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The Manual presents the state of the art of the research about discourse and communication within the Romance languages. It offers introductory articles which explain in a simple and clear way the current research topics of a broad variety of disciplines like Linguistics, Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis, Communication Theory, Text Linguistics and Philology. The authors of the Manual collectively explain complex theoretical problems concerning communication and discourse, and texts as its products. The contrastive descriptions contain examples in different Romance languages which show the...

La Segunda Armada Invencible es, según su autor, un libro contra el olvido. Michael J. Carroll recuerda en esta obra los años en que Bantry, un pequeño pueblo costero del condado de Cork en el oeste de Irlanda, fue "invadido" por marineros gallegos que acudían a su puerto en busca de refugio y suministros. La narración abarca lo sucedido desde la llegada de los primeros barcos, en 1946, hasta los últimos años de la década de los 70, en que los barcos dejaron de visitar Bantry. Un libro contra el olvido de una época y de sus gentes, un homenaje a aquéllos que vivieron aquellos duros...

This handbook provides a detailed overview of the current state of research in Spanish linguistics. It includes contributions written by leading experts, covering both diachronic and synchronic aspects of the Spanish language in all its facets.

Famous for having elevated the status of landscape painting, Pieter Bruegel the Elder is also considered to be the greatest 16th-century Flemish master of scenes from ordinary life. This volume presents a collection of his work, including 12 masterpieces.