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  • Sociolinguistic Aspects of Brazilian Portuguese: R Deletion

    by Leonardo Reis ...
    This book brings attention to R deletion around the world, mainly in Brazilian Portuguese in the city of Belo Horizonte, where the occurrence is mostly found. The study focuses on the sociolinguistic and phonetic impact of R deletion in Brazilian Portuguese. R deletion is an old phenomenon originating in Vulgar Latin. This phenomenon is seen as a characteristic of the lower-class population. Does ... Read more

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    Series Book 84 - Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures
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    Accounting and Recounting in Andean Khipu

    Edited by Jeffrey Quilter, Gary Urton ...
    Series series Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture
    The Inka Empire stretched over much of the length and breadth of the South American Andes, encompassed elaborately planned cities linked by a complex network of roads and messengers, and created astonishing works of architecture and artistry and a compelling mythology—all without the aid of a graphic writing system. Instead, the Inkas' records consisted of devices made of knotted and dyed strings ... Read more

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    Ideologies of Linguistic Authority in 21st Century Catalonia

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  • The Language of the Inka since the European Invasion

    by Bruce Mannheim ...
    Series series Texas Linguistics Series
    The Inka empire, Tawantinsuyu, fell to Spanish invaders within a year's time (1532-1533), but Quechua, the language of the Inka, is still the primary or only language of millions of Inka descendants throughout the southern Andes. In this innovative study, Bruce Mannheim synthesizes all that is currently known about the history of Southern Peruvian Quechua since the Spanish invasion, providing new ... Read more

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  • 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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  • A Contested Caribbean Indigeneity

    Language, Social Practice, and Identity within Puerto Rican Taíno Activism

    by Sherina Feliciano-Santos ...
    Series series Critical Caribbean Studies
    A Contested Caribbean Indigeneity is an in-depth analysis of the debates surrounding Taíno/Boricua activism in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean diaspora in New York City. Drawing on in-depth ethnographic research, media analysis, and historical documents, the book explores the varied experiences and motivations of Taíno/Boricua activists as well as the alternative fonts of authority they draw on to ... Read more

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  • Mario Vargas Llosa

    A Collection of Critical Essays

    Edited by Charles Rossman, Alan Warren Friedman ...
    The Peruvian Mario Vargas Llosa has been acclaimed throughout the literary world as one of Latin America's finest writers, yet until recently little has been written about his work in English. While his work has the subject of an increasing flow of critical commentary in Spanish and his major novels have been translated into English, this is the first full-scale critical treatment of Vargas Llosa ... 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

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  • The Handbook of Hispanic Sociolinguistics

    Edited by Manuel Díaz-Campos ...
    Series series Wiley Handbooks in Linguistics
    This Handbook provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of theoretical and descriptive research in contemporary Hispanic sociolinguistics.Offers the first authoritative collection exploring research strands in the emerging and fast-moving field of Spanish sociolinguisticsHighlights the contributions that Spanish Sociolinguistics has offered to general linguistic theoryBrings together a ... Read more

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  • The Handbook of Portuguese Linguistics

    Edited by W. Leo Wetzels, Sergio Menuzzi, João Costa ...
    Series series Wiley Handbooks in Linguistics
    The Handbook of Portuguese Linguistics presents a comprehensive overview of research within the Brazilian and European variants of the Portuguese language. It includes chapters focusing on the key areas of linguistic study, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, linguistic change, language variation and contact, and acquisition.Essential reference work for ... Read more

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  • Introduction to Spanish Translation

    by Jack Child ...
    Introduction to Spanish Translation is designed for a third or fourth year college Spanish course. It presents the history, theory and practice of Spanish-to-English translation (with some consideration of English-to-Spanish translation). The very successful first edition of the text evolved from the author's experiences in two decades of teaching translation in the Department of Language and ... Read more

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