Daniel Buren

This volume provides a detailed overview of the current state of research in diachronic Romance lexicography, a field that has seen exciting new trends and considerable changes in recent years. It presents essays that discuss up-to-date research questions and also provides extensive information about the history of lexicographical activities and research in the different Romance languages.

This sociophonetic study investigates the language of Andalusian politicians in the Spanish government between 1923 and 2011. Thanks to a quantitative analysis that reveals processes of convergence and divergence between Andalusian and central-peninsular Spanish throughout the century, it formulates unprecedented conclusions on the behavior of the Andalusian variety outside of its borders in educated speakers and formal communication contexts.

The book series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie, founded by Gustav Gröber in 1905, is among the most renowned publications in Romance Studies. It covers the entire field of Romance linguistics, including the national languages as well as the lesser studied Romance languages. The editors welcome submissions of high-quality monographs and collected volumes on all areas of linguistic research, on medieval literature and on textual criticism. The publication languages of the series are French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Romanian as well as German and English. Each...

Mandalas, concentric designs that originated in ancient India, are growing ever more popular in therapy, meditation, and relaxation exercises. Coloring the mandalas in this book offers more than a mere artistic pastime--working with mandalas helps increase self-knowledge and interior peace.