Spanish for Cruisers

Trabajo de Investigación del año 2003 en eltema Romanística - Español, literatura, cultura general, Nota: 10, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria , Idioma: Español, Resumen: Al abordar el estudio de El mestizaje cultural en la narrativa canaria última nos planteamos realizar un trabajo inicial en el campo de la investigación, con el fin de llevar a cabo un análisis del fenómeno literario en las Islas Canarias a través de uno de los aspectos más relevantes de la fisonomía socioeconómica y cultural de este Archipiélago. Para hablar del mestizaje es necesario tener presente...

The system includes: * Two audio CDs with the voice of author Santiago Reynaga as well as four native speakers of English. * An explanation of every major sound in the English language. And many examples.* A comparison of the English sounds with the similar Spanish sound. How do English and Spanish pronunciation differ? Which English language sounds are “traps” for Spanish speakers? * Each chapter on sounds includes the “Listen & Compare” section. Hear the difference on CD. Then repeat the English pronunciation. You said it. You did it. * Lessons on advanced aspects of pronunciation,...

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, ...

This study presents a corpus-based semasiologial and onomasiological analysis of the paradigm of adjectives and adverbs of accuracy. Looking specifically at justo / justamente, cabal / cabalmente, preciso / precisamente, and exacto / exactamente, it is above all concerned with the development of three pragmatic-discursive functions: focalization, affirmation, and reformulation.