Modality in Spanish and Combinations of Modal Meanings

El presente trabajo es un complemento al Curso lntensivo Básico de Lengua china (2012). La estrecha relación comercial entre España y China en las últimas décadas ha multiplicado la oferta académica vinculada con los negocios y la economía. Este volumen pretende fortalecer las destrezas lingüístico-comerciales del estudiante desde una selección léxica de mayor especialización. Inicialmente, se aporta un vocabulario propio de viajes con el que poder generar debates e interactuar socialmente con solvencia. Seguidamente, se trabajan competencias lingüísticas comerciales concretas:...

What cities were there in early 16th-century Spain? With how many inhabitants? Were they fortified? And how many leagues apart were they? Those are the questions that Ferdinand Columbus tried to answer in his Vocabulary containing the names of the places and kingdoms of Spain. The present edition reconstructs the "cosmographic" endeavor of Christopher Columbus’ youngest son based on two codices from the Biblioteca Capitular y Colombina of Seville.

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...

The Annotated Instructor's Edition contains carefully-placed teaching suggestions, variation tips for activities, and answers to close-ended exercises. The text comes packaged with the Text Audio CD.