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Call for Papers: ELOPE XII – Spring (2015)

Call for Papers: Negotiating Cultural Encounters with the English-Speaking World ELOPE (English Language Overseas Perspectives and Enquiries), a double-blind, peer-reviewed academic journal, publishes original research articles, studies and essays that address issues of English language, literature, teaching and translation. The … Continue reading

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Call for Papers: Anglica Wratislaviensia

Call for Papers Anglica Wratislaviensia vol. 53/2015 Anglica Wratislaviensia, an international, peer-refereed, annual journal publishes original research articles and book review articles in all areas of English, American and Anglophone literature and culture, theoretical and applied linguistics, second language acquisition … Continue reading

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102 English Tips: Another Quick Guide to Avoiding ‘Slovenglish’

Spoštovani člani in članice društva SDAŠ, na portalu issuu.com si lahko ogledate novo knjigo “102 English Tips: Another Quick Guide to Avoiding ‘Slovenglish‘” (Jason Blake in Andrej Stopar, 2014). Knjiga je nastala na podlagi jezikovnih nasvetov, ki ste jih lahko … Continue reading

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Links to Articles in ELOPE XI – Spring

Volume XI – Spring (2014): The Play’s the Thing: Eclectic Essays in Memory of a Scholar and Drama Translator (Joural Eds. Smiljana Komar and Uroš Mozetič, Volume Eds. Tomaž Onic and Simon Zupan) Katja Plemenitaš: Gender Ideologies in English and … Continue reading

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ELOPE XI – Spring: Online Edition

Dear SDAŠ members, dear friends, dear visitors, The latest volume of the academic journal published by the Slovene Association for the Study of English and the Department of English at the University of Ljubljana is now available on-line. You can … Continue reading

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ELOPE XI – SPRING is here!

ELOPE XI – Spring has arrived. SDAŠ members and the authors will be receiving their free copies this week! Congratulations to the journal editors ( Smiljana Komar, Uroš Mozetič), the guest editors (Tomaž Onič and Simon Zupan), and the authors: … Continue reading

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Language/Writing Tip 37

Avoid using the same conjunctions again and again. “But” and “as” are two main culprits here. Showing contrast: “The academic year is almost over, BUT that doesn’t mean I have stopped already. Some students are tempted to stop, BUT I … Continue reading

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Language/Writing Tip 36

The semi-colon is a wonderful half-break in a sentence; a fine way of not-quite stopping the flow of words. And that sentence is simply wrong. There is no call for a break before the fragment “a fine way…” It is … Continue reading

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Institute of English Studies Petition

Dear SDAŠ members, Please consider signing the petition described below.   Dear All You may have heard about the proposed closure of the Institute of English Studies which is part of the School of Advanced Study at the University of … Continue reading

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Language/Writing Tip 35

As is often the case, this is one you all know: “Only after I arrived at the store I remembered that my wallet was still at home.” No. You need an inversion. When you start a sentence with “Only after…,” … Continue reading

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