Politische und mediale Diskurse

El desarrollo de la ciencia tiene como uno de sus aspectos fundamentales la codificacion lingueistica por cuanto la lengua se constituye en la base de su expresion y de su comunicacion. Tomando como punto de partida la importancia del sistema lingueistico como vehiculo de comunicacion de la ciencia, la Red Tematica Lengua y ciencia reune 28 grupos de investigacion de seis paises diferentes (Alemania, Austria, Canada, Espana, Italia y Portugal) que desde las mas diversas perspectivas comparten en sus lineas de investigacion la interseccion entre estos dos parametros. La publicacion que se...

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.

Utilizing native speakers, this guide offers a quintessential course in Spanish. Here, listeners will perfect their pronunciation and listening skills.

This Spanish edition of Becky and Her Friends, by Rolando Hinojosa, is the latest novel in Hinojosa's Klail City Death Trip series which follows generations of Anglos and Mexicans in the fictional Rio Grande Valley town of Klail City, Texas. In this novel, however, Hinojosa focuses on a character who has previously not taken the limelight: the strong-willed, upwardly mobile Becky Escobar. Following her story, Hinojosa explores the world of Latinas: women's culture, language and spirit in the world of the Valley. Delightfully playful in narrative perspective, this story gives the reader a...