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.

This is an intermediate/advanced level textbook directed toward students who are interested in learning the necessary medical terminology and cultural sensitivity to successfully care for the U.S. Spanish-speaking community in medical contexts. This textbook is divided into 13 chapters that include medical vocabulary, dialogues between medical professionals and patients, case studies, readings on health issues that affect the Latino community, readings to deepen students’ cultural competence while working with Latino patients, and interactive and realistic activities to provide students the ...

Seminar paper del año 2014 en eltema Romanística - Español, literatura, cultura general, Nota: 2,7, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Materia: Kulturwissenschaften, Idioma: Español, Resumen: El presente trabajo expone la vida de Pedro Almodóvar y su papel durante la Movida Madrileña en tres partes. La primera parte resume su niñez y juventud en La Mancha y luego en Extremadura. La segunda parte demuestra su vida y su obra durante la Movida Madrileña y la última parte trata su vida y su obra después de 1985. “¿Pedro Almodóvar? ¡Qué te voy a decir! Lo adoro. Siempre he...

La obra examina el impacto que la semántica verbal, en concreto la telicidad y la afectación, ejerce sobre el marcado diferencial de objeto (MDO) en español. El trabajo persigue dos objetivos: (i) establecer si los factores mencionados producen realmente el impacto en el MDO que se les ha atribuido; y (ii) comprobar si dicho impacto puede documentarse en etapas previas del español. Para ello se han realizado dos estudios: un cuestionario de elección forzada y un análisis diacrónico de corpus. Los resultados de ambos estudios han señalado en ambos casos un claro efecto de la...

* Approach reflects a belief in the value of discourse analysis, pragmatics, and sociolinguistics in the fields of second language acquisition and applied linguistics. * Goal is to train teachers to teach the Spanish language as a communicative system rather than as a set of grammatical rules--therefore it includes relevant information on Spanish pragmatics and sociolinguistics. * Written entirely in Spanish. * Each chapter includes review questions and exercises. * CD-ROM integrates samples of the course material so that the readers can see and hear native speaker examples of aspects of...