagshaus}, address = {Freiburg i. Br.}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-177957}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg}, pages = {99-109}, year = {2019}, abstract = {No abstract available.}, language = {en} } @article{Book2017, author = {Book, Bettina}, title = {Komplements{\"a}tze im Spanischen}, series = {promptus - W{\"u}rzburger Beitr{\"a}ge zur Romanistik}, volume = {3}, journal = {promptus - W{\"u}rzburger Beitr{\"a}ge zur Romanistik}, issn = {2510-2613}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-172869}, pages = {67-80}, year = {2017}, abstract = {This paper discusses complementation strategies in Spanish, focusing on a specific construction most speakers are not aware of: the complementation clause preceded by the verb conocer. Not being a typical complement-taking verb, conocer surprises with a stable and persistent presence throughout the centuries, from Old Spanish to Modern Spanish. After giving an introduction into the field of complementation clauses and one of its main focus of study, grammatical mood, this study uses empirical data from the corpus programs CORDE, CREA and CORPES XXI to show the usage and prevalence of the construction in question. In doing so, this analysis gives a quantitative insight, exemplifying the results with several examples from all ages.}, language = {de} } @incollection{Bezan2019, author = {Bezan, Sarah}, title = {A Darwinism of the Muck and Mire: Decomposing the Eco- and Zoopoetics of Stephen Collis' and Jordan Scott's decomp}, series = {Texts, Animals, Environments: Zoopoetics and Ecopoetics}, booktitle = {Texts, Animals, Environments: Zoopoetics and Ecopoetics}, publisher = {Rombach Druck- und Verlagshaus}, address = {Freiburg i. Br.}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-178074}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg}, pages = {241-251}, year = {2019}, abstract = {No abstract available.}, language = {en} } @article{Berneiser2017, author = {Berneiser, Tobias}, title = {Lissabonner Navigationen. Literarische Nautik und heterotopischer Stadtdiskurs in Jos{\´e} Cardoso Pires' Lisboa - Livro de Bordo}, series = {promptus - W{\"u}rzburger Beitr{\"a}ge zur Romanistik}, volume = {3}, journal = {promptus - W{\"u}rzburger Beitr{\"a}ge zur Romanistik}, issn = {2510-2613}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-172859}, pages = {39-64}, year = {2017}, abstract = {This article seeks to analyse urban representation in Jos{\´e} Cardoso Pires's Lisboa - Livro de Bordo (1997), a book dedicated to the author's home city Lisbon, by focusing on its prevailing nautical and maritime imagery. This imagery as well as its tendency to design Lisbon as a city-ship shall be examined with regard to spatial construction in the Livro de Bordo. Urban sailing as well as the recurrent representations of the Portuguese capital's spaces as heterotopias will be interpreted as approaches to subvert institutional and homogenic discourses on Lisbon.}, language = {de} } @article{Augustin2015, author = {Augustin, Jenny}, title = {?'Diversa, democr{\´a}tica y moderna? La imagen transmitida de la Real Academia Espa{\~n}ola en el discurso actual. Una mirada panor{\´a}mica}, series = {promptus - W{\"u}rzburger Beitr{\"a}ge zur Romanistik}, volume = {1}, journal = {promptus - W{\"u}rzburger Beitr{\"a}ge zur Romanistik}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-139449}, pages = {29-57}, year = {2015}, abstract = {In 2013, three hundred years had passed since the foundation of the Real Academia Espa{\~n}ola (RAE). The celebrations accompanying this anniversary were extended across the year and came to a closure with the publication of the 23rd edition of the Diccionario de la lengua espa{\~n}ola in 2014. Spanish media followed the above-mentioned festivities with a detailed coverage. The purpose of this article is to study the image of the RAE conveyed through the media and the Internet, which can be subsumed under the three terms 'diverse, democratic and modern'. This form of representation is put into a broader context by considering the linguistic politics pursued by the RAE and the Asociaci{\´o}n de Academias de la Lengua Espa{\~n}ola (ASALE) under the keyword of panhispanism. Finally, a closer look is taken at El buen uso del espa{\~n}ol, a student manual published by the RAE and the ASALE in 2013, in relation to panhispanism and prescriptivism.}, subject = {Real Academia Espa{\~n}ola}, language = {es} } @article{ApostolidisGkarpousisKoch2017, author = {Apostolidis -Gkarpousis, Alexandros and Koch, Christian}, title = {Convergences et divergences dans les articles «Langage» de Louis de Jaucourt et «Langue» de Nicolas Beauz{\´e}e. Une comparaison de deux articles de l'Encyclop{\´e}die de Diderot et D'Alembert}, series = {promptus - W{\"u}rzburger Beitr{\"a}ge zur Romanistik}, volume = {3}, journal = {promptus - W{\"u}rzburger Beitr{\"a}ge zur Romanistik}, issn = {2510-2613}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-172843}, pages = {19-36}, year = {2017}, abstract = {The two articles of «Langage» and «Langue», published in 1765 in the 9th volume of the great French Encyclop{\´e}die by Diderot and D'Alembert, treat some essential philosophical questions on the human ability of communication with linguistic signs. Nevertheless, as the two authors Jaucourt and Beauz{\´e}e did not share completely identic points of view, the comparative lecture of both articles reveals a complementary perspective, particularly relating to the origin of language as a divine gift or humans' creation for communicative needs. A further aspect of divergence concerns the textual composition of the article « Langage » as a structured informative text, and the article « Langue » as a long and freely composed writing including personal remarks by the author. The following article deals with the potential of approaches to the Encyclop{\´e}die in modern linguistics, concretely demonstrated in the comparative analysis of these two articles.}, language = {fr} } @incollection{Ali2022, author = {Ali, Zuraina}, title = {A Case Study of the Basic Learners' Struggles in Guessing from Context to Retain Words Learned}, series = {Studies in Modern English}, booktitle = {Studies in Modern English}, editor = {Lazebna, Nataliia and Kumar, Dinesh}, publisher = {W{\"u}rzburg University Press}, address = {W{\"u}rzburg}, doi = {10.25972/WUP-978-3-95826-199-0-117}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-296529}, publisher = {W{\"u}rzburg University Press}, pages = {117-124}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Guessing meaning from context is a challenging strategy for Second Language Learners (SLLs). In using the strategy, research found that poor students or low proficiency learners struggled in their attempts to use it. Mainly, it was reported that it was due to their vocabulary knowledge was limited. In another aspect, retaining vocabulary learnt is also important. Such is essential since learning vocabulary does not mean knowing the definition only. Yet, learners must also be able to use the vocabulary as they engage in language skills such as reading, writing, speaking and listening. The study aims at finding the hindrances faced among poor students' using contextual clues in retaining vocabulary. The study employed a case study to collect data from two basic students studying at a tertiary level. The study found that their hindrances in guessing meaning contexts were due to their being confused in guessing meaning when reading a sentence. Also, it was found that they were not able to find clues since they lacked vocabulary to guess correctly. The study implied that guessing meaning from context required sizeable vocabulary knowledge. Therefore, more training is necessary to assist basic learners in being successful in guessing from contexts.}, language = {en} }