Arte, juego y creatividad / Play and Creativity

The proceedings assemble some 240 papers covering eight sections: 1. phonetics and phonology, 2. morphology, 3. syntax, 4. lexical semantics, 5. editing and textual criticism, 6, rhetoric, poetics and literary theory, 7. applied linguistics, 8. history of linguistics. In addition, they include four plenary lectures and two round table discussions. The papers provide a panorama view of old and new concerns in Romance studies illustrated from various theoretical perspectives and providing an example of what this sector has to contribute to the development of linguistics and literary studies in...

An effort to determine the origin of the African slaves brought to the central region of Cuba through a linguistic study that analyzes the speech of practitioners of the Palo Monte Afro-Cuban religion which contains remnants of Bantu languages.

A rich man had a garden in which he had planted pear trees sprung from seeds taken from Eden. If eaten, these pears were said to have rejuvenating properties. Since he never had the opportunity to sample his pears -- because the fruit was always stolen from the bough -- he charged his children with finding the thief. But only his youngest will undertake the task and find the enchanted dove.

Con la presente selección de ejercicios se pretende ofrecer al estudiante que ya posee un conocimiento de español básico un material que le permita consolidar algunos aspectos del idioma ya estudiados y profundizar en el estudio de la sintaxis y del léxico, propio de un estadio superior en el aprendizaje del idioma. Dado que las dificultades y vacilaciones surgen esporádicas y desordenadamente, bien en la conversación o en la lectura, bien en la redacción o en la traducción, hemos juzgado oportuno agrupar dicho material por temas. Con ello se facilita la consulta directa e inmediata...