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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...

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.

Luego de 5 años de investigación, 14 chilenos acusados de conformar una asociación ilícita terrorista eran detenidos. Ocho meses después, el 75% de las pruebas presentadas sería rechazadas por el juez.

La pragmatica, cajon de sastre de la linguistica dominante de los anos sesenta y setenta, ha adquirido finalmente los reconocimientos propios como disciplina competente en el mundo cientifico internacional. En Italia, todavia es observada con reserva y poco practicada. Con este volumen, que es la primera introduccion italiana a la pragmatica, Marcella Bertucelli Papi pretende centrarse en el estado de las nuevas investigaciones empiricas y teoricas de este campo de estudio. Hija natural de la semiotica, la pragmatica se configura actualmente como un conjunto de estudio sobre los modos y...