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  • A Brief History of the Spanish Language

    by David A. Pharies ...
    "As in the first edition, Pharies debunks—in an engaging manner—a number of 'linguistic myths' about Spanish orthography, pronunciation, and grammar." — ChoiceSince its publication in 2007, A Brief History of the Spanish Language has become the leading introduction to the history of one of the world's most widely spoken languages. Moving from the language's Latin roots to its present-day forms, ... Read more

    $15.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    by MobileReference ...
    Boost Your grades with comprehensive Portuguese Language study guide.FEATURES:- Clear and concise explanations. - Search for words or phrases. - Add Bookmarks - Designed for optimal navigation on electronic devices with a small screen - Access the guide anytime, anywhere - at home, on the train, in the subway. - Use your down time to prepare for an exam. - Always have the guide available for a ... Read more

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  • Conversational Portuguese Quick and Easy

    The Most Innovative Technique to Learn the Brazilian Portuguese Language. For Beginners, Intermediate, and Advanced Speakers.

    by Yatir Nitzany ...
    Series Book 1 - Conversational Portuguese Quick and Easy
    Have you always wanted to learn how to speak Portuguese but simply didn't have the time?Well if so, then, look no further. You can hold in your hands one of the most advanced and revolutionary method that was ever designed for quickly becoming conversational in a language. In creating this time-saving program, master linguist Yatir Nitzany spent years examining the twenty-seven most common ... Read more

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  • A Companion to Jorge Luis Borges

    by Steven Boldy ...
    Jorge Luis Borges is one of the key writers of the twentieth century in the context of both Hispanic and world literature. This Companion has been designed for keen readers of Borges whether they approach him in English orSpanish, within or outside a university context. It takes his stories and essays of the forties and fifties, especially Ficciones and El Aleph, to be his most significant works, ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • 50 Ways to Improve your Portuguese: Teach Yourself

    by Helena Tostevin, Manuela Cook ...
    Do you have a working knowledge of Portuguese, but want to improve? Allow this book to come to your rescue and eliminate basic errors and slips of the pen. Each one of 50 top tips for improving your spoken and written Portuguese is presented and analysed across a whole double page, with explanations as to where and why people sometimes go wrong. The tips are grouped into grammar, spelling, false ... Read more

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  • Baroque Horrors

    Roots of the Fantastic in the Age of Curiosities

    by David Castillo ...
    "David Castillo takes us on a tour of some horrific materials that have rarely been considered together. He sheds a fantastical new light on the baroque."---Anthony J. Cascardi, University of California Berkeley"Baroque Horrors is a textual archeologist's dream, scavenged from obscure chronicles, manuals, minor histories, and lesser-known works of major artists. Castillo finds tales of mutilation, ... Read more

    $19.49 USD

  • The Romance Languages

    Edited by Martin Harris, Nigel Vincent ...
    Series series Routledge Language Family Series
    Available again, this book discusses nine Romance languages in context of their common Latin origins and then in individual studies. The final chapter is devoted to Romance-based Creole languages; a genuine innovation in a work of this kind. ... Read more

    $580.00 USD

  • Spanish Vocabulary

    An Etymological Approach

    by David Brodsky ...
    Unlike other vocabulary guides that require the rote memorization of literally thousands of words, this book starts from the premise that using the etymological connections between Spanish and English words—their common derivations from Latin, Greek, and other languages—is the most effective way to acquire and remember vocabulary. This approach is suitable for beginners as well as for advanced ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • How to Understand Grande Sertão: Veredas By João Guimarães Rosa

    by Jose Fernandes da Silva ...
    Understanding of the novel Grande Sertão: Veredas, by João Guimarães Rosa, from the following concepts:the metonymic meaning of the title Grande Sertão: Veredas, as it appears there;the discursive technique used there, which many people think is that of the monologue;the meaning ofword Nonada, which start... ... Read more

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  • Thinking Spanish Translation

    A Course in Translation Method: Spanish to English

    by Michael Thompson, Louise M. Haywood ...
    Series series Thinking Translation
    The new edition of this comprehensive course in Spanish-English translation offers advanced students of Spanish a challenging yet practical approach to the acquisition of translation skills, with clear explanations of the theoretical issues involved.A variety of translation issues are addressed, including:cultural differencesregister and dialectgrammatical differencesgenre.With a shar... ... Read more

    $78.99 USD

  • Introduction to Spanish/English Linguistics

    by Dee L. Eldredge, Liesder Mayea ...
    This textbook is for three groups of people involved with Spanish: first, for the students enrolled in Spanish/English linguistics courses; second, for college and university librarians; and third, for every Spanish language teacher/professor. We suggest that those who have courses of this type consider this book as a text for those classes. For those that do not have them, we recommend that you ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The Ancient Phonetic Alphabet of Yucatan

    by Daniel Garrison Brinton ...
    Most readers are quite familiar with the fact that a well-developed method of picture writing, or "didactic painting," as it has been appropriately named, prevailed through Mexico and Central America for centuries before the conquest. But that, in the latter country, there was a true phonetic alphabet, is one of the more recent discoveries of American archæology, and certainly one of the most ... Read more

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