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Introducción a la lingüística española provides a systematic overview of key areas of Spanish linguistics, including the sound system, forms of words, syntactic patterns, the development of the language, and regional, social and contextual variation. Written entirely in Spanish from the viewpoint of contemporary descriptive linguistics, it employs a flexible approach that incorporates trends from different theoretical perspectives as well as the most recently published research.

This intermediate Spanish program emphasizes skill building through five coordinated components: grammar, literary readings, cultural readings, an activities manual, and a workbook/lab manual. The core text provides a comprehensive review of grammar and a communicative, interactive focus with realia, class polls, and storytelling activities. The literary reader contains essays, short stories, plays, and poetry from some of the major authors of the Hispanic world. The cultural reader provides students with a broad overview of Hispanic culture and society while helping them to develop reading...

For courses in Spanish Conversation and Intermediate Spanish. This text encourages the exploration of "free expression" in Spanish on universal topics of importance and interest. It stimulates class discussion by motivating students to talk about controversial and interesting topics such as abortion, capital punishment, and euthanasia. The exchange of ideas brought about by the use of this text allows students to develop their oral conversation and confidence in an atmosphere of friendly controversy, rather than simply learning in an environment focused upon having the "right answer" and...

A definitive portrait of Mario Vargas Llosa traces the life of the Peruvian author, examines his major works of fiction--including Los jefes and La fiesta del chivo--and assesses his place in modern literature. (Literature)