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This provocative and complete intermediate French language program offers selections from contempoary documents and media. Each chapter of this three volume program is cordinated thematically and linguistically with the others, yet each text may also be used independently. Ensemble: Grammaire offers a brief review of basic grammatical structures via the introductory chapter in a clear and concise format that prepares students for the introduction of intermediate grammatical topics throughout the volume. The grammar presentations are clear, concise explanations in English with contextualized,...

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...

Provides coverage of over ninety thousand words and phrases and 130,000 translations of contemporary Spanish and English, as well as sections on grammar, culture, and communication.

Seminar paper del año 2004 en eltema Romanística - Español, literatura, cultura general, Nota: 1,3, Universität Paderborn, Materia: Los Judios en Espana, 27 Citas bibliográficas, Idioma: Español, Resumen: Introducción Lo primero que hay que hacer al analizar la presencia judía y musulmana en la corte de los reyes cristianos es situarla espacial y cronologicamente. Desde el punto de vista cronológico, es razonable analizar a ambos grupos a partir de la toma de Toledo en 1085, pero fue en los siglos XII y, sobre todo, el XIII cuando ambos grupos alcanzaron su plenitud. El período de...