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This practical guide is intended for men and women interested in improving the way they speak before a group. It gives guidelines to control our insecurities in front of a crowd and to project an image of confidence and enthusiasm. This book deals with shyness that obstructs some from developing personally and professionally, as well as for those who want to strengthen their gifts of leadership and communication in various areas. A self-teaching CD with demonstrations and vocal exercises is included to improve your voice.

The paintings of Luis Caballero are autobiographical as well as personal, and this homage illustrates the evolution of both the artist and the individual. Caballero's work is a clear example of the inseparable development between art and life. Las pinturas de Luis Caballero son personales y autobiográficas, y este homenaje ilustra la evolución del artista y también del individuo. La obra de Caballero es ejemplo de la evolución inseparable que se da entre el arte y la vida. Este libro ilustra en magníficas imágenes la trayectoria del artista y del individuo.

En esta obra, Concepción Company aplica el concepto de revolución de Thomas Kuhn, expuesto en su obra La estructura de las revoluciones científicas, a la historia de la lingüística. Para ello, hace un recuento de los diferentes paradigmas que han guiado su quehacer, empezando con los pioneros de esta ciencia relativamente joven, quienes descubrieron y estudiaron el parentesco genético de algunas lenguas indoeuropeas, para luego analizar las contribuciones de los neogramáticos, el estructuralismo, la gramática generativa y el funcionalismo. La autora sintetiza y describe cada una de...

The book presents a selection of papers on syntactic variation from different theoretical and methodological points of view. As such, it contributes to a process of reflection on the dialectical relationship between theoretical explanation and empirical description. In the first part, the authors discuss the use of corpora in syntactic variation studies. The rest of the book presents some new approaches to a number of controversial topics. Part Two concentrates on word order, information structure, and its phonological realization, while Part Three enlarges on variations in the encoding of...