Sabias Que

This brief version of the successful ¿Sabías que…? is perfectly designed for Beginning Spanish programs that are interested in an innovative task-based approach but whose curriculum necessitates a more concise text program. Accompanied by an outstanding ancillary package, Vistazos represents the practical application of the theories and research presented in Lee and VanPatten’s methods text, Making Communicative Language Teaching Happen. With this new edition the authors have worked on a group of select text activities that are available in an optional online format through Quia™...

Este libro ofrece una minima introducción a la historia interna y externa de la lengua española. Presenta el desarrollo de la lengua en terminos de sus origenes latinos y los influjos extranjeros que han contribuido a su formación.

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, ...

La obra examina el impacto que la semántica verbal, en concreto la telicidad y la afectación, ejerce sobre el marcado diferencial de objeto (MDO) en español. El trabajo persigue dos objetivos: (i) establecer si los factores mencionados producen realmente el impacto en el MDO que se les ha atribuido; y (ii) comprobar si dicho impacto puede documentarse en etapas previas del español. Para ello se han realizado dos estudios: un cuestionario de elección forzada y un análisis diacrónico de corpus. Los resultados de ambos estudios han señalado en ambos casos un claro efecto de la...

IMPORTANT NOTICE: The Smart Sparrow Companion Website will not be available after December 31, 2020. It is free to access until that date. Workbooks with exercises from the Smart Sparrow companion website are now available for purchase, as are Workbook Answer Keys. They will both be sold in eBook format only. eTextbooks are now available through VitalSource! Please visit VitalSource.com for more information. About Gramática para la composición, tercera ediciónIntegrating grammar and composition, this best-selling textbook guides the advanced student through progressively more complex types ...