Shackleton

Cuando la madre de Albie muere, es natural que se pregunte a dónde se fue. Sus padres son científicos y generalmente tienen todas las respuestas. Papá murmura algo acerca de que la madre de Albie esté viva y con ellos en un universo paralelo. Así que Albie encuentra una caja, la computadora de su madre y un plátano descompuesto, y se envía a través del tiempo y el espacio para encontrarla. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION When Albie's mum dies, it's natural he should wonder where she's gone. Dad mutters something about Albie's mum being alive and with them in a parallel universe. So Albie finds a...

The book presents a selection of papers on syntactic variation from different theoretical and methodological points of view. As such, it contributes to a process of reflection on the dialectical relationship between theoretical explanation and empirical description. In the first part, the authors discuss the use of corpora in syntactic variation studies. The rest of the book presents some new approaches to a number of controversial topics. Part Two concentrates on word order, information structure, and its phonological realization, while Part Three enlarges on variations in the encoding of...

The main objective of this work was to obtain an overview of the Roman monetary circulation in Gallaecia following the road network that crossed this territory in Roman times. With a historical and economic emphasis, this volume aims to understand the process of monetization within the economy of the Galicians and Asturians and the ways in which the phenomenon occurs. Of particular importance is the fact that these people were never minting currency so the monetization process was not provoked by civic institutions but through contact with people and goods coming from outside the territory....

Giovanni Adamo, Manuel Alvar Ezquerra, M. Teresa Cabré, M. Pilar Perea, Luis Fernando Lara, Josep Marco and Antón Santamarina reflect on the evolution of lexicography with the application of new technologies and propose an outlook on the progresses achieved in this area. The study not only focuses on Hispanic languages, but also on other Romance languages, by introducing Italian and French perspectives.

En realidad, piensa Lukas, él no necesita a nadie. Solo, pero feliz, camina sin rumbo fijo por la ciudad. De pronto, se encuentra con Sonia, una chica ciega, que conseguirá desquiciarlo. Segura de sí misma, Sonia le invita a la piscina, a comer en un restaurante y le introduce en un mundo que él jamás había conocido. Ahora, Lukas siente todo de forma más intensa. No quiere perder a Sonia, pero no sabe cómo conseguirlo.