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El cine documental is an innovative intermediate/advanced textbook that provides students with the tools needed to communicate accurately and appropriately in Spanish. Learning is centered on cultural themes related to thought-provoking documentaries from around the Spanish-speaking world. Through the culturally rich and linguistically authentic medium of documentary film, El cine documental provides the experience of listening to many varieties of authentic speech in context, and stimulates conversation and critical thinking by immersing students in the target cultures. Organized to provide...

Improve your Spanish language skills with authentic texts . The best way to bring the grammar of a language to life is by experiencing it in context, as it is actually used by native speakers and writers. Designed for the intermediate and advanced student, Spanish Grammar in Context puts Spanish grammar into context for you with an array of engaging texts, including newspaper articles, song lyrics, literary texts, and even transcriptions from TV talk shows. . Each chapter focuses on a specific element of grammar. A short text is followed by an explanation of the relevant grammar and several...

La neología sigue siendo un fenómeno que se escapa del interés de la gramática a pesar del impacto que tiene en el día a día de la comunidad lingüísti La presente obra intenta paliar ciertas carencias léxicas y presenta cuestiones de morfología derivativa que de ordinario no se recogen en las gramáticas al uso, ya que éstas suelen centrarse en contenidos de tipo normativo. Por esta razón, el Compendio Temático aborda el estudio de los neologismos desde una doble vertiente teórico-práctica y se articula en dos partes claramente diferenciadas. Una primera parte está dedicada a...

The present study aims at offering an overview of Spanish-Portuguese (and Spanish-Galician-Portuguese) language contact, both in Europe and in America. It pays a special attention to the history of linguistic interferences in each region, examining how and when lexical borrowings entered the Spanish language and how they disseminated across the Spanish-speaking world.