Spider-Ham

Introduces young readers to the famous Spanish-born writer through a sampling of his verse and prose.

Gente que se fue reune relatos del escritor y periodista David Gistau. Textos contradictorios, luminosos y oscuros a la vez, unidos por un hilo imperceptible que va tejiendose a través de una mirada alada como un cuchillo, capaz de recoger el desamparo, el humor, la ternura y la violencia en los márgenes de la vida. La pluma de Gistau rescata lo extraordinario de lo ordinario, en la belleza de las pequeñas cosas y en el dolor de las heridas abiertas. Por las páginas de Gente que se fue, transitan rockeros, supervivientes de la movida, periodistas que terminan de cerrar la primera...

This volume provides a detailed overview of the current state of research in diachronic Romance lexicography, a field that has seen exciting new trends and considerable changes in recent years. It presents essays that discuss up-to-date research questions and also provides extensive information about the history of lexicographical activities and research in the different Romance languages.

Since the publication of the still very valuable Biblioteca histórica de la filología by Cipriano Muñoz y Manzano, conde de la Viñaza, (Madrid, 1893), our knowledge of the history of the study of the Spanish language has grown considerably. It has been the purpose of BICRES I (from the beginnings to 1600), published in 1994 in the same series, to bring already available bibliographical information together with the more recent research findings, scattered in many places, books and articles and published during the past one hundred years. Now, the second volume, covering the years from...