Roman Polanski

This volume delves into the discursive construction of three closely linked linguistic functions: evaluation, emotion, and persuasion in order to explore how they may intertwine. The discourse genres examined comprise business pitches, political debates, media discourse, fiction, social networks, etc., either in English or Spanish. The editors bring together a miscellanea of papers written by scholars from different Spanish universities and with different research backgrounds to deal with diverse topics under the general premise that an evaluative process underlies every persuasive act and...

Since the Foundation of The Hispanic Society of America in 1904 by Archer M. Huntington (1870-1955), there has never been an artist so closely related to his famous art collection as Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida (1863-1923). The doors of the Hispanic society had only been open for only a few months when Huntington discovered the work of Sorolla, who at the time was exhibiting at Grafton Galleries. Huntington had found in Sorolla an artist that shared the same love for Spain, its villages and habits; that is why he began organizing the exhibition that would take place a year later. They worked...

Desacuerdos una serie de varios cuadernos que se publican a fin de divulgar una parte de los contenidos que ha producido la investigación emprendida en enero del 2003.

Por primera vez en un solo tomo reunidas las obras máximas sobre el castellano de SOLEDAD MOLINER: Primeros auxilios para hablar bien el español, caja de citas y Pida la palabra. Una obra imprescindible para aprender a hablar sin errores. ¿Quiénes chatean? Chatean los que mantienen conversaciones escritas a través de ciertos medios informáticos. ¿Cuándo empezaron a chatear los que chatean? Según documentos acreditados, en 1639. ¿Cómo pudieron chatear los que chateaban hace casi cuatro siglos, si los medios informáticos son un invento reciente? Las respuestas* a estas y a muchas...