Ultimate Spanish

A pesar de que nos defendamos más o menos en inglés, todos, en mayor o menor medida, tenemos dudas a la hora de elegir la palabra, expresión o construcción adecuada de una frase. "¿Cuál es la diferencia entre specially y especially?", "¿Es further o farther?", "¿En serio que en inglés no se dice footing?", "¿Por qué los ingleses dicen sorry todo el tiempo?", "¿Los phrasal verbs son demasiado informales para un texto escrito?", "¿Qué demonios es un phrasal verb?"... El British Council, familiarizado desde hace varias décadas con las dudas que se plantean a los estudiantes que...

"Includes over 5,000 entries and 6,000 definitions of the most commonly-used Latin American words and expressions, with many examples to illustrate their use, and there is a Spanish and English translation for every entry. Includes all entries listed in the Spanish Royal Academy dictionary pertaining to...Latin America." Amazon.com viewed 8/12/2020.

The present study aims at offering an overview of Spanish-Portuguese (and Spanish-Galician-Portuguese) language contact, both in Europe and in America. It pays a special attention to the history of linguistic interferences in each region, examining how and when lexical borrowings entered the Spanish language and how they disseminated across the Spanish-speaking world.

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...