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’Charisterion’ se decía en Grecia a la manifestación concreta de reconocimiento hacia una persona. En este caso, a Francisco Martín García, catedrático de Filología Griega de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha: sus amigos helenistas y sus compañeros del Departamento de Filología Hispánica y clásica y de la Facultad de Letras le ofrecen los más de cincuenta estudios recogidos en este volumen. La mitad de ellos pertenecen estrictamente hablando a la Filología Clásica, y la otra mitad a muy numerosas áreas del saber: Filología Hispánica, Francesa e Inglesa, Lingüística,...

Recognized internationally as the most authoritative and comprehensive guide to contemporary Spanish for English speakers, A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish is an accessible, jargon-free guide to the forms and structures of Spanish as it is currently spoken and written. Examples from contemporary sources from throughout the Spanish-speaking world are used to illustrate grammatical points. Levels of usage--formal, familiar, colloquial, and popular--are indicated, and regional differences in usage are highlighted. This edition has been updated and revised to include the latest findings...

This book offers an in-depth study of the internal structures of Popol Vuh, the Sacred Book of the Maya-Quiche people of Guatemala, and of the ways in which the main characters of this text are configured. This is accompanied by a similar, comparative analysis of the three novels widely known in the Hispanic world as the Banana Trilogy, written betweem 1950 and 1960 by the winner of the 1967 Nobel Prize for Literature, Miguel Angel Asturias. By showing a direct relationship between the macro-structure of Popol Vuh and its literary devices (including character configuration) and those of the...

Designed for introductory-level students, this communication manual develops practical vocabulary for everyday situations. The Fifth Edition corresponds in structure and content with Basic Spanish Grammar, 6/e, including a second Leccin preliminar. In each lesson, essential vocabulary and grammatical structures are reinforced through realistic dialogues, questions, situational role-plays, and realia-based activities. The correlated audio program features up-to-date dialogues (paused and unpaused versions), vocabulary lists for each lesson, and Prctica orales corresponding to the review...