Lingüística Aplicada

This best-selling intermediate Spanish conversational reader encourages student discussions and presents a broad variety of thought-provoking Hispanic themes.

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.

En los anos sesenta, la linguista Maria Teresa Fernandez de Miranda emprendio un estudio sobre siete variantes del zapoteco, una familia de lenguas otomangues del estado de Oaxaca, con la finalidad de reconstruir el sistema fonologico del protozapoteco. El estudio quedo suspendido por el fallecimiento prematuro de la autora en 1966. El manuscrito fue revisado por Doris A. Bartholomew en los anos subsecuentes y, aunque no fue publicado, los datos lograron circular entre algunos investigadores del zapoteco. Con unos 430 conjuntos de cognadas y poco mas de un millar de formas reconstruidas, El...

For the intermediate to advanced Spanish-speaker, this is the ideal desktop Spanish-language dictionary. Available in a convenient paperback format, this handy reference includes more than 70,000 entries and 144,000 meanings, with clearly labeled senses and meanings specific to Latin America. An introductory section on basic usage and parts of speech as well as tables of verb conjugations provide a quick answer to any grammar question. Additionally, bold, easy-to-read labels at each entry clearly indicate parts of speech, subject area, and level of formality. Una herramienta eficaz diseñada, ...