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Seminar paper del año 2014 en eltema Romanística - Español, literatura, cultura general, Nota: 1,3, Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg, Materia: Phonetik und Phonologie des Spanischen, Idioma: Español, Resumen: De las diversas variantes del idioma español, el castellano o español rioplatense destaca en tener características únicas. Este estudio intenta limitar al dialecto geográficamente y explicar que es lo que se entiende con español rioplatense y qué lo transforma en una variante única. Esto se hará mediante la recopilación de las características lingüísticas particulares ...

Lectura graduada para el aprendizaje del español como lengua extranjera. Nivel básico-intermedio (A2+).

Impartial, modern, and friendly, this book introduces readers to the civilization and culture of Latin America-- from the most obscure beginnings to the present--and at the same time provides them with opportunities to improve their listening, speaking and writing skills. Comprehensive and chronological in approach, it offers well-researched coverage that goes beyond historical facts to include aspects of modern interest, sociology, economy, politics, philosophy, literature, arts, and communication. It covers the traditions in all of Spanish America--"Mesoamerica" and the Caribbean, as well...

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...