Aspectos de la sintaxis de los verbos psicológicos en español

Aimed at third-year students of Spanish, this book fills a need not met by other Spanish conversation textbooks. It facilitates lively and meaningful conversations via a variety of texts, including newspaper and journal articles, short stories, and passages from novels, as well as visual material and detailed guides for three films and novels. The texts have universal resonance and are designed to complement and enrich each other. A wide assortment of creative activities enhances comprehension, analysis, spontaneous discussion, and role-playing. The book includes online resources for each...

Transición is an intermediate to advanced Spanish language textbook which focuses on the transition to democracy in Spain after Franco's regime. The textbook helps students to build critical thinking skills and to analyze unfamiliar topics through an engaging variety of authentic readings, guided discussions, and writing activities on Spain's recent history. Each chapter incorporates an episode of Cuéntame cómo pasó, a Spanish TV series, which is included on DVD. This book fits the needs of students who are interested in Spanish as well as political science, international relations, or...

From vulgar insults to religious oaths, colloquialisms to clichés, the personality and passion of a language can be found in its slang. Spanish is no exception, as the McGraw-Hill Diccionario del Argot makes clear. This monolingual Spanish dictionary provides the most authoritative reference to all aspects of non-standard Spanish, with more than 12,000 entries supported by 20,000 citations. The broad range of sources, from literature to newspapers and TV, reflects the full spectrum of contemporary usage in Spain. For scope and depth as well as bibliographic reference, this is an essential...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich Romanistik - Spanische Sprache, Literatur, Landeskunde, Note: 2,7, Technische Universität Dresden (Institut für Kulturwissenschaft), Veranstaltung: José Ortega y Gasset als Kulturwissenschaftler, 10 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Der spanische Philosoph und Essayist José Ortega y Gasset wurde am 9. Mai 1883 in Madrid geboren. Er bekam seine besonderen Fähigkeiten für literarische und publizistische Arbeiten bereits mit in die Wiege gelegt, da er aus einer Journalisten- und Verlegerfamilie stammte. Nach seinem...