Schaum's Outline of Spanish Vocabulary, 4th Edition

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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...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 1999 im Fachbereich Romanistik - Spanische Sprache, Literatur, Landeskunde, Note: 1,3, Universität zu Köln (Romanisches Institut), Veranstaltung: PS Spanische Lexikologie und Lexikographie, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Gründung der Real Academia Española (Königliche spanische Akademie) geht auf die Person des Duque de Escalona zurück. Dieser kehrt nach längerer Abwesenheit nach Spanien zurück und ist über die „visible decadencia de nuestras letras“ (vg. Henschel) entsetzt. Zu dieser Zeit steht Spanien nach dem spanischen Erbfolgekrieg von 1701 bis...

Offers beginners a proven, step-by-step method of teaching oneself to speak Spanish with conversational ease

Esta obra colectiva recoge buena parte de las comunicaciones y las ponencias presentadas en el XVII Coloquio de la APFUE, la Asociación de Profesores de Francés de la Universidad Española que ha trocado recientemente su denominación por la de AFUE (Asociación de Francesistas de la Universidad Española); cambio motivado, en opinión –expresada mayoritariamente– de sus miembros, por entender que el término francesistas refleja mejor al conjunto de los universitarios que se dedican a los Estudios Franceses en España, tanto en la docencia como en la investigación. El volumen da...