El método Gravitas

"New worlds for old words / Mundos nuevos para viejas palabras" is a collection of chapters on the theme of lexical borrowing in the languages of Western Europe with particular focus on borrowing from Latin, or from Greek via Latin, into Spanish. Such cultured, or “learnèd” borrowing—as it has sometimes been designated—, is an especially intriguing feature of the Romance languages, since they also derive from Latin. It is also of particular interest to historical linguists since it is an example of what has been called “change from above”: innovation first evidenced in the...

The proceedings assemble some 240 papers covering eight sections: 1. phonetics and phonology, 2. morphology, 3. syntax, 4. lexical semantics, 5. editing and textual criticism, 6, rhetoric, poetics and literary theory, 7. applied linguistics, 8. history of linguistics. In addition, they include four plenary lectures and two round table discussions. The papers provide a panorama view of old and new concerns in Romance studies illustrated from various theoretical perspectives and providing an example of what this sector has to contribute to the development of linguistics and literary studies in...

"Rompiendo las olas", de Lars von Trier, es la historia de una mujer: Bess. Narra sus tormentos e infortunios, su euforia y su dolor, su entrega y su destructividad, su grandeza y su miseria: en definitiva, su exceso. Este rasgo determina esencialmente no sólo el carácter de todas las protagonistas de la segunda trilogía del director danés, la «Trilogía del corazón de oro» (que completan "Los idiotas" y "Bailar en la oscuridad"), sino también el modo en que Von Trier las trata y las retrata. Si la primera trilogía de Von Trier, la «Trilogía de Europa» ("El elemento del crimen",...

Vol. 1 is the catalogue of the Museo, while Vol. 2 is the catalogue of works lent by Bernard Ruiz-Picasso and the Fundaciíon Almine y Bernard Ruiz-Picasso para el Arte, during the first year of the Museo's life.