El cuento hispánico

Unique in coverage, this comprehensive one-volume anthology of Latin American literatures—from pre-Colombian times to the present—covers not only the authors accepted within the literary canon, but innovative contemporary voices that are now breaking the ethnocentric mold. It features detailed historical introductions to each period and writer, selections drawn from literary, historical, and socio-political contexts, and instructional aids that make the language accessible and encourage critical thinking. For anyone interested in Spanish literature.

Unique in coverage, this comprehensive one-volume anthology of Latin American literatures—from pre-Colombian times to the present—covers not only the authors accepted within the literary canon, but innovative contemporary voices that are now breaking the ethnocentric mold. It features detailed historical introductions to each period and writer, selections drawn from literary, historical, and socio-political contexts, and instructional aids that make the language accessible and encourage critical thinking. For anyone interested in Spanish literature.

Each student of Spanish, whether a native speaker or a second-language learner, invariably encounters inexplicable rules of grammar. The authors of Gramática española, draw on years of classroom experience to focus on such grammatical topics that cause the most problems for advanced students of Spanish, especially the difficult rules that explain syntax and its components. The text’s flexible organization allows for coverage of material in a manner best-suited to classroom objectives. In addition, thought-provoking and challenging exercises appear at different levels throughout each...

Pueblos is a complete Intermediate Spanish program that systematically presents culture within the context of the historical and political forces that have shaped and continue to shape the Spanish-speaking world. Grammar, vocabulary, and content are merged in a way that emphasizes communication, cultures, comparisons, connections and communities and a comprehensive historic-to-contemporary view of the Spanish-speaking populations and civilizations. The word pueblos refers to places, settlements, civilizations, and nations, but also to groups of people who speak Spanish. Pueblos focuses on how ...

La historia del estudio de la gran y rica variedad de las lenguas en México comenzó con las gramáticas y diccionarios elaborados por misioneros católicos desde el siglo xvi, quienes nos heredaron muchas obras todavía valiosas para el presente. En este libro se trata de los estudios lingüísticos sobre lenguas de México (español y lenguas amerindias) a partir de la Independencia. Se busca contribuir con un primer esquema de la historia de la lingüística mexicana, en que se destacan autores, obras y corrientes de pensamiento entre 1810 y el presente.