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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...

En esta investigación, el autor establece dos ejes temáticos que recorren todo el libro: el reconocimiento de la diversidad y el mestizaje. Ambos temas definen su importancia conforme se avanza en la lectura y se analizan los ejemplos que se presentan. El análisis tiene que resolver, además, el efecto de la escritura y los textos, porque ellos son los medios con los que hay que contar para trazar esa historia, y para reconstruir los contextos en los que el español fue impuesto a poblaciones con otras lengua y culturas. Este libro revela la historia del español en contacto con las...

FUNNY TALES IN EASY SPANISH Volume 6 Nuevas aventuras de Jaimito Intermediate Level This volume was written in simple, easy Spanish for elementary-level students. Fun and easy to read, the text was edited and simplified to increase language comprehension and ease reading practice with simple wording, short sentences, and moderate, elementary-level vocabulary

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.