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Las representaciones gráficas constituyen una herramienta esencial en el tratamiento y análisis de la información dentro de las Ciencias Sociales. Especialmente en aquellos aspectos vinculados con la investigación empírica. Este texto introduce al lector en el conocimiento de todos aquellos elementos y procedimientos que constituyen la base de la transformación de datos en imágenes. En ese proceso por el cual se desea destacar alguna relación particular, debe respetarse la estructura presente en los datos. Por ello, tanto el productor de gráficos como el consumidor, necesita una...

«¿Quiénes mandan de verdad en España?» es la pregunta a la que el reputado periodista Carlos Elordi pretende dar respuesta con claridad meridiana en este libro.Las elecciones celebradas cada cuatro años en España solo dan el pistoletazo de salida para...

Dada shocked the world between the years 1916 and 1922. Dada was not an art movement in the normal sense. It was a storm that broke over the art scene of the time, as the war upon the peoples. They consciously staged anti-art events. According to Max Ernst, it was the 'outbreak of anger and zest for life' at the same time. The indignation about the monstrous genocide during World War I was great and equally at the 'civilization that had brought it about.' Dada was an international uprising. The war radically changed the art scene in the vibrant cities of Europe. The international links that...

This volume brings together a selection of contributions presented at the 15th European Symposium on Languages for Special Purposes, held at the University of Bergamo (Italy) from 29 August to 2 September 2005. The conference title, «New Trends in Specialized Discourse», reflects the emphasis given to recent orientations in research, coming from established as well as new authors in the field. As suggested by the title of this volume, the analysis of specialized discourse calls for a specialized discourse analysis. When applied linguists deal with vocational discourses, they are faced with...