"Filmed in various parts of Ecuador, the program offers 5-7 minutes of footage for each of the eighteen lessons in the Vistas student textbook. Each module tells the continuing story of four college students from different Spanish-speaking countries (Ecuador, Spain, Mexico, and Puerto Rico) who spend a vacation break on a bus tour of the Ecuadorian countryside with the ultimate goal of climbing a volcano."--Video container.
Negation has always been and still is a central topic in typological studies and theoretical research. Its centrality shows itself in the fact that it is not restricted to a given linguistic field but compasses the whole domain of linguistic studies. Very often, works on negation are brought about in a one-sided perspective which excludes other points of view. This book, on the contrary, puts together studies on negation based on various theoretical frameworks and aims to cover a wide range of theoretical perspectives. The book offers contributions on negation in Old Occitan, in Old Italic languages, and in several modern Romance languages (Italian, Roumanian, French, Spanish, Occitan, Catalan, among others). It covers the diachronic dimension of negation, and explores the syntactic as well as the semantico-pragmatic side of the phenomenon; aspects of negative affixation provide the morphological dimension. The originality of this volume thus lies in the multidisciplinarity of the approaches and perspectives offered.La question de la négation a toujours été et demeure un sujet central dans les recherches en linguistique théorique et typologique. Son caractère central réside...
Intermediate Spanish text with readings to stimulate conversation, exercises, grammar review, and extensive appendices.
Providing the richest coverage of Spanish from around the world, this dictionary was compiled by an expert team of Spanish and English lexicographers working in their own language. The Oxford Spanish Dictionary is the result of over ten year's research, and covers over 24 varieties of Spanishas it is written and spoken throughout the Spanish speaking world. New to this edition is a guide to life and culture in the Spanish- and English- speaking worlds. This guide covers a wide range of topics: from the political and educational systems, to key events in the calendar and how they arecelebrated. It is an ideal reference for Univerisity students, as well as translators and language professionals.This title replaces ISBN: 0-19-860069-0 (plain) and ISBN: 0-19-860070-4 (thumb index).
A long-time favorite of instructors desiring a four-skills approach in a briefer book, Que tal? combines a broad variety of materials and activities, exceptionally clear grammar presentations, and consistent organization. The popular four-part chapter structure helps students manage the material without being overwhelmed and makes lesson planning easier for instructors.
Juntos is a Spanish review text designed to be used in third and fourth semester university classes. The text develops the skills of speaking, reading, writing, and listening with a special emphasis on oral proficiency. Each lesson begins with a reading of contemporary interest or about Hispanic culture.