Colloquial Spanish of Latin America

In this book you will find two novellas in English paired with their Spanish translations. Due to the nature of translating and the differences between languages, the translations will not be an exact match to each other. Sometimes the wording between the two languages will be very similar, but in other places the wording will be quite different. You can use this book as a learning tool to comparatively study English and Spanish, learning from both the differences and the similarities. One way to use this book is to take different colored pencils to circle verbs or underline nouns and compare ...

Prezenta lucrare analizează aspecte lexicografice şi terminologice din domeniul turismului din perspectivă descriptiv-lingvistică. Drept urmare a caracterului vast şi eterogen, au fost studiate sectoarele – reprezentative – referitoare la cazare şi călătorii. Studiul termenilor vizează cercetarea definiţiilor lexicografice şi terminologice pentru a evidenţia trăsăturile comune şi distinctive ce caracterizează termenii, precum şi a textelor şi contextelor de diferite niveluri ce le confirmă utilizarea în funcţie de frecvenţa şi densitatea identificate, modalitatea de ...

FACETAS is a brief and multi-faceted intermediate Spanish program ideal for use in one-semester courses. It incorporates relevant literary and cultural readings and integrates two kinds of video. The first is a specially-shot sitcom featured in every lesson. The second showcases three original short films by contemporary Hispanic filmmakers. FACETAS' interactive, student-friendly approach focuses on real communication in meaningful contexts, giving students a rewarding learning experience as they strengthen their language skills and develop cultural competency.

El objetivo de este libro es exponer un método de análisis del discurso centrado en las ideas del emisor pero no ceñido a las ideas de propio discurso, sino a toda la concepción del mundo emisor: al modelo del mundo que ha dirigido la formación de dicho discurso, sobre el cual éste nos dará pistas exactas. Por tanto, no se trata de un tipo de análisis estrictamente lingüístico, sino de un análisis psicolingüístico del discurso, que estudia cómo se relacionan, específicamente, las emisiones lingüísticas completas –los discursos- con la mente del emisor –su conciencia, su...