Introducción a la lingüística hispánica

This monograph focuses on modality in Spanish. It presents the theoretical approach to this category formulated by Bohumil Zavadil and, consequently, it analyses its possible application to Spanish. We concentrate on specific areas of the Spanish modal system where two modal meanings combine. Theoretical analyses are combined with corpus-based studies concentrating on the choice of mood or contextual interpretation of selected constructions. We veryfied that areas where two modal meanings meet are a natural part of the Spanish modal system and that the combination of modal meanings has...

Frank waits for his return ticket to Paris in a Madrid train station, while Federico finds himself in the Sydney airport with no memory of how he got there from his bed in Madrid.

A fast-moving international thriller set in Scandinavia, London, and southern Africa. A politician nearly dies in Stockholm, and secret agent Monika Lundgren chases the would-be killer. As she races across the world she meets a strange football team, a rock musician, and a madman with dreams of world power.

This volume introduces basic concepts of linguistic theory illustrated with examples of Spanish linguistics.