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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, ...

The Workbook / Laboratory Manual, Volume 1, provides a wealth of activities, both aural and written, that reinforce chapter content. For use with either the Audio CD Program, Part 1, available for student purchase, or with the free, downloadable MP3 files in the Online Learning Center. Covers Chapters Primeros pasos –- Chapter 9 Answers found in the appendix.

Aprender Alemán divirtiéndose En alemán, cuando alguien se ha muerto, se dice que está “empujando las margaritas hacia arriba” (Die Radieschen von unten betrachten). Cuando alguien toma el pelo a un amigo, se dice que está “arrastrándolo en la mierda” (Durch den Kakao ziehen). ¡Memorice más de 250 modismos, proverbios y expresiones populares en alemán, y diviértase comparándolos con sus respectivas versiones en español!

Borges himself chose the poems for this collection, focusing not on meaning, or theory or autobiography, but simply the intense pleasure at the moment of rereading; in his words, this is a "hedonistic" assortment.