A Spanish Grammar, with Exercises

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Introducción I. EL CONECTOR PRAGMÁTICO PUES 1. La frecuencia de pues - 2. La lengua coloquial - 3. Clasificaciones de pues - 4. Análisis de pues - 4.1. pues como conector semántico - 4.2. Pues como conector pragmático - 4.2.1. Análisis de pues como conector pragmático argumentativo - 4.2.2. Pues y la actividad argumentativa - 4.2.3. Pues y el refuerzo de acto ilocutorio - 4.2.4. Análisis de pues como conector pragmático metadiscursivo - 4.2.5. Pues y el control y la organización del mensaje - 4.2.6. Combinaciones de pues con función de control del contacto - 5. Conclusiones. II....

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One year just after Christmas when Ximena is thirteen, she overhears her parents talking - a conversation she is not supposed to hear. She catches the word, "father," but wonders why they are whispering? Federico is the only father Ximena has ever known since he and her mom married six years ago. Of course, she knows she has a biological father, but her mom never talks about him - and Ximena never asks. All she knows is that he is "away" and doesn't live near them. But after overhearing her parents' discussion, she starts to wonder why she has no contact with him. At the same time, too, life...