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Alongside considerable continuity, 20th-century diachronic linguistics has seen substantial shifts in outlook and procedure from the 19th-century paradigm. Our understanding of what is really new and what is recycled owes a great debt to E. F. K. Koerner's minutely researched interpretations of the work of the field's founders and key transitional figures. At the cusp of the 21st century, some of the best known scholars in the field explore how these methodological shifts have been and continue to be played out in historical Romance, Germanic and Indo-European linguistics, as well as in work...

La ópera es un arte que activa todos nuestros procesos mentales. La acción dramática que captamos intelectualmente no es más que la invocación de un sentimiento más profundo y emotivo, pues la música y la voz se dirigen a nuestro inconsciente. Al pulsar la cuerda de nuestras nostalgias, la ópera nos transporta al espacio-tiempo de nuestra temprana infancia, a ese antes maravilloso y olvidado –aunque siempre presente en nosotros— anterior al aprendizaje de la lengua y de las palabras. La ópera despierta nuestra sensibilidad oculta bajo la inflexión única e irremplazable de la...

Mitad libro, mitad cómic El viaje juntos es un brillante experimento formal: la historia de un hermano autista narrada en un estilo tan inusual como el tema del que se ocupa. Un notable retrato de una familia diferente a través de las experiencias vividas por sus dos autores, los hermanos Karasik, Judy, a cargo de la narración escrita, y Paul, de la narración gráfica. Una mirada dura, sincera y conmovedora sobre el funcionamiento de la familia.

Judging from his reaction, it seemed that the question had touched on a sensitive spot. He took his time, explaining that, unlike the petty wars which we as humans constantly involve ourselves in because of social, religious, or economic reasons, the war of sorcerers is not directed against other people, but against their own weaknesses. By the same token, their peace is not the submissive condition to which modern man has been reduced; rather, it is an imperturbable state of internal silence and discipline.