Spanish Idioms

From vulgar insults to religious oaths, colloquialisms to clichés, the personality and passion of a language can be found in its slang. Spanish is no exception, as the McGraw-Hill Diccionario del Argot makes clear. This monolingual Spanish dictionary provides the most authoritative reference to all aspects of non-standard Spanish, with more than 12,000 entries supported by 20,000 citations. The broad range of sources, from literature to newspapers and TV, reflects the full spectrum of contemporary usage in Spain. For scope and depth as well as bibliographic reference, this is an essential...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich Romanistik - Spanische Sprache, Literatur, Landeskunde, Note: 1,3, Universität Potsdam (Romanistik), Veranstaltung: Geschichte der Normierung der romanischen Sprachen, 17 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Im ereignisreichen Jahr 1492 wird in Spanien die erste Grammatik der kastilischen Volkssprache veröffentlicht. Während Kolumbus sich auf den Weg macht, fremde Länder zu entdecken, beginnt Elio Antonio de Nebrija die nun, nach dem Ende der Reconquista, vorherrschende Sprache auf der iberischen Halbinsel zu...

This volume contains the Proceedings of an NEH-sponsored seminar on the above topic. The book presents the lectures by Juan Bautista de Avalle-Arce, Jorge E. Gracia, Francisco Miranda, José Rabasa, nineteen essays written by participating faculty, and twelve summaries presented by other scholars.

“ This book contains English and Spanish words, you can read with great ease and comfort with its extremely simple and plain appearance.”