Aproximació lingüística als inicis de la llengua catalana (segles VIII al XIII)

Giovanni Adamo, Manuel Alvar Ezquerra, M. Teresa Cabré, M. Pilar Perea, Luis Fernando Lara, Josep Marco and Antón Santamarina reflect on the evolution of lexicography with the application of new technologies and propose an outlook on the progresses achieved in this area. The study not only focuses on Hispanic languages, but also on other Romance languages, by introducing Italian and French perspectives.

* 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...

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