Cómo Elegir a un Hombre de Calidad

The contributions gathered in this volume investigate the impact of shared knowledge on linguistic structure—whether shared knowledge determines the linguistic form or a given linguistic structure imposes a specific set of information. From an Ibero-Romance perspective, this book supports the necessity of a transversal approach to the grammar/pragmatics interaction.

One of the core authors of the '60s boom in Latin American fiction, Julio Cortázar made a contribution of international importance to the development of the short story as a literary form. This collection spans his writing career and includes La Noche Boca Arriba and Final del Juego (1956), Las Babas del Diablo (1959), La Isla a Mediodia (1966), Recortes de Prensa and Queremos Tanto a Glenda (1981) and Botella al Mar (1982). Of the seven stories, some are famous examples of his contribution to the genre of 'fantastic' literature, while others demonstrate his social and political concerns....

Aprender a leer en una lengua extranjera es un reto al que se enfrentan miles de niñas y niños en los colegios de educación primaria. En muchos casos, entran en contacto con la lengua escrita cuando aún están consolidando la lectura en la lengua materna. Esto desencadena unos procesos lingüísticos y cognitivos, afectados por el entorno sociocultural, que el docente ha de conocer para poder ayudar a su alumnado. Dado el amplio espectro de conocimientos que abarca el tema, este libro no pretende ser una revisión de todas las variables de índole lingüística, cognitiva, social o...

Mnemonics is an age-old device for remembering names, numbers, and many other things. As in the authors' previous Memory Books, the Intermediate Spanish Memory Book makes use of this reliable memory help in a series of mnemonic jingles that are by turns playful, sardonic, touching, and heroic to help both students and independent learners acquire and remember Spanish vocabulary. The 500-plus words in this book represent a more advanced vocabulary than those in the Spanish Memory Book (1990) and the Spanish Memory Book, Junior Edition (1993). The mnemonic jingles present both the sound of the...