El Delincuente Español

A QUE SÍ! is a provocative post-intermediate Spanish conversation book designed to increase students' awareness of Hispanic culture. The text encourages critical thinking while challenging the students' ability to express themselves in Spanish, by providing them with an opportunity for in-depth exploration of relevant contemporary issues. The Fourth Edition presents four main themes around which all the text and supplemental materials revolve: Espacios: Publicos y privados, Encuentros y desencuentros, Patria/Nacion: Acercamientos, and De acá para allá. Each thematic unit is supported by...

En este libro, por poca atención que se ponga al leerlo, se verán ejemplos de épocas puristas del autor y otros de su posición más tolerante, más realista, producto de los años que lleva dedicado al oficio de aconsejar sobre el buen uso del español. En la primera parte, en la colección de pequeños artículos en los que se comentan palabras o giros que, en principio, son o eran censurables, se mezclan textos escritos desde 1993 hasta el 2000, y hay algunas recomendaciones, algunas censuras, que no tendrían razón de ser si se escribieran hoy; pero se han mantenido, precisamente,...

- IN ENGLISH In Book 9 of this series, we will learn, in English and Spanish, the names of More Animals. Young children will enjoy these Spanish books to learn that will really help them to learn new Spanish words in a very simple and fun way. This Series of bilingual children's books Spanish English feature Spanish words in an attractive way in order to introduce Spanish vocabulary for beginners or anyone who wants to learn Spanish. In these children’s books in English and Spanish, each word is illustrated by a colorful image that will help kids memorize it. Along with that, our Spanish...

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, ...