De la oración simple a la oración compuesta

Mořeplavec Kryštof Kolumbus se celý svůj život mýlil. Jeho kreslené mapy byly značně nepřesné, výpočty cest po moři velmi hrubé. Dokonce když se vylodil na břehu Ameriky, myslel si, že je na ostrovu, který patří Číně. Přesto se díky svému neuvěřitelnému úsilí a houževnatosti vypracoval ze syna janovského tkalce až na admirála moří a oceánů, místokrále a generálního guvernéra všech ostrovů a pevnin, jež objeví a dobude pro Španělsko. Přesto právě s jeho jménem spojujeme snad největší objevení lidstva, objevení Ameriky. V této knize...

Aimed at third-year students of Spanish, this book fills a need not met by other Spanish conversation textbooks. It facilitates lively and meaningful conversations via a variety of texts, including newspaper and journal articles, short stories, and passages from novels, as well as visual material and detailed guides for three films and novels. The texts have universal resonance and are designed to complement and enrich each other. A wide assortment of creative activities enhances comprehension, analysis, spontaneous discussion, and role-playing. The book includes online resources for each...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

This collection of papers addresses the wide variety of questions that arise when Spanish (or any language) comes into contact with other languages. Which languages are used and under what circumstances? How do languages change and affect each other in a bilingual or multilingual environment? How do societal pressures, cultural stereotypes, and individual attitudes affect language use and development, or even result in the death of a language? Spanish in Contact is organized into three sections, examining contact situations in Spain, Latin America, and the United States. The authors look at...