This edited collection presents the state of the art in research related to lexical combinations and their restrictions in Spanish from a variety of theoretical approaches, ranging from Explanatory Combinatorial Lexicology to Distributed Morphology and Generative Lexicon Theory. Section 1 offers a presentation of the main theoretical and descriptive approaches to collocation. Section 2 explores collocation from the point of view of its lexicographical representation, while Section 3 offers a pedagogical perspective. Section 4 surveys current research on collocation in Catalan, Galician and Basque. Collocations and other lexical combinations in Spanish will be of interest to students of Hispanic linguistics.

This three-stage new edition of this Spanish course for beginners leads to public examinations. Experienced practitioners and users of !Vaya! have been consulted and their suggestions have been incorporated into this new edition. It has been written to meet the requirements of the National Curriculum and the 5-14 Guidelines. Stages 1, 2 and 3 of !Vaya! Nuevo should prepare students for GCSE/Key Stage 4 examinations and Standard Grade.

A revised, updated edition of Jean Franco's "Introduction to Spanish-American Literature", first published in 1969.

This book presents an extended analysis of the development of L2 Spanish past tense morphology among L1 English-speaking learners. The study addresses three major questions: (1) what is the developmental pattern of acquisition of past tense verbal morphology among tutored learners? (2) what are the relevant factors that may account for the particular distribution of morphological endings (especially at the beginning stages)?, and (3) how does instruction affect the movement from one stage to the next? The analysis provides a reassessment of the general claim of Andersen’s lexical aspect hypothesis and proposes minor changes that may render the hypothesis more appropriate for, especially, L2 classroom learning. The study includes an overview of theoretical positions on the notion of lexical versus grammatical aspect, and a comparison of the findings from previous empirical studies on the development of past tense verbal morphology among both classroom and naturalistic learners.

Una vida es resumida por años vividos, lugares recorridos, novia, amigos, desdichas, sonrisas, amantes, y uno que otro pedantes. Pero lo mas importante, una vida se escribe con momentos. Pequeños momentos, que ha copilarce se convierten en un gran evento. Este libro es un relato de corta vida desihilada en esos pequeños momentos, los cuales me han llevado a sitios nunca imaginados, sitios solo soñados. Podras apreciar mis tonterias como yo les llamo. Tendras la oportunidad de ver las cosas con los ojos que yo las miro. Podra ser categorizado cursi, romantico, mentiroso, o vanidoso, o solo yo. Siempre he dicho que soy un traductor de sueños, mientras tu duermes me introduzco en tus sueños y me robo las ideas, traduciendolas en escritos. En fin, es un libro basado en una ideologia que aprendí hace mucho gracias al gran inventor y filosofo Leonardo Da Vinci " mientras pensaba que estaba aprendiendo como vivir, todo este tiempo he estado aprendiendo como morir". Viviendo así mi vida disfrutando cada momento, enamorandome cada vez que sea oportuno o no lo sea, disfrutando la vida ya que desde el momento en el que nacemos iniciamos ha morir.