El conocimiento compartido

The contributions gathered in this volume investigate the impact of shared knowledge on linguistic structure—whether shared knowledge determines the linguistic form or a given linguistic structure imposes a specific set of information. From an Ibero-Romance perspective, this book supports the necessity of a transversal approach to the grammar/pragmatics interaction.

El futuro en español ofrece una una explicación sistemática de los distintos valores de esta forma verbal, basada en la instrucción deíctica de distancia hacia adelante. Dicha instrucción es susceptible de proyectarse sobre un eje de subjetividad que atraviesa distintos niveles de significado.

Aimed at third-year students of Spanish, this book fills a need not met by other Spanish conversation textbooks. It facilitates lively and meaningful conversations via a variety of texts, including newspaper and journal articles, short stories, and passages from novels, as well as visual material and detailed guides for three films and novels. The texts have universal resonance and are designed to complement and enrich each other. A wide assortment of creative activities enhances comprehension, analysis, spontaneous discussion, and role-playing. The book includes online resources for each...

What cities were there in early 16th-century Spain? With how many inhabitants? Were they fortified? And how many leagues apart were they? Those are the questions that Ferdinand Columbus tried to answer in his Vocabulary containing the names of the places and kingdoms of Spain. The present edition reconstructs the "cosmographic" endeavor of Christopher Columbus’ youngest son based on two codices from the Biblioteca Capitular y Colombina of Seville.

Jusqu’au xixème siècle quelqu ́un qui voulait faire le tour du monde en 80 jours pourrait être pris comme un fou. Mais Phileas Fogg, un anglais excentrique, s’embarque dans cette aventure accompagné par le maladroit Passepartout, Ici le jeune lecteur expérimentera cette lutte contre le temps faisant la connaissance de différentes cultures.

A comprehensive and accessible introduction to Spanish linguistics, complete with exercises that help students master concepts in the text.