Introducción a la Lingüística Hispánica

A comprehensive and accessible introduction to Spanish linguistics, complete with exercises that help students master concepts in the text.

Seminar paper del año 2008 en eltema Romanística - Español, literatura, cultura general, Nota: 1,0, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Materia: „¿Fuerte o gorda? Sprachliche Tabuisierungen im Spanischen “ , 11 Citas bibliográficas, Idioma: Español, Resumen: Una sola frase que exteriorizó el rey Juan Carlos I en la Cumbre Iberoamericana al presidente de Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, ha provocado una discusión en el mundo hispánico. La formulación de la frase, como también la persona que la expresó, ha molestado a la gente y se ha puesto en duda la cortesía verbal del rey. Este ensayo va...

Lingüística de corpus en español/The Routledge Handbook of Spanish Corpus Linguistics muestra el modo en que ha cambiado el panorama de la denominada lingüística de corpus en español y cómo en la actualidad ha llegado a concitar un espacio disciplinar independiente, y, al mismo tiempo, integrar estos conocimientos en cualquier programa de estudios, investigación o diseño curricular en educación superior. Este volumen lo componen 36 capítulos que ofrecen un panorama amplio, diverso y comprehensivo de los avances en lingüística de corpus de y en español, abarcando un vasto...

This collection of papers addresses the wide variety of questions that arise when Spanish (or any language) comes into contact with other languages. Which languages are used and under what circumstances? How do languages change and affect each other in a bilingual or multilingual environment? How do societal pressures, cultural stereotypes, and individual attitudes affect language use and development, or even result in the death of a language? Spanish in Contact is organized into three sections, examining contact situations in Spain, Latin America, and the United States. The authors look at...

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...