Systemic Functional Grammar of Spanish

This accessible textbook provides a clear introduction to the sounds of Spanish. Assuming no prior knowledge of linguistics, it explains from scratch the fundamentals of phonetics (the study of speech sounds) and phonology (the study of sound systems) and describes in detail the phonetic and phonological characteristics of Spanish as it is spoken in both Spain and Latin America. Topics covered include consonants, vowels, acoustics, stress, syllables, intonation, and aspects of variation within Spanish. Clear comparisons are made between the sounds of Spanish and those of English, and students ...

Ésta es una obra importante, pues se trata del primer libro que aborda estilos como el punk desde una óptica rigurosa y lúcida. Dick Hebdige se dedica a analizar en él las subculturas que surgieron de la música popular en el contexto de la clase trabajadora blanca de la posguerra, desde los teddy boys a los mods, los rockers, los skinheads y los punks. Con precisión e ingenio envidiables, Hebdige bucea en este tema tan complejo y lo hace accesible con la ayuda de datos y análisis de primera mano, consiguiendo al final un libro tan sintético como estimulante. En el fondo, Subculturas...

Nos enfrenta a la realidad de la comunicación y a la manipulación que esta sufre por parte de los poderes.

This in-depth look at Latin American art explores the complexity of the contemporary aesthetic and cultural milieu in this vast and diverse region of the world, focusing on a critical re-reading of the Baroque in Latin America and its curious function as an important cultural metaphor. The diversity of artists represented--hailing from South America, Mexico, the Caribbean, and the United States--serves to critique and recuperate this concept of the Baroque that has become increasingly clichéd and misunderstood. With art by Ruben Ortiz Torres, Miguel Calderon, Rochelle Costi, Arturo Duclos,...