Recuerdos del escribano Isaías Caminha

The object of this volume is the study of missionary translation practices which occur within a colonial context of political domination and spiritual conquest. Missionary translation becomes especially manifest in bilingual ethnographic descriptions, in (bilingual) catechisms and in the missionaries' lexicographic condensation of bilingual dictionaries. The study of these instances permits the analysis and interpretation of their guiding principles, their translation practice and underlying reasoning. It also permits the modern linguist to discern semantic changes that can be revealed in...

Estudio lingüístico que comprende la relación entre las capacidades cognoscitivas y las estructuras mentales del hombre.

La acuarela es, por su delicadeza, el medio ms adecuado para captar los matices de la luz. La transparencia de la pintura sobre el papel blanco dota a los dibujos de una luminosidad nica. Sin embargo la aparente dificultad de esta tcnica impone respeto a muchos principiantes. Este libro muestra que ese miedo es infundado. Su carcter didctico ofrece trucos bsicos y consejos prcticos para iniciarse en la acuarela. Los ejercicios ensean, en un principio, cmo disear objetos sencillos y accesibles (flores, frutas, jarrones) y, ms adelante, motivos ms complicados (figuras humanas, bodegones), que...

An illustrated collection of horror tales by Edgar Allan Poe, including "The Tell-tale Heart," "The Fall of the House of Usher," and "The Black Cat" translated into Spanish.