Fundamentos y modelos del estudio pragmático y sociopragmático del español

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...

ESPACIOS is a 2-semester intermediate Spanish program developed to accommodate the diverse needs of today's language learners and educators. ESPACIOS supports the many reasons students take Spanish by presenting grammar, vocabulary, and opportunities for communication within the exploration of a variety of different spaces: personal and public; historic and contemporary; cultural and social. The breadth of themes, countries, and content mediums exposes students to a more informed perspective to each given topic. Through this exploration, students expand on what they know about the...

In this exciting Spanish kids' book, Arnold the moose lives in a small wooden house on the edge of the forest. He is something of a dreamer, and one day his friend, a goose called Louis, comes to his house with a suggestion that they go searching for treasure. Arnold jumps at the chance, of course, and the two prepare to set off into the dangerous forest in their truck. They enlist the help of some other animals and head off on the adventure of a lifetime. But there are more dangers than even they could have imagined, and they soon realize the value of friendship. What will happen when they...

La Revolución Cubana, como todo proceso histórico complejo, ha tenido consecuencias de la más variada índole. Con la instalación de la dictadura castrista, el exilio forzado de muchos y el aislamiento interior de aquellos disidentes que permanecieron en la isla ha dado fruto a una tradición literaria de notable valor. Este libro reúne obras de más de doscientos autores cubanos quienes, durante las tres últimas décadas han cultivado el oficio literario desafiando las burdas y brutales imposiciones que Castro ha impuesto de la manera más vergonzosa y reprochable a sus compatriotas....

Esta obra colectiva recoge buena parte de las comunicaciones y las ponencias presentadas en el XVII Coloquio de la APFUE, la Asociación de Profesores de Francés de la Universidad Española que ha trocado recientemente su denominación por la de AFUE (Asociación de Francesistas de la Universidad Española); cambio motivado, en opinión –expresada mayoritariamente– de sus miembros, por entender que el término francesistas refleja mejor al conjunto de los universitarios que se dedican a los Estudios Franceses en España, tanto en la docencia como en la investigación. El volumen da...