Showing papers in "Hispania in 2004"

L2 glossing: To CALL or not to CALL

Abstract: phnnetics, phnnnlngy, goala, atandarda, cnmmunicalinn, culliare, pedsgogy, Spanish, Prench, prnnciency

The acquisition of the null subject parameter properties in SLA: some effects of positive evidence in a naturalistic learning context

Abstract: This study measured the extent that language-learners' internal factors of linguistic universals were impacted by the external factor of input in a naturalistic learning context. The study's focus was on Spanish syntactic development and the acquisition of the null subject parameter properties by L2 learners during nine months of exposure to positive evidence. Data were collected before and after a one-year stay abroad in Barcelona, Spain, with grammaticality judgment tests and oral narratives from 31 American intermediate learners of Spanish. Statistical results showed that the L2 learners improved significantly on all properties. In comparison to native speakers, the results also showed that all properties were acquired by the more advanced intermediate students by the end of the program. This data contributes new evidence to SLA research about the beneficial effects of positive evidence on UG during L2 acquisition.

La censura gubernativa en el siglo XVIII

Abstract: In the eighteenth century government censorship was an administrative mechanism for achieving three main objectives: to control the production and diffusion of intellectual output, to keep public order, and to promote culture and good taste. In this field, the policy of the Bourbons was in perfect continuity with that of the Habsburgs. It was characterised by the aim of enforcing the authority of the Consejo de Castilla upon the territories of Aragon and Catalonia, and of intervening in matters that had previously been the province of the Church. It is notable that many clergymen collaborated with the State. The ministers enacted a series of laws aiming to centralise censorship in a single magistracy called the Juez de Imprentas, but this magistrate accumulated so much power that it led to resentment and to a progressive reduction of his area of competence. Thus, censorship became less effective. After the French Revolution all censorship guidelines became tougher, as an attempt was made to raise a legal barrier against news and writings from beyond the Pyrenees.

Medieval Iberia : An Encyclopedia

Abstract: As the first comprehensive reference to the vital world of medieval Spain, this unique volume focuses on the Iberian kingdoms from the fall of the Roman Empire to the aftermath of the Reconquista. The nearly 1,000 signed A-Z entries, written by renowned specialists in the field, encompass topics of key relevance to medieval Iberia, including people, events, works, and institutions, as well as interdisciplinary coverage of literature, language, history, arts, folklore, religion, and science. Also providing in-depth discussions of the rich contributions of Muslim and Jewish cultures, and offering useful insights into their interactions with Catholic Spain, this comprehensive work is an invaluable tool for students, scholars, and general readers alike. For a full list of entries and contributors, a generous selection of sample entries, and more, visit the Medieval Iberia: An Encyclopedia website.

¿Ser o estar? La variación lingüística y social de estar más adjetivo en el español de Cuernavaca, México

Abstract: Se analiza la extension semantica de estar en el contexto copula + adjetivo en el espanol de Cuernavaca, Mexico mediante el empleo de un analisis covariacional en el que se examinan los factores linguisticos (tipo de adjetivo y tipo de sujeto), sociales (edad, sexo y nivel educativo) y estilisticos (conversacion y cuestionario) que condicionan su uso. Los datos se recopilaron por medio de una conversacion semidirigida y grabada y un cuestionario con 36 residentes de Cuernavaca. Los resultados apuntan hacia un uso "innovador" de estar en un 23% de los casos estudiados, que esta condicionado por el tipo de adjetivo, el nivel educativo de los hablantes y el contexto estilistico. Asimismo, se observa una mayor frecuencia del uso innovador entre los hablantes de menos escolaridad, entre las mujeres con menas educacion y los hombres con mas educacion, asi como entre la generacion adulta de 31-49 anos.

The Cambridge companion to modern Latin American culture

Abstract: List of illustrations Notes on contributors Acknowledgements Notes on translations Chronology of major events Map 1: Latin America, 1830 Map 2: Latin America, 2000 Introduction John King 1. Pre-Columbian and colonial Latin America Anthony McFarlane 2. Latin America since independence James Dunkerley 3. Spanish American narrative, 1810-1920 Gwen Kirkpatrick 4. Spanish American narrative, 1920-1970 Jason Wilson 5. Spanish American narrative since 1970 Gerald Martin 6. Brazilian narrative Randal Johnson 7. Latin American poetry William Rowe 8. Popular culture in Latin America Vivian Schelling 9. Art and architecture in Latin America Valerie Fraser 10. Tradition and transformation in Latin American music Catherine den Tandt and Richard Young 11. The theatre space in Latin America Catherine Boyle 12. Cinema in Latin America John King 13. Hispanic USA: literature, music and language Ilan Stavans Index.

Latino, Eu? The Paradoxical Interplay of Identity in Brazuca Literature

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Lexical and Acoustic Factors in the Perception of the Spanish Diphthong vs. Hiatus Contrast

Abstract: The present study considers the case of exceptional hiatus which recent literature reports to exist in the syllabification of certain vocoid sequences in Peninsular varieties of Spanish. The potential influence of lexical and acoustic factors on the perception of the syllabification of these vocoid sequences is considered. It is shown that both lexical and acoustic factors influence perception. An experiment was conducted to determine the relative strength of the lexical and the acoustic factors in stress perception, but the results were confounded by the dominance of an unexpected factor in perception. The frequency of occurrence of different syllabification patterns proved to play a large role in the perception, causing subjects to employ linguistic prediction based on the most common patterns found in the language. This study provides insight into the perception of syllabification patterns in Spanish, and presents new data in support of usage-based models of lexical storage.

Lexical errors and the acquisition of derivational morphology in Spanish

Abstract: While some lexical errors are due to improper dictionary use, others result from learners' attempts to apply the patterns they know in order to fili lexical gaps. The extent to which these attempts reflect acquisition of L2 derivational morphology, as opposed to transfer from Li, has been subject to debate. This paper summarizes an analysis of errors from non-native writers of Spanish enrolled in an upper-division course, showing that these students are indeed beginning to apply Spanish word-formation rules. Nevertheless, their neologisms still seem to be partially guided by Li counterparts, and they ofien resort to an alternative: semantic extension of existing vocabulary. The inconsistency of strategies points to an overali principle of what 1 have termed "Making-Do": when learners encounter a lexical gap and cannot resort to a dictionary, they take a Spanish (or quasi-Spanish) term, adapt it however seems best, and make it do for the new meaning or function.

La crisis catalana de la Baja Edad Media: estado de la cuestión

Abstract: Pierre Vilar’s thesis about the decline of Catalonia during the Late Middle Ages was formulated forty years ago. This paper reviews the different interpretations published afterwards and, at the same time, suggests several adjustments to the original thesis. These adjustments include the distinction between factors causing decline and delay, assessing the relative importance of each and their effect on the economic system, and also the clear-cut identification of periods of growth. The result is a more complex and less monolithic vision of the decline and delay of Catalonia at the end of the Middle Ages.

Dialogue journals as mediators of L2 learning: A sociocultural account

Abstract: This study explores weekly dialogue journal communication as a form of mediation in L2 learning. Situating dialogue journals within the Vygotskian sociocultural theoretical framework (SCT), data is examined from the journals of eight learners (four high-frequency classroom participators and four low-frequency participators) in an intact intermediate college Spanish class. Data analysis sheds light on the unique ways that dialogue journals function as mediators of: a) identification as a language learner and reflection on language learning experiences, b) consolidation of course content as evidenced in the reporting of personal experiences and opinions relating to topics covered in class, and c) use of language functions stressed in the classroom. It is concluded that the dialogue journal is an interactive writing environment in which learner goals and agency can comprise an important part of the learning process.

Norma sexual y comportamientos cotidianos en los diez primeros años del Franquismo: noviazgo y sexualidad

Abstract: Taking into account the political and social change brought by the Franco regime, this paper attempts to define the concept of «sexual norm» imparted by the producers of official discourse and to examine whether it influenced the sexual behaviour of individuals. The, study concentrates on the first ten years of the regime and attempts to determine the types of sexual behaviour which were permitted by law and by the prevailing moral code. I shall first examine the reforms in discourse, law and institutions which promoted the public discussion of sexual matters which ocurred in the 1920s and culminated in the Second Republic. Although it is generally argued that the public discussion of sexual matters disappeared with the arrival of the Franco regime, in fact it continued to exist, albeit at a different level. There follows an analysis of the nature of official discourse in the 1940s which was traditionalist and defined the «normal couple» as the married couple with children. I shall then show how only by being engaged to be married could a couple enjoy a sexual relationship before marriage. There follows a comparison between the intimate practices permitted by official discourse and those which occurred in everyday life. The study emphasises the complexity of sexual practices in the early years of francoism and outlines the investigation which still remains to be done.

Good sex, bad sex: Women and intimacy in early modern Spain

Abstract: A witness discusses her sex life with inquisitors. A fictional character defends lesbianism. A widowed abbess recalis her unsatisfactory sex life. A nun defends women's right to touch their confessors. A defendant invokes menstruation as a way to avoid torture. Ah of these stories appear in documents from early modem Spain. This article examines the treatment of sexuality and intimacy in fiction, non-fiction, and Inquisition records. Analyses of a broad range of documents reveal what issues women deemed appropriate for pubhie conversation what personal information inquisitors wanted from defendants, and how sexuality was viewed both in and out of convents. Analyzing women's expressions of intimate matters, "Good Sex, Bad Sex" argues that women across class unes in early modern Spain perceived close links between femininity, intimacy, and authority. This examination of records of Spanish women's words delineates a road map for reconstructing the otherwise elusive history of female intimacy and sexuality.

Maternidad, feminidad, sexualidad. Algunos aspectos de las "Primeras jornadas eugénicas españolas (Madrid, 1928 - Madrid, 1933)"

Abstract: This article studies the proceedings of the «Primeras jornadas eugenicas espanolas», which took place in the spring of 1933 after an abortive first attempt in 1928. Study of the two volumes of proceedings provides evidence of the ideological and political framework of the medical and juridical debate about sexuality in the 1920s and 1930s. In 1928, the Primo de Rivera dictatorship intervened to prevent the «pornographic indulgence» represented by the series of planned conferences, cutting off at the root social and political debate on an urgent problem in Spanish society: birth control and family planning. The second congress, in the final months of the «bieno reformador» (1931-1933), reveals the abyss that separated even those groups who appeared politically and ideologically closest. Now that sexuality had been removed from the confession booth, the question of the ethical and juridical limits of state intervention could be raised, and there was little hesitation in expressing viewpoints with an unmistakably totalitarian colour, alongside humanist and feminist perspectives, all of them extremely modern. Sexual difference and identity, maternity and sexuality, and female and sexual emancipation, were themes that, by raising the possibility of another sexual order, allowed the participants in the congress to glimpse the contours of a world that was unprecedented and shocking, even for the most progressive.

Aspectos do bilingüismo Português-Castelhano na época moderna

Abstract: The importance of the Castilian language is undoubtedly a culturally important fact in Early Modern Portugal, particularly between the mid-fifteenth and the eighteenth centuries. This essay highlights some aspects of this phenomenon, which, despite inevitable variations in different contexts, received significant expression in a number of fields of Portuguese culture and society — among them, the court, literature and intellectual culture, and politics. The importance of Castilian only began to decline in Portugal from the eighteenth century onwards, a fact that may be accounted for both by the relative loss of Spanish influence over Portugal, and by the ascent of a new cultural paradigm, mainly derived from French culture.

Diccionario de falsos amigos : inglés-español

Abstract: Sinopsis: El Diccionario de uso del espanol de Maria Moliner define "falso amigo" como "Palabra o expresion de una lengua extranjera que, por ser muy similar a otra de la lengua propia, puede ser interpretada incorrectamente". En una epoca como la nuestra, en la que el espanol vive en contacto permanente con el ingles, un diccionario como el de Marcial Prado (especialista en este campo y autor tambien de The NTC's Dictionary of Spanish False Cognates) es una guia segura para los hispanohablantes que leen, trabajan o estudian en ingles. Diccionario de consulta muy recomendable para periodistas, traductores y linguistas.

Publicaciones sobre sexualidad en la España del primer tercio del siglo XX: entre la medicina y la pornografía

Abstract: In Spain in the 1920s and 1950s a great number of books, pamphlets and articles were published in magazines and newspapers about sex and sexuality. This was an important response to the tension created by major changes taking place in Spanish society and in the prevailing rigid moral norms. Within this literature there were works of all types; those strictly medical, works of popularization of the so-called «sexologos», medical or not, novels, etc. I analyze here this ambiguous type of publications, whose seriousness may be called into question, although those who called themselves doctors signed them. They are publications that fall in the pornographic category in many cases. I analyze in this paper some of the works that belong to this category; a form of literature that spans what might appear to be serious popularization of knowledge about sexuality to almost open pornography.

Gabriel García Márquez's One hundred years of solitude : a casebook

Abstract: Not only is One Hundred Years of Solitude regularly taught across disciplines in colleges and universities, it is also one of the few Latin American Classics that has becone recognizable to a more general public beyond academia. This collection includes ten articles by different authors that offer in-depth readings of the novel. Among the topics examined are myth, magic, women, Western Imperialism, and the Media. The book also includes the first English translation of an early eight-page appreciation by Carlos Fuentes, as well as a 1982 interview with the author. This book will provide a valuable tool for scholars, teachers, and students, as well as general readers in search of a guide to this complex literary masterpiece.

A statewide initiative in Service-Learning and Community-Based instruction

Abstract: Residential institutes for K- 12 Spanish teachers were held in 2001 and 2002 on the main campus of The Ohio State University. The institutes focused on Latinos in Ohio and incorporated service-learning and community-based instruction as key principles. Participants surveyed resources in their home communities and developed thematic instructional units for use with their own students. Consciousness about Latino issues, service-learning, and community based instruction was further raised through workshops presented by the institute participants at the annual meeting of the state foreign language association.

El pecado de los padres: construcción de la identidad conversa en Castilla a partir de los discursos sobre limpieza de sangre

Abstract: The subject of this article is one which has been the focus of attention of various social sciences in recent years: identity, in other words the representation which a group makes of itself and presents to society, based on an edited selection of its historical memory. When there is social conflict among groups, as happened in Castile during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries between old and new Christians, this representation was achieved when the former resorted to the principle of caste —connected to blood lines— with the aim of de-legitimising the social aspirations of the latter. This negative portrait was fabricated by the leading intelligentsia of old Christianity from the moment when converted Jews (in other words new Christians, enjoying as such full rights within established society) desired to achieve honours hitherto reserved for old Christians, and more especially for their elite. These old Christians, often enjoying the social support of the more popular groups, raised legal barriers to prevent their rivals from acceding to the world of privileges.