Diccionario Oxford Compact / Pocket Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Improve your Spanish language skills with authentic texts . The best way to bring the grammar of a language to life is by experiencing it in context, as it is actually used by native speakers and writers. Designed for the intermediate and advanced student, Spanish Grammar in Context puts Spanish grammar into context for you with an array of engaging texts, including newspaper articles, song lyrics, literary texts, and even transcriptions from TV talk shows. . Each chapter focuses on a specific element of grammar. A short text is followed by an explanation of the relevant grammar and several...

Contains a description of all the different types of verbal periphrases used in modern peninsular Spanish. Defining periphrases as "productive verbal constructions with a partially grammaticized finite verb," the study strives to account for the partly lexical and partly grammatical status of periphrases within the theoretical framework of Functional Grammar--which views language as a tool for verbal communication rather than as an autonomous system. The study finds that, for certain complexities of periphrase usage, Functional Grammar needs to be adapted. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, ...

Publio Ovidio Nasón (43 a. C.-17 d. C.) es uno de los más grandes poetas de la antigua Roma. Fabulador genial, versátil, irónico, erudito, jocoso, sensible, provocador..., son innumerables las facetas que muestra su inagotable obra. En este estudio, Vicente Cristóbal ofrece una panorámica general de la poesía de Ovidio, pero presta especial atención a las obras de tema amoroso de su primera etapa creadora. Colecciones como Amores o Arte de amar, que parten de los poetas romanos previos del género elegíaco, van más allá de sus modelos y ofrecen una perspectiva totalmente nueva al...

A captivating and beautifully illustrated story for learners of Spanish! A stranded little blue penguin must reach the colony to survive, but will he make it with a vicious sea monster between him and his family? Set in New Zealand and inspired by local legends, 'Itipurú y el monstruo del océano' is an ideal first reader for learners of Spanish