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En este trabajo estudiamos los valores evaluativos expresados por construcciones perifrásticas españolas de significado aspectual, así como las equivalencias alemanas de las construcciones en esos contextos concretos. Utilizamos un corpus de ejemplos bilingües (narrativa) que contempla ambas direcciones de traducción. Dedicamos los primeros capítulos a los conceptos de Aspectualidad y Evaluación. La exposición de los valores evaluativos identificados para cada construcción comprende: a) análisis de las características aspectuales de la construcción en ese contexto concreto, b)...

After years of living with uncertainty, first with his mother and then in foster care, J.P.'s life is finally becoming more predictable, routine and even comfortable. Now that he is living with his father, his stepmother and his two half-sisters, J.P. finally has the opportunity to learn more about himself. As a fan of professional wrestling that he views on TV, he decides to pursue that sport at his new school. What he is not nearly as keen on is the idea of studying, mostly because it's hard for him. Nevertheless, he resolves to do well enough to ensure eligibility for participation on the...

A very accurate symbolic representation of the way in which the intellectual as a social role expresses himself in relation to other estates within the medieval world is the exordial miniature of a Milanese Codex, the ms. Biblioteca Nationale Braidense AD XIII 30 (ca. 1400), preserving Petrarch’s moral treatise De remediis utriusque Fortunae. The symbolism of the image refers not only to the diversification of society and the recognition of this diversity as a defining vision of human community, it also casts a special light on the position of the intellectual as a public dignity, as a...

A captivating and beautifully illustrated story for learners of Spanish! A stranded little blue penguin must reach the colony to survive, but will he make it with a vicious sea monster between him and his family? Set in New Zealand and inspired by local legends, 'Itipurú y el monstruo del océano' is an ideal first reader for learners of Spanish