Colloquial Spanish of Latin America

The present study aims at offering an overview of Spanish-Portuguese (and Spanish-Galician-Portuguese) language contact, both in Europe and in America. It pays a special attention to the history of linguistic interferences in each region, examining how and when lexical borrowings entered the Spanish language and how they disseminated across the Spanish-speaking world.

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One of the core authors of the '60s boom in Latin American fiction, Julio Cortázar made a contribution of international importance to the development of the short story as a literary form. This collection spans his writing career and includes La Noche Boca Arriba and Final del Juego (1956), Las Babas del Diablo (1959), La Isla a Mediodia (1966), Recortes de Prensa and Queremos Tanto a Glenda (1981) and Botella al Mar (1982). Of the seven stories, some are famous examples of his contribution to the genre of 'fantastic' literature, while others demonstrate his social and political concerns....

Un abuelo que abandonó a la familia hace años reúne a los nietos en el lecho de muerte declarándolos herederos de una fortuna cuando se cumpla una condición tan insólita como envenenada. Les llega a decir: «Un hombre, al menos una vez en la vida, siente un fuego frío, el deseo incontenible de tenerlo todo. ¿Y por qué no? ¿Por qué unos sí y otros no? Me repugnan los capones, la buena gente que solo aspira, como los perros que te lamen los pies bajo la mesa, a comer las sobras». La ambición es un cáncer corrosivo que va a cambiar la vida anodina de los nietos jóvenes. Uno se...