Que Tal?

What cities were there in early 16th-century Spain? With how many inhabitants? Were they fortified? And how many leagues apart were they? Those are the questions that Ferdinand Columbus tried to answer in his Vocabulary containing the names of the places and kingdoms of Spain. The present edition reconstructs the "cosmographic" endeavor of Christopher Columbus’ youngest son based on two codices from the Biblioteca Capitular y Colombina of Seville.

These eleven tales are by four outstanding nineteenth-century authors whose work brought new life to Spanish literature. This dual-language edition features an informative introduction and ample footnotes, making it not only a pleasure to read but also a valuable learning and teaching aid.

El objetivo de este libro es exponer un método de análisis del discurso centrado en las ideas del emisor pero no ceñido a las ideas de propio discurso, sino a toda la concepción del mundo emisor: al modelo del mundo que ha dirigido la formación de dicho discurso, sobre el cual éste nos dará pistas exactas. Por tanto, no se trata de un tipo de análisis estrictamente lingüístico, sino de un análisis psicolingüístico del discurso, que estudia cómo se relacionan, específicamente, las emisiones lingüísticas completas –los discursos- con la mente del emisor –su conciencia, su...

Designed for use in advanced composition courses, this text helps students develop abilities in composition tasks that reflect the kind of writing students are generally asked to perform as Spanish majors and minors. This revision responds to the growing interest in the development of functional, purposeful language skills, to the findings of writing research, and to the helpful reactions of those who have used this best-selling textbook throughout the years..