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Adoring the Saints

Fiestas in Central Mexico

by Yolanda Lastra, Joel Sherzer, Dina Sherzer ...

Series series The William and Bettye Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere
Mexico is famous for spectacular fiestas that embody its heart and soul. An expression of the cult of the saint, patron saint fiestas are the centerpiece of Mexican popular religion and of great importance to the lives and cultures of people and communities. These fiestas have their own language, objects, belief systems, and practices. They link Mexico's past and present, its indigenous and ... Read more

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Mexico is famous for spectacular fiestas that embody its heart and soul. An expression of the cult of the saint, patron saint fiestas are the centerpiece of Mexican popular religion and of great importance to the lives and cultures of people and communities. These fiestas have their own language, objects, belief systems, and practices. They link Mexico's past and present, its indigenous and
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Subject Pronoun Expression in Spanish

A Cross-Dialectal Perspective

by Ana M. Carvalho, Rafael Orozco, Naomi Lapidus Shin, Ricardo Otheguy, Gabriela G. Alfaraz, Yolanda Lastra, Pedro Martín Butragueño, Pekka Posio0, Rena Torres Cacoullos1, Catherine Travis2, Jim Michnowicz3, Ana de Prada Perez4, Ryan Bessett5, Bret Linford6, Daniel Erker7, Kimberly Geeslin8, Stephen Fafulas9, Carmen Silva-Corvalán0, Silvina Montrul1, Noelia Sánchez-Walker2 ...

Series series Georgetown Studies in Spanish Linguistics series
Much recent scholarship has sought to identify the linguistic and social factors that favor the expression or omission of subject pronouns in Spanish. This volume brings together leading experts on the topic of language variation in Spanish to provide a panoramic view of research trends, develop probabilistic models of grammar, and investigate the impact of language contact on pronoun expression ... Read more

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Much recent scholarship has sought to identify the linguistic and social factors that favor the expression or omission of subject pronouns in Spanish. This volume brings together leading experts on the topic of language variation in Spanish to provide a panoramic view of research trends, develop probabilistic models of grammar, and investigate the impact of language contact on pronoun expression
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The Definitive Antonio Carlos Jobim Collection (Songbook)

by Antonio Carlos Jobim ...

(P/V/G Composer Collection). This Grammy-winning bossa nova proponent has been hailed as the "Gershwin of Brazil." This collection assembles 47 of his very best, including many favorites previously unavailable in print! Features: Agua De Beber (Water to Drink) * Antigua * Bonita * Don't Ever Go Away (Por Causa De Voce) * The Girl from Impanema * One Note Samba * Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars ... Read more

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(P/V/G Composer Collection). This Grammy-winning bossa nova proponent has been hailed as the "Gershwin of Brazil." This collection assembles 47 of his very best, including many favorites previously unavailable in print! Features: Agua De Beber (Water to Drink) * Antigua * Bonita * Don't Ever Go Away (Por Causa De Voce) * The Girl from Impanema * One Note Samba * Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars
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Second Language Acquisition

Introducing Intervention Research

by Tania Ionin, Silvina Montrul ...

Based on classic and cutting-edge research, this textbook shows how grammatical phenomena can best be taught to second language and bilingual learners. Bringing together second language research, linguistics, pedagogical grammar, and language teaching, it demonstrates how linguistic theory and second language acquisition findings optimize classroom intervention research. The book assumes a ... Read more

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Based on classic and cutting-edge research, this textbook shows how grammatical phenomena can best be taught to second language and bilingual learners. Bringing together second language research, linguistics, pedagogical grammar, and language teaching, it demonstrates how linguistic theory and second language acquisition findings optimize classroom intervention research. The book assumes a
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Maya or Mestizo?

Nationalism, Modernity, and its Discontents

by Ronald Loewe ...

Series series Teaching Culture: UTP Ethnographies for the Classroom
The Maya of the Yucatán have long been drawn into the Mexican state's attempt to create modern Mexican citizens (mestizos). At the same time, they have contended with globalization pressures, first with hemp production and more recently with increased tourism and the fast-growing influence of American-based evangelical Protestantism. Despite these pressures to turn Maya into mestizo, the citizens ... Read more

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The Maya of the Yucatán have long been drawn into the Mexican state's attempt to create modern Mexican citizens (mestizos). At the same time, they have contended with globalization pressures, first with hemp production and more recently with increased tourism and the fast-growing influence of American-based evangelical Protestantism. Despite these pressures to turn Maya into mestizo, the citizens
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Bilingual Competence and Bilingual Proficiency in Child Development

by Norbert Francis ...

A study of first and second language development in an indigenous community with implications for broader linguistic and cognitive issues.When two or more languages are part of a child's world, we are presented with a rich opportunity to learn something about language in general and about how the mind works. In this book, Norbert Francis examines the development of bilingual proficiency and the ... Read more

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A study of first and second language development in an indigenous community with implications for broader linguistic and cognitive issues.When two or more languages are part of a child's world, we are presented with a rich opportunity to learn something about language in general and about how the mind works. In this book, Norbert Francis examines the development of bilingual proficiency and the
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Myth of Quetzalcoatl

Religion, Rulership, and History in the Nahua World

by Alfredo López Austin ...

Translated by Russ Davidson ...

The Myth of Quetzalcoatl is a translation of Alfredo López Austin’s 1973 book Hombre-Dios: Religión y politica en el mundo náhuatl. Despite its pervasive and lasting influence on the study of Mesoamerican history, religion in general, and the Quetzalcoatl myth in particular, this work has not been available in English until now.The importance of Hombre-Dios and its status as a classic arise from ... Read more

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The Myth of Quetzalcoatl is a translation of Alfredo López Austin’s 1973 book Hombre-Dios: Religión y politica en el mundo náhuatl. Despite its pervasive and lasting influence on the study of Mesoamerican history, religion in general, and the Quetzalcoatl myth in particular, this work has not been available in English until now.The importance of Hombre-Dios and its status as a classic arise from
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El Casino Y La Salsa En Cuba

by Barbara Balbuena ...

This is one of those books, that might be taken as essential for an understanding of the development of El Casino, the most favorite and important international cuban dance nowadays. As the music scientist Lino Arturo Neira Betancourt puts it: "The text deepens on the outstanding history of this dance and on the analysis, several evidence of its relation to contemporary Cuban popular music are ... Read more

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This is one of those books, that might be taken as essential for an understanding of the development of El Casino, the most favorite and important international cuban dance nowadays. As the music scientist Lino Arturo Neira Betancourt puts it: "The text deepens on the outstanding history of this dance and on the analysis, several evidence of its relation to contemporary Cuban popular music are
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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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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
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Translation as Conquest

Sahagún and Universal History of the Things of New Spain

by Victoria Ríos Castaño ...

Series Book 13 - Parecos y Australes. Ensayos de Cultura de la Colonia
Fray Bernardino de Sahagún (1499-1590) directed the composition of an encyclopaedic work on the world of the Nahuas, Universal History of the Things of New Spain (ca. 1577-1579), for which he has received the title of pioneering ethnographer and anthropologist of colonial Mexico. Contextualizing Sahagún and his work in sixteenth-century Spain and America, this study presents him as a cultural ... Read more

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Fray Bernardino de Sahagún (1499-1590) directed the composition of an encyclopaedic work on the world of the Nahuas, Universal History of the Things of New Spain (ca. 1577-1579), for which he has received the title of pioneering ethnographer and anthropologist of colonial Mexico. Contextualizing Sahagún and his work in sixteenth-century Spain and America, this study presents him as a cultural
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The Usage-based Study of Language Learning and Multilingualism

by Lourdes Ortega, Andrea E. Tyler, Michel Achard, Pauline Beaupoil-Hourdel, Marion Blondel, Dominique Boutet, Gilad Brandes0, Monica Ekiert1, Maryia Fedzechkina2, Kimberly Geeslin3, T. Florian Jaeger4, Ursula Kania5, Sol Lago6, Marvin Lam7, Fenfen Le8, Sarah Lee9, Bret Linford0, Graham Lock1, Avizia Y. Long2, Maisa Martin3, Silvia Marijuan4, Christian Matthiessen M.I.M.5, Aliyah Morgenstern6, Elissa L. Newport7, Jack Pun8, Dorit Ravid9, Cristina Sanz0, Diana Slade1, Megan Solon2, Taina Tammelin-Laine3, Amy S. Thompson4, Stefanie Wulff5, Helen Zhao6 ...

Series series Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics series
When humans learn languages, are they also learning how to create shared meaning? In The Usage-based Study of Language Learning and Multilingualism, a cadre of international experts say yes and offer cutting-edge research in usage-based linguistics to explore how language acquisition, in particular multilingual language acquisition, works.Each chapter presents an original study that supports the ... Read more

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When humans learn languages, are they also learning how to create shared meaning? In The Usage-based Study of Language Learning and Multilingualism, a cadre of international experts say yes and offer cutting-edge research in usage-based linguistics to explore how language acquisition, in particular multilingual language acquisition, works.Each chapter presents an original study that supports the
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Our Lady of Guadalupe and Saint Juan Diego

The Historical Evidence

by Eduardo Chávez ...

Series series Celebrating Faith: Explorations in Latino Spirituality and Theology
In Our Lady of Guadalupe and Saint Juan Diego, Eduardo Chávez presents the most important points of the Great Guadalupan Event: the apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe to Juan Diego, a recently converted indigenous man, in Mexico. Through a utilization of the numerous historical documents and investigations of this event, Chávez details the reality of what occurred in the cold winter of 1531. As ... Read more

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In Our Lady of Guadalupe and Saint Juan Diego, Eduardo Chávez presents the most important points of the Great Guadalupan Event: the apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe to Juan Diego, a recently converted indigenous man, in Mexico. Through a utilization of the numerous historical documents and investigations of this event, Chávez details the reality of what occurred in the cold winter of 1531. As
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