Los sonidos del español

Assuming no prior knowledge of linguistics, this accessible textbook provides a clear introduction to the sounds of Spanish.

Written entirely in Spanish, this is the ideal introduction to Spanish linguistics for students. Using clear explanations, it covers all the basic concepts required to study the structural aspects of the Spanish language - phonetics and phonology, morphology and syntax - as well as the history of Spanish, its dialects and linguistic variation. This second edition incorporates new features designed to enhance its usefulness for classroom teaching: chapters have been added on the sociolinguistics of Spanish in the USA, and on semantics and pragmatics. The chapter on syntax has been considerably ...

"¡Luisilla y Benjamín están en peligro! Barba Negra los tiene prisioneros y amenaza con tirarlos por la borda para que se los coman los tiburones. Sólo hay una escapatoria: conducir al pirata al lugar donde se halla el tesoro del capitán Roc, una isla que les reserva muchas sorpresas"--P. [4] of cover.

Francisco Goya (1746-1828), one of Spain’s most revered and controversial painters, is known for his intense, chilling, and sometimes grotesque paintings depicting the injustice of society with brutal sincerity.

Dada shocked the world between the years 1916 and 1922. Dada was not an art movement in the normal sense. It was a storm that broke over the art scene of the time, as the war upon the peoples. They consciously staged anti-art events. According to Max Ernst, it was the 'outbreak of anger and zest for life' at the same time. The indignation about the monstrous genocide during World War I was great and equally at the 'civilization that had brought it about.' Dada was an international uprising. The war radically changed the art scene in the vibrant cities of Europe. The international links that...

Las librerías, las editoriales, los autores y sus lectores, la piratería y la censura, la autopublicación y los nuevos intermediarios, ellos y ellas... van delineando poco a poco un mapa que, finalmente, configura los territorios abiertos del libro –así, en minúsculas. Y en estos territorios se producen incertidumbres y perplejidades, razonamientos de los que surgen contradicciones, certezas que se hacen añicos, verdades presuntamente insoportables que –nos dicen– llevan a un punto muerto, dichos y hechos que parecen contrarios a la lógica, y algún que otro duermevela que no...