El románico y el Mediterráneo

Latino Book Award 2006 - Mejor Libro de Arte (Best Arts Book), Mejor Diseño de Portada (Best Cover Design, Hardcover) More than 50 years of artistic experimentation is exquisitely reproduced in this representation of artist David Manzur's versatile work. Praised since his first exhibition in Bogotá, Manzur has refined his work by experimenting with widely varying styles and media?preserving what he judges useful and flatly rejecting that which does not contribute to the development of his art. Más de 50 años de experimentación artística son reproducidos exquisitamente en esta...

El problema del conocimiento en su manifestación lingüística es estudiado por Whorf como el problema de la variedad y el relativismo lingüísticos. Éstos se manifiestan en la lengua, en el pensamiento, en la manera de concebir la realidad y en la conducta de los hablantes. La base de los mismos está en la lengua misma. Estudiar hoy a Whorf tiene un doble interés: por el problema en sí y por los fundamentos atribuye al mismo. A Whorlf se le atribuye una concepción determinísticas sobre la intelección de las cosas. Para Whorf el supuesto determinismo era un relativismo en la...

In this work, the Spanish copulae ser and estar are argued to be aspectual morphemes. Their binary opposition reflects the universal aspectual values ÃÃplus or minus¨Perfective¨, which are the same ones overtly expressed by the preterite and imperfect past tense forms in Spanish. It can therefore be shown that different types of states, just like different types of events, can be categorized based on their aspectual composition. Additionally, the inherent semantic differences between events and states can be accounted for by analyzing aspect as applying to events internally and to...

A movie can transport us back to a lost moment in time or can remind us of a loved one. Movies have the power to give people strength during difficult times, and they can serve as do-it-yourself manuals to carry people through life. In this fun book, the authors suggest answers to everyday challenges taken from movies throughout history. For example, a fear of commitment might lead one to watch "Breakfast at Tiffany s," or if one is experiencing a mid-life crisis, "American Beauty" might be the movie to turn to."