Épocas Y Avances

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

Esta obra se dirige a profesores de español y de otras áreas, a estudiantes de todos los niveles educativos, profesionales, escritores y personas preocupadas por el conocimiento de nuestra lengua para que disipen dudas de forma ágil, conozcan cambios registrados por las academias de la lengua y los apliquen cuando escriban. El texto es un pequeño manual práctico que evita de forma consciente la teoría y busca la comprensión rápida de cada caso.

Composición: Proceso y síntesis is designed for use in the advanced Spanish composition course to help students develop the ability to perform the writing tasks that are generally expected of Spanish majors and minors. Since the publication of the first edition, instructors in this course have conveyed an increased interest in the development of functional, purposeful language skills, and the authors factored this into their revision. This fifth edition also takes into account recent findings in writing research, and owes many of its improvements to the helpful feedback from those who have...

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...