Los ojos de una ciudad china

La historia e historiografía del español, así como de sus variedades, suponen un ámbito de estudios vivo, que evoluciona, que siembra interés en el investigador desde múltiples perspectivas, y que denota, además, todo lo mucho que aun queda por hacer. Se recogen en este volumen, una buena muestra de las diferentes posibilidades de estudio del español, así como de las múltiples fuentes documentales y recursos para su investigación. Esta muestra da cuenta delas investigaciones más actuales del campo y abarcan diversas disciplinas y metodologías. Los veinte estudios escogidos se...

Intermediate. It is 1792, and Spain is in crisis. The Inquisition is sweeping the country, making life dangerous for court painter Francisco Goya and his beautiful model Ines. From the reader series Aprende Espanol Con..., which features stories based on modern films and television series, carefully adapted for Spanish language students. Includes an Audio CD of the text, supplementary materials for teachers, and before and after activities for students.

The Federal Benefits Book for Veterans and Dependents booklet provides a comprehensive overview of federal benefits provided to military veterans and their families. This 184-page booklet includes detailed eligibility criteria and descriptions of the full range of benefits administered by the federal Department of Veterans Affairs, including medical care, compensation and pension, education, home loan guaranty, life insurance, vocational rehabilitation, and burial and memorial services. The booklet also contains address and telephone contact information for VA medical centers, medical...

The present study aims at offering an overview of Spanish-Portuguese (and Spanish-Galician-Portuguese) language contact, both in Europe and in America. It pays a special attention to the history of linguistic interferences in each region, examining how and when lexical borrowings entered the Spanish language and how they disseminated across the Spanish-speaking world.