Glosario de terminos socio-políticos y autóctonos de actualidad (español - inglés)

This Spanish edition of Becky and Her Friends, by Rolando Hinojosa, is the latest novel in Hinojosa's Klail City Death Trip series which follows generations of Anglos and Mexicans in the fictional Rio Grande Valley town of Klail City, Texas. In this novel, however, Hinojosa focuses on a character who has previously not taken the limelight: the strong-willed, upwardly mobile Becky Escobar. Following her story, Hinojosa explores the world of Latinas: women's culture, language and spirit in the world of the Valley. Delightfully playful in narrative perspective, this story gives the reader a...

Documento del año 2011 en eltema Romanística - Portugués, literatura, cultura general, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Materia: Lingüística - Portugués, Español., Idioma: Español, Resumen: Procedentes de una idéntica raíz etimológica, las lenguas portuguesa y española, como lenguas románicas que son, comparten diversos aspectos lingüísticos en común, tanto en el nivel semántico como estructural, dada la gran similitud tipológica existente entre ambas. Los varios aspectos de similitud, ya sean parciales o totales, se manifiestan con gran contundencia en el nivel...

This rich textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the principal concepts and thematic areas of Spanish pragmatics. It is aimed at advanced students of Spanish -- upper-level undergraduates and beginning graduate students -- who need to hone their language skills for contextually sensitive use of the language. Written entirely in Spanish, with Spanish examples, this volume introduces basic pragmatics, methods of analysis, and new thematic areas such as language and the press and globalization. Theoretical explanations combine with practical exercises in each chapter to help students...

Images of Latin America offers a historical and cultural overview of Hispanic America: from pre-Columbian cultures to the contemporary cultures of each country. This work-a wealth of information, to analyze in depth the processes that occurred after the arrival of the Spanish to America, and devotes special attention to the events occurred in the twentieth century, country by country.