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Trabajo de Investigación del año 2010 en eltema Romanística - Español, literatura, cultura general, Nota: 1,3, Universitat de València (Traducción e Interpretación), Materia: Pragmática intercultural, Idioma: Español, Resumen: El objetivo del presente trabajo es el de poner en contraste los diferentes ethos de países de nuestro entorno como Francia, Italia o Alemania tomando como referencia las experiencias personales de cada uno de los componentes del equipo. Uno de nosotros es nativo alemán con un amplio bagaje en el contexto español; otro vivió, el curso pasado en la Sorbona,...

From vulgar insults to religious oaths, colloquialisms to clichés, the personality and passion of a language can be found in its slang. Spanish is no exception, as the McGraw-Hill Diccionario del Argot makes clear. This monolingual Spanish dictionary provides the most authoritative reference to all aspects of non-standard Spanish, with more than 12,000 entries supported by 20,000 citations. The broad range of sources, from literature to newspapers and TV, reflects the full spectrum of contemporary usage in Spain. For scope and depth as well as bibliographic reference, this is an essential...

The editors and fourteen other research linguists discuss--in English and in Spanish--the African influence on Caribbean phonology, dominant sociolinguistic attitudes in Puerto Rico, and historico-legal aspects of bilingualism in colonial Hispanic America.

Designed for introductory-level students, this communication manual develops practical vocabulary for everyday situations. The Fifth Edition corresponds in structure and content with Basic Spanish Grammar, 6/e, including a second Lección preliminar. In each lesson, essential vocabulary and grammatical structures are reinforced through realistic dialogues, questions, situational role-plays, and realia-based activities. The correlated audio program features up-to-date dialogues (paused and unpaused versions), vocabulary lists for each lesson, and Práctica orales corresponding to the review...