La lingüística en España. Autobiografías intelectuales

Veinte importantes estudios que constituyen una vasta introducción a la problemática del lenguaje en la actualidad: evolución de la ling ̧ística, la comunicación y el signo, semiología, estructura y función, aspectos de la sintaxis, e indagación de las génesis de términos y conceptos culturales importantes.

Alongside considerable continuity, 20th-century diachronic linguistics has seen substantial shifts in outlook and procedure from the 19th-century paradigm. Our understanding of what is really new and what is recycled owes a great debt to E. F. K. Koerner's minutely researched interpretations of the work of the field's founders and key transitional figures. At the cusp of the 21st century, some of the best known scholars in the field explore how these methodological shifts have been and continue to be played out in historical Romance, Germanic and Indo-European linguistics, as well as in work...

Este libro expone tanto el metodo desarrollado por la autora para analizar la obra del escritor mexicano como los hallazgos de su aplicacion. Los analisis de "Los dias enmascarados" y de "Aura" revelan las peculiaridades de la escritura de Fuentes, pues son libros idoneos para sorprender la genesis y reelaboracion de temas, intereses e inquietudes.

Winner of the 2010 Isabel de Polanco Award. At the end of the 15th century, Castilian Spanish disembarked in America to begin the long journey that would transform it into Spanish. From those days to our time, the language has been in a constant state of transformation, transforming its speakers in the process. This work is much more than a lesson in history; it is fundamental reading for all those interested in a vital area of our everyday lives: the language that unites us.