Explains the logic behind more than 3,000 frequently used verb phrases and combinations that make Spanish speech sound native. This book includes a definition of the phrase including its register, synonyms, antonyms, complementary expressions, grammatical patterns, and examples of how the combinations are used in easy and difficult structures.
The time period of 1990-2010 marks a significant moment in Spanish literary publishing that emphasized a new focus on Africa and African voices and signaled the beginning of a publishing boom of Hispano-African authors and themes. Africa in the Contemporary Spanish Novel, 1990-2010 analyzes the strategies that Spanish and Hispano-African authors ......
Religion, Feminism, Slavery, Politics, and Economics in the First Modern
Anatomy of Liberty in Don Quijote de la Mancha presents five major facets of liberty as they appear in the first modern novel. Analyzing the novelist's attitudes towards religion, feminism, slavery, politics, and economics, the author argues that Cervantes should be considered a major precursor to history's greatest liberal thinkers.
With BarCharts' new 3-panel study guide on the AP Spanish exam, a student's performance should reach a 3, 4, or 5 on this challenging AP exam. Students and teachers will be given effective strategies, organized according to the exam itself with tips and help in each section to avoid pitfalls and problem areas. Focus is on the skills needed to ......
For use with children ages 4 to 6 years, the Bilingual English-Spanish Assessment was developed to identify phonological and/or language impairment in bilingual children and English language learners using a standardized protocol, and differentiate between a delay in English language acquisition and a true language disorder.
Introduccion a la literatura latinoamericana del siglo XX
This advanced Spanish textbook and Latin American literature anthology guides students through the critical analysis of fourteen literary and filmic texts published between 1889 and 1995. It introduces them to twentieth-century Latin American literature and culture, and builds their textual analysis skills through examining the theme of identity.
Spanish and Latin American Studies in the 21st Century
What is a canon and why does it matter? In Confronting Our Canons: Spanish and Latin American Studies in the 21st Century, Joan L. Brown shows that a canon has the power to define a field and determine what is taught. She argues that it is both productive and necessary to confront our canons, to see what is actually in them and how these works and ......
Focuses on the verification of the Chomskyian linguistic theory as a general framework for explaining phenomena in language acquisition and use. This title is suitable for theoretical linguistics, as well as those interested in cognitive science, psychology, philosophy of mind, and artificial intelligence.
A comprehensive historical, social, and linguistic overview of Spanish in contact with other languages in all of its major contexts - in Spain, the United States, and Latin America.
Informed by the latest research in the field of second language acquisition and written entirely in Spanish, this book responds to the central questions that lie at the heart of learning Spanish as a second or foreign language. Each chapter examines the linguistic challenges and pitfalls involved in Spanish-language learning.
Informed by the latest research in the field of second language acquisition and written entirely in Spanish, this book responds to the central questions that lie at the heart of learning Spanish as a second or foreign language. Each chapter examines the linguistic challenges and pitfalls involved in Spanish-language learning.
Perfeccionamiento del espanol por medio de la traduccion, segunda edicio
Provides advanced learners of Spanish with hands-on manipulation of grammatical, lexical, and cultural detail through the practice of translation (traduccion). This book includes: current events, new exercises, and expanded instructions containing Spanish texts to be translated into English as well as English texts for translation into Spanish.
Helps students to learn about Spanish culture while increasing vocabulary and listening skills. This program includes the following features to assist students' cultural comprehension: transcription of each video; selective glossary; information about Sevilla and its region; web links for further exploration; and more.
Enables English speakers with no prior knowledge of Brazilian Portuguese to develop the basic communication skills and cultural knowledge needed to visit Brazil and to function in a work environment in which Portuguese is spoken.
Helps students to learn about Spanish culture while increasing vocabulary and listening skills. This program includes the following features to assist students' cultural comprehension: transcription of each video; selective glossary; information about Sevilla and its region; web links for further exploration; and more.
A Crisis of Identity explores the construction of identity and society's influence in four Spanish plays and discusses parallels to these works in popular culture. Through close reading and analysis covering race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality, the author uncovers what lies behind the mask of each play's characters.
Translation, Dirty Realism, and the Spanish Novel (1975-1995)
Forth and Back broadens the scope of Hispanic trans-Atlantic studies by shifting its focus to Spain's trans-literary exchange with the United States at the end of the twentieth century. Santana analyzes the translation "boom" of U.S. literature that marked literary production in Spain after Franco's death, and the central position that U.S. ......
This best-selling textbook guides advanced students through progressively more complex types of writing by organizing the grammar lessons on a functionalist basis around the needs of composition. This innovative approach to teaching Spanish grammar and composition promotes systematic language development and enables students to strengthen their ......
Guides the advanced student through complex types of writing by organizing the grammar lessons on a functionalist basis around the needs of composition. This title promotes systematic language development and enables students to strengthen their expressive and editing skills in the language in order to write more effectively and confidently.
This book is a critical study of the work of Gregory Rabassa, translator of such canonical novels as Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Cien anos de soledad, Jose Lezama Lima's Paradiso, and Julio Cortazar's Rayuela. During the past five decades, Rabassa has translated over fifty Latin American novels and to this day he is one of the most prominent English ......
Indagaciones is a postintermediate Spanish textbook that introduces students to a wide variety of visual, audio, and written texts and teaches critical textual analysis in Spanish through a cultural studies approach. Deepening and enhancing students' knowledge of the expression of culture within Latin America, Spain, and U.S.-Latin@ areas, ......
A comprehensive introduction to the internal and external history of the Spanish language from its Indo-European ancestry to the present-day language of over 400 million people. It examines the phonological, morphological, syntactic, semantic, and lexical changes that characterize the evolution of Spanish from its Latin origins.
Introduccion a la historia de la lengua espanola es una introduccion completa a la historia externa e interna de la lengua espanola desde sus origenes indoeuropeos hasta la lengua moderna de mas de 400 millones de personas. Los autores escudrinan los cambios fonologicos, morfologicos, sintacticos semanticos y lexicos que caracterizan la evolucion ......
Explores issues in the phonology and morphology of the major Iberian languages: Basque, Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, and Spanish. In this title, most of the essays are based on innovative theoretical frameworks and show how revolutions in theoretical ideas have affected the study of these languages.
Explores the aftermath of the Franco era in Spain. This title presents an objective and nonpartisan view of the important aspects of contemporary Spanish history and society. It covers such topics as: the transition to democracy; regionalism and nationalism; key players in current affairs; and, politicized approaches to Spanish history.
Spanish as a Heritage Language in the United States, Research and Practi
This work delves into the research, theory, and practice of teaching Spanish as a heritage language in the United States. It examines theoretical considerations in the field of Heritage Language Development (HLD), as well as community and classroom-based research studies at all academic levels.
What if the goddess Athena, who sprang fully-grown from Zeus's head and denied she had a mother, became aware of the compelling existence of her other parent? What if she discovered that her mother, Metis-first wife of Zeus and "wiser than all gods and mortal men," according to Hesiod-was swallowed by her father and continued to impart her wisdom ......
