De historiografía lingüística e historia de las lenguas

Living in a cramped space where Beverly Hills and Calcutta meet every day, the artists gathered here explore the tension between wealth and poverty, among progress, stagnation, and improvisation, and between the violence and civility that animates the vibrant center that is Mexico City. Compounding the complexity of urban living, high rates of kidnapping, murder and pollution become a daily threat. For the rich, the body becomes an object to be cared for, protected, even exchanged for ransom, while, for an underclass of day laborers, homeless people, and prostitutes, survival depends on...

When a young Russian woman visits the town of Soria, Spain, both Alejandro and his father, a prestigious violinist, fall in love with her. As their relationship is put to the test, Alejandro develops in maturity and independence and his eyes are opened to the world of Russian literature he never knew.

Al-Arbuli, un joven de Arboleas, una pequeña aldea en la parte más oriental del fascinante Reino de Granada en el siglo XV, inquieto y ávido por aprenderlo todo sobre los alimentos, decide abandonar su casa con la idea de poder entrar al servicio como cocinero en alguna de las familias más importantes de la ciudad de la Alhambra o quizá, con suerte, en la misma corte del todopoderoso sultán Yusuf III. Las personas con las que se encontrará y los acontecimientos que vivirá, llevarán a su protagonista a conocer el amor, el éxito y la traición; en un mundo y una sociedad medieval, en...

The combination of portrait statue, monumental support, and public lettering was considered emblematic of Roman public space even in antiquity. This book examines ancient Roman statues and their bases, tombs, dedicatory altars, and panels commemorating gifts of civic beneficence made by the Augustales, civic groups composed primarily of wealthy ex-slaves. Margaret L. Laird examines how these monuments functioned as protagonists in their built and social environments by focusing on archaeologically attested commissions made by the Augustales in Roman Italian towns. Integrating methodologies...