Verbos Italianos: 100 verbos conjugados

* Approach reflects a belief in the value of discourse analysis, pragmatics, and sociolinguistics in the fields of second language acquisition and applied linguistics. * Goal is to train teachers to teach the Spanish language as a communicative system rather than as a set of grammatical rules--therefore it includes relevant information on Spanish pragmatics and sociolinguistics. * Written entirely in Spanish. * Each chapter includes review questions and exercises. * CD-ROM integrates samples of the course material so that the readers can see and hear native speaker examples of aspects of...

Presents English definitions of over four thousand Spanish language idioms and colloquialisms, grouped according to Spanish key word, and includes example sentences, matching English expressions, and a Spanish-English index.

Los diccionarios monolingües son objetos verbales particulares: se arrogan, aparentemente, la facultad de informar acerca de la lengua en su totalidad, como verdaderos y legítimos representantes de ella; se les concibe como catálogos verdaderos de la lengua de la comunidad lingüística, no como obras de autores particulares, sujetas a gustos, modas y biografías, sino como lengua en sí, como la lengua de la sociedad en conjunto. El objetivo de este libro es explicar a la lingüística, con sus propios instrumentos de teoría y de método, qué es un diccionario monolingüe y por qué es...

A must reference for students of Spanish and travelers anywhere in the Spanish-speaking world -- over 18,000 commonly used words, phrases, and expressions, plus valuable supplements on pronunciation, grammar, currency, road signs, geography, and foods.