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| catalan language vs spanish: Tirant Lo Blanc Joanot Martorell, 2013-09-04 Translated by David H. Rosenthal Here is a recovered Renaissance classic, a Catalan novel of chivalry done into English for the first time by a gifted poet and translator. Cervantes singles out Tirant lo Blanc for very special praise in Don Quixote—in the scene in which the don’s friends, eager to save his sanity, are making a bonfire of the romances of chivalry which have constituted his sole intellectual and spiritual nourishments. Cervantes makes a pointed exception of this work, putting into the mouth of a character the suggestion that the book deserves to remain in print throughout the ages. So it has—and now it can be read in David H. Rosenthal’s lively English. Tirant lo Blanc presents the life of the Renaissance nobility: politics, lovemaking, and war. The hero participates in all these activities with a great deal of dash and good humor, there is much excellent conversation along the way, and by the time the story has come to its satisfying conclusion, the modern reader is convinced that life was quite as complex 500 years ago as it is today—and, for the European nobility, perhaps a good deal more entertaining. |
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| catalan language vs spanish: Complete Catalan Beginner to Intermediate Course Alan Yates, Alan Yate, Anna Poch, 2012-02-03 Are you looking for a complete course in Catalan which takes you effortlessly from beginner to confident speaker? Whether you are starting from scratch, or are just out of practice, Complete Catalan will guarantee success! Fully updated to make your language learning experience fun and interactive, with complete online audio support. You can still rely on the benefits of a top language teacher and our years of teaching experience, but now with added learning features within the course. The course is structured in thematic units and the emphasis is placed on communication, so that you effortlessly progress from introducing yourself and dealing with everyday situations, to using the phone and talking about work. By the end of this course, you will approach at Level B2 of the Common European Framework for Languages: Can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party. Learn effortlessly with a new easy-to-read page design and interactive features: NOT GOT MUCH TIME? One, five and ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started. AUTHOR INSIGHTS Lots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the author's many years of experience. GRAMMAR TIPS Easy-to-follow building blocks to give you a clear understanding. USEFUL VOCABULARY Easy to find and learn, to build a solid foundation for speaking. DIALOGUES Read and listen to everyday dialogues to help you speak and understand fast. PRONUNCIATION Don't sound like a tourist! Perfect your pronunciation before you go. TEST YOURSELF Tests in the book and online to keep track of your progress. AUDIO Access the audio for this course for free by downloading it to the Teach Yourself Library app or streaming it on library.teachyourself.com. TRY THIS Innovative exercises illustrate what you've learnt and how to use it. Rely on Teach Yourself, trusted by language learners for over 85 years. |
| catalan language vs spanish: From Amourette to Żal: Bizarre and Beautiful Words from Europe Alex Rawlings, 2018-09-03 Fjaka: the sublime state of aspiring to do absolutely nothing. Warmduscher: a 'warm showerer', meaning a bit of a wimp. Tener mano izquierda: literally 'to have a left hand'; to be skilfully persuasive. For all the richness of the English language there are some nuances that other languages capture much better, whether it's a phrase that beautifully articulates a feeling, a wonderfully understated insult that just hits the spot, or a curious idiom. From the melancholic to the funny to the downright peculiar, From Amourette to Żal takes us on a fascinating journey around Europe in twelve languages, celebrating our cultural similarities and differences along the way. |
| catalan language vs spanish: The Languages of the World Kenneth Katzner, Kirk Miller, 2002-09-11 This third edition of Kenneth Katzner's best-selling guide to languages is essential reading for language enthusiasts everywhere. Written with the non-specialist in mind, its user-friendly style and layout, delightful original passages, and exotic scripts, will continue to fascinate the reader. This new edition has been thoroughly revised to include more languages, more countries, and up-to-date data on populations. Features include: *information on nearly 600 languages *individual descriptions of 200 languages, with sample passages and English translations *concise notes on where each language is spoken, its history, alphabet and pronunciation *coverage of every country in the world, its main language and speaker numbers *an introduction to language families |
| catalan language vs spanish: The Phonology of Catalan Max Wheeler, 2005-07-21 This is the most comprehensive account of Catalan phonology ever published. Approaching the subject a pragmatic version of orthodox Optimality Theory it describes the Spanish and French dialects of Catalan and the social and stylistic variations within them. This is likely to be the standard account of its subject for many years. |
| catalan language vs spanish: The Acquisition of Spanish in Understudied Language Pairings Tiffany Judy, Silvia Perpiñán, 2015-02-18 By examining the acquisition of Spanish in combination with languages other than English (Arabic, Basque, Catalan, Chinese, Dutch, Farsi, French, German, Nahuatl, Quechua, Portuguese, Swedish, Turkish), this volume advances novel data pertinent to the field’s understanding of acquisition of Spanish in the XXI century. Its crosslinguistic nature invites us to reconsider major theoretical questions such as the role of L1 transfer, linguistic typology, and onset of acquisition from a fresh perspective, and to question the validity of the traditional parameter (re)setting perspective taken in SLA. Additionally, this volume underscores the necessity of providing accurate descriptions of the language pairings investigated, emphasizing the interconnection between linguistic and SLA theory, and pushing us to a more atomic view of the system in which features and feature bundles mapped onto lexical items comprise the skeleton of language. This volume is of great relevance for researchers and students of SLA alike. |
| catalan language vs spanish: English / Afrikaans Medical Dictionary John C Rigdon, 2020-09-11 Afrikaans is spoken throughout South Africa and Namibia. The language is mainly derived from Dutch. However, most Afrikaans speakers in the workplace have some knowledge of English. This bi-lingual medical dictionary contains over 3500 phrases and 1,000 Acronyms and abbreviations. The book is divided into three parts: English /Afrikaans terms with definitions in English and part of speech. Common Acronyms and Abbreviations with Afrikaans translation Afrikaans / English Index Also included is a guide to the English and Afrikaans alphabet and pronunciation. |
| catalan language vs spanish: Reviving Catalan at School Joaquim Arnau, 2013-09-05 This book presents a comprehensive picture of languages and schools in Catalan-speaking countries, making much of the information available in English for the first time. The chapters examine multiple aspects of the language situation in these countries, including: the recovery of Catalan in schools; the position and status of the majority languages (English and Spanish); language-in-education policies in a multilingual, multicultural context; the possibility of multilingual competence; and the successes and failures of instructional processes. |
| catalan language vs spanish: Multilingualism in Spain M. Teresa Turell, 2001 This text contributes to the description of languages and communities - in particular those which have never been described - and up-dating the available data on the officially recognised languages of Spain. |
| catalan language vs spanish: The Romance Languages Rebecca Posner, 1996-09-05 What is a Romance language? How is one Romance language related to others? How did they all evolve? And what can they tell us about language in general? In this comprehensive survey Rebecca Posner, a distinguished Romance specialist, examines this group of languages from a wide variety of perspectives. Her analysis combines philological expertise with insights drawn from modern theoretical linguistics, both synchronic and diachronic. She relates linguistic features to historical and sociological factors, and teases out those elements which can be attributed to divergence from a common source and those which indicate convergence towards a common aim. Her discussion is extensively illustrated with new and original data, and an up-to-date and comprehensive bibliography is included. This volume will be an invaluable and authoritative guide for students and specialists alike. |
| catalan language vs spanish: Fluent in 3 Months Benny Lewis, 2014-03-11 Benny Lewis, who speaks over ten languages—all self-taught—runs the largest language-learning blog in the world, Fluent In 3 Months. Lewis is a full-time language hacker, someone who devotes all of his time to finding better, faster, and more efficient ways to learn languages. Fluent in 3 Months: How Anyone at Any Age Can Learn to Speak Any Language from Anywhere in the World is a new blueprint for fast language learning. Lewis argues that you don't need a great memory or the language gene to learn a language quickly, and debunks a number of long-held beliefs, such as adults not being as good of language learners as children. |
| catalan language vs spanish: ¿Por Qué? 101 Questions About Spanish Judy Hochberg, 2016-10-20 ¿Por qué? 101 Questions about Spanish is for anyone who wants to understand how Spanish really works. Standard textbooks and grammars describe the what of Spanish - its vocabulary, grammar, spelling, and pronunciation - but ¿Por qué? explains the why. Judy Hochberg draws on linguistic principles, Hispanic culture, and language history to answer questions such as: Why are so many Spanish verbs irregular? - Why does Spanish have different ways to say you? - Why is h silent? - Why doesn't Spanish use apostrophes? - Why does Castilian Spanish have the th sound? Packed with information, guidance, and links to further research, ¿Por qué? is an accessible study guide that is suitable for Spanish students, instructors, native speakers, and the general reader. It is a valuable supplementary text for serious students of Spanish at all levels, from beginning to advanced. ¿Por qué? also covers topics usually left to specialized books, including the evolution of Spanish, how children and adults learn Spanish, and the status of languages that co-exist with Spanish, from Catalan to Spanish sign language to the indigenous languages of Latin America. |
| catalan language vs spanish: Comparative Grammar of Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and French Mikhail Petrunin, 2018-06-25 Nowadays thousands of grammar books, textbooks, outlines, references and language guides of Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and French are published year by year. However, all of them teach these languages separately. Here you will find a comparative grammar of the four major Romance languages together based on their grammatical and lexical similarities for you, lovers of foreign languages, to learn and compare Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and French simultaneously. It is an audacious endeavor to find or create a novel way of learning to speak several languages and becoming a multilingual person. It took me over 3 years to finish the book. It consists of over 800 pages, 10 chapters covering all the grammatical aspects of these 4 languages. It includes over 1000 examples, 500 easy-to-follow charts and tables. It contains 138 geographical, historical and cultural facts about Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and French countries.Below I will discuss several reasons why I decided to write this book and why you need it.1) First of all, this book is written for readers like you who are fond of or would like to learn Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and French simultaneously or just to get an all-round knowledge of all these four Romance languages. It is designed not only for beginners who do not have an extensive knowledge of grammar, yet need a guide through the grammatical concepts of all mentioned above languages, but also intermediate and advanced students who would like to have a reference book ofseveral Romance languages at once.2) Second of all I spent many years learning these languages separately, which was a complete waste of time before I realized it. This book will hopefully save you a great deal of time and allow you to study and compare at a glance the four main Neo-Latin languages.3) Knowledge of foreign languages is fast becoming a necessary requirement for those who are involved in international business, tourism, culture and education. This book offers you four languages to learn, which will make you feel at homewherever you go, whether as a tourist or businessman.4) Learning several languages simultaneously or one by one will train and strengthen your memory and can help stave off such terrible diseases as Alzheimer's.5) If you have never studied several languages at once before and you like challenges, then you should definitely try it. Because it is a really entertaining and challenging task to do.In conclusion, I would like to sincerely thank you for preordering the book and your interest in it. I hope it will help youimprove your languages and become multilingual. |
| catalan language vs spanish: Uniformity and Diversity in Language Policy Catrin Norrby, John Hajek, 2011-10-17 This book brings together current research by leading international scholars on the often contentious nature of language policies and their practical outcomes in North America, Australia and Europe. It presents a range of perspectives from which to engage with a variety of pressing issues raised by multilingualism, multiculturalism, immigration, exclusion, and identity. A recurrent theme is that of tension and conflict: between uniformity and diversity, between official policies and real day-to-day life experiences, but also between policies in schools and the corporate world and their implementation. Several chapters present research about language policy issues that has previously not been fully or easily available to an English-language audience. Many of the chapters also provide up-to-date analyses of language policy issues in particular regions or countries, focusing on recent developments. |
| catalan language vs spanish: Grit Angela Duckworth, 2016-05-03 In this instant New York Times bestseller, Angela Duckworth shows anyone striving to succeed that the secret to outstanding achievement is not talent, but a special blend of passion and persistence she calls “grit.” “Inspiration for non-geniuses everywhere” (People). The daughter of a scientist who frequently noted her lack of “genius,” Angela Duckworth is now a celebrated researcher and professor. It was her early eye-opening stints in teaching, business consulting, and neuroscience that led to her hypothesis about what really drives success: not genius, but a unique combination of passion and long-term perseverance. In Grit, she takes us into the field to visit cadets struggling through their first days at West Point, teachers working in some of the toughest schools, and young finalists in the National Spelling Bee. She also mines fascinating insights from history and shows what can be gleaned from modern experiments in peak performance. Finally, she shares what she’s learned from interviewing dozens of high achievers—from JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon to New Yorker cartoon editor Bob Mankoff to Seattle Seahawks Coach Pete Carroll. “Duckworth’s ideas about the cultivation of tenacity have clearly changed some lives for the better” (The New York Times Book Review). Among Grit’s most valuable insights: any effort you make ultimately counts twice toward your goal; grit can be learned, regardless of IQ or circumstances; when it comes to child-rearing, neither a warm embrace nor high standards will work by themselves; how to trigger lifelong interest; the magic of the Hard Thing Rule; and so much more. Winningly personal, insightful, and even life-changing, Grit is a book about what goes through your head when you fall down, and how that—not talent or luck—makes all the difference. This is “a fascinating tour of the psychological research on success” (The Wall Street Journal). |
| catalan language vs spanish: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary Kate Woodford, Guy Jackson, 2003 The Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary is the ideal dictionary for advanced EFL/ESL learners. Easy to use and with a great CD-ROM - the perfect learner's dictionary for exam success. First published as the Cambridge International Dictionary of English, this new edition has been completely updated and redesigned. - References to over 170,000 words, phrases and examples explained in clear and natural English - All the important new words that have come into the language (e.g. dirty bomb, lairy, 9/11, clickable) - Over 200 'Common Learner Error' notes, based on the Cambridge Learner Corpus from Cambridge ESOL exams Plus, on the CD-ROM: - SMART thesaurus - lets you find all the words with the same meaning - QUICKfind - automatically looks up words while you are working on-screen - SUPERwrite - tools for advanced writing, giving help with grammar and collocation - Hear and practise all the words. |
| catalan language vs spanish: The Catalan Kitchen Emma Warren, 2018-11-06 The Catalan Kitchen is a celebration of eighty-five authentic and traditional dishes from Spain's culinary heart. The Catalonia region is situated on the west coast of the Mediterranean and blessed with one of the richest food cultures in Europe. Although Catalonia is still geographically and politically connected to Spain, Catalans consider themselves independent with their own language, history, culture, and cuisine. Its food is considered unique in Spain, and it is home to one of the highest concentrations of Michelin-starred restaurants in the world. Catalan cuisine does not center around tapas, and although pintxos do feature heavily, they are not the mainstay of the region and most dishes are larger, stand-alone meals. Dishes are heavily influenced by pork and fresh seafood, with a focus on fresh, seasonal produce that varies from recipes as simple as crushed tomatoes smeared on bread to hearty, slowcooked stews. Famous dishes include calçots--large salad onions cooked on a coal barbecue and then dipped into nutty and addictive Romesco sauce, a unique paella made without saffron and the addition of vermicelli noodles, myriad types of Catalan sausage served with white beans, sauces such as aioli and picada, and multiple pastries and desserts including crème Catalan (a version of crème brûlée). Beautifully packaged with stunning location and food photography, The Catalan Kitchen is the ultimate cookbook for lovers of Spanish and Mediterranean food. |
| catalan language vs spanish: Singular and Plural Kathryn Ann Woolard, 2016 Singular and Plural develops a framework for analyzing ideologies of linguistic authority and illuminates the institutional and interpersonal politics of language in Catalonia. Drawing on ethnographic research across thirty years of political autonomy, Kathryn Woolard shows new relationships of Catalan language, identity, and politics in the new millennium. |
| catalan language vs spanish: The Catalan Language Jude Webber, Miquel Strubell i Trueta, 1991-01-01 |
| catalan language vs spanish: Anarchism, Revolution, and Reaction Angel Smith, 2007 The period from 1898 to 1923 was a particularly dramatic one in Spanish history; it culminated in the violent Barcelona labor wars and was only brought to a close with the coup d'état launched by the Barcelona Captain General, Miguel Primo de Rivera, in September 1923. In his detailed examination of the rise of the Catalan anarchist-syndicalist-led labor movement, the author blends social, cultural and political history in a novel way. He analyses the working class from below and the policies of the Spanish State towards labor from above. Based on an in-depth usage of primary sources, the authors provides an unrivalled account of Catalan labor and the Catalan anarchist-syndicalist movement and thus makes an important contribution to our understanding of early twentieth-century Spanish history. |
| catalan language vs spanish: The Leader in Me Stephen R. Covey, 2012-12-11 Children in today's world are inundated with information about who to be, what to do and how to live. But what if there was a way to teach children how to manage priorities, focus on goals and be a positive influence on the world around them? The Leader in Meis that programme. It's based on a hugely successful initiative carried out at the A.B. Combs Elementary School in North Carolina. To hear the parents of A. B Combs talk about the school is to be amazed. In 1999, the school debuted a programme that taught The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Peopleto a pilot group of students. The parents reported an incredible change in their children, who blossomed under the programme. By the end of the following year the average end-of-grade scores had leapt from 84 to 94. This book will launch the message onto a much larger platform. Stephen R. Covey takes the 7 Habits, that have already changed the lives of millions of people, and shows how children can use them as they develop. Those habits -- be proactive, begin with the end in mind, put first things first, think win-win, seek to understand and then to be understood, synergize, and sharpen the saw -- are critical skills to learn at a young age and bring incredible results, proving that it's never too early to teach someone how to live well. |
| catalan language vs spanish: Identity and Nation in 21st Century Catalonia Steven Byrne, 2021-08-09 This volume offers an overview of the ongoing debate regarding nationalism, globalisation, secessionism and languages in 21st century Catalonia. At the heart of the book is a set of interlocking questions relating to socio-political issues in sub-state nations seeking independence in the 21st century. |
| catalan language vs spanish: Catalan Independence and the Crisis of Sovereignty Óscar García Agustín, 2020-12-14 This book explores the conflict between the Catalan project to become independent and the Spanish state’s opposition to any attempt of secessionism. The volume addresses some of the key political and academic issues of contemporary European societies: nationalism, separatism and sovereignty. The banned referendum in Catalonia in October 2017 unveiled the existence of multiple crises, from territorial to economic and political. Indeed, the Catalan issue is about the crisis of sovereignty: who holds legitimacy to make decisions, and who is in power legally and politically? The book is structured according to three themes: sovereignty and its people, where the realignment to independence, populism and the definition of the demos are discussed; collective identities and actions, to account for the shaping of ‘us’, the importance of collective memory and the cross-alliances forged during the referendum; and internationalization, focusing on Europeanisation, international media and comparative constitutional perspectives. |
| catalan language vs spanish: Marta of the Lowlands Angel Guimerá, 1902 |
| catalan language vs spanish: The Spanish Language William James Entwistle, 1936 |
| catalan language vs spanish: Language Daniel L. Everett, 2012-03-13 A bold and provocative study that presents language not as an innate component of the brain—as most linguists do—but as an essential tool unique to each culture worldwide. For years, the prevailing opinion among academics has been that language is embedded in our genes, existing as an innate and instinctual part of us. But linguist Daniel Everett argues that, like other tools, language was invented by humans and can be reinvented or lost. He shows how the evolution of different language forms—that is, different grammar—reflects how language is influenced by human societies and experiences, and how it expresses their great variety. For example, the Amazonian Pirahã put words together in ways that violate our long-held under-standing of how language works, and Pirahã grammar expresses complex ideas very differently than English grammar does. Drawing on the Wari’ language of Brazil, Everett explains that speakers of all languages, in constructing their stories, omit things that all members of the culture understand. In addition, Everett discusses how some cultures can get by without words for numbers or counting, without verbs for “to say” or “to give,” illustrating how the very nature of what’s important in a language is culturally determined. Combining anthropology, primatology, computer science, philosophy, linguistics, psychology, and his own pioneering—and adventurous—research with the Amazonian Pirahã, and using insights from many different languages and cultures, Everett gives us an unprecedented elucidation of this society-defined nature of language. In doing so, he also gives us a new understanding of how we think and who we are. |
| catalan language vs spanish: The Story of Spanish Jean-Benoît Nadeau, Julie Barlow, 2013-05-07 The authors of The Story of French are back with a new linguistic history of the Spanish language and its progress around the globe. Just how did a dialect spoken by a handful of shepherds in Northern Spain become the world's second most spoken language, the official language of twenty-one countries on two continents, and the unofficial second language of the United States? Jean-Benoît Nadeau and Julie Barlow, the husband-and-wife team who chronicled the history of the French language in The Story of French, now look at the roots and spread of modern Spanish. Full of surprises and honed in Nadeau and Barlow's trademark style, combining personal anecdote, reflections, and deep research, The Story of Spanish is the first full biography of a language that shaped the world we know, and the only global language with two names—Spanish and Castilian. The story starts when the ancient Phoenicians set their sights on The Land of the Rabbits, Spain's original name, which the Romans pronounced as Hispania. The Spanish language would pick up bits of Germanic culture, a lot of Arabic, and even some French on its way to taking modern form just as it was about to colonize a New World. Through characters like Queen Isabella, Christopher Columbus, Cervantes, and Goya, The Story of Spanish shows how Spain's Golden Age, the Mexican Miracle, and the Latin American Boom helped shape the destiny of the language. Other, more somber episodes, also contributed, like the Spanish Inquisition, the expulsion of Spain's Jews, the destruction of native cultures, the political instability in Latin America, and the dictatorship of Franco. The Story of Spanish shows there is much more to Spanish than tacos, flamenco, and bullfighting. It explains how the United States developed its Hispanic personality from the time of the Spanish conquistadors to Latin American immigration and telenovelas. It also makes clear how fundamentally Spanish many American cultural artifacts and customs actually are, including the dollar sign, barbecues, ranching, and cowboy culture. The authors give us a passionate and intriguing chronicle of a vibrant language that thrived through conquests and setbacks to become the tongue of Pedro Almodóvar and Gabriel García Márquez, of tango and ballroom dancing, of millions of Americans and hundreds of millions of people throughout the world. |
| catalan language vs spanish: Language Attitudes, National Identity and Migration in Catalonia Mandie Iveson, 2019 This book examines language, nation and identity from a gendered perspective and investigates to what extent women use Catalan in their everyday social practices to construct gendered and national identities. Drawing on a unique body of oral history interviews, the focus of the study is three female 'generations', covering 50 years of historical change from the 1960s to the present. 'What the Women Have to Say' analyses the preservation of the Catalan language during Franco's regime; how the emergence of a feminist movement and discourse, and changing patterns of migration, have transformed the relationship between gender and national identity in Catalonia; and the role that Catalan plays today in defining women's identities and as a nation-building tool. Additional analysis of a corpus of social media data explores the online Catalan discourses of nationalism and its gendered dimensions. A central interpretative tool is the concept of intersectionality, emphasising gender's inter-connectedness with categories of class and ethnicity. An intergenerational approach, and a focus on the local using a case study of a Catalan village outside the region's capital, opens new perspectives on the Catalan issue. By bringing together approaches from sociocultural linguistics and oral history, 'What the Women Have to Say' provides important linkages between the economic, political and social circumstances pertaining today as they impact on the issue of nationalism in particular and in the wider discourses of nationalism, identity and migration in twenty-first century Europe-- |
| catalan language vs spanish: Catalan-english/ English-catalan Practical Dictionary A. Scott Britton, 2018-05-15 Catalan is a romance language named after the autonomous province Catalonia in Spain and spoken by well over 9 million people worldwide. It is also the national and only official language of Andorra. Most Catalan speakers, however, reside in Spain's Catalonia and Valencia provinces. Catalan is not a dialect of Spanish, but a language that developed independently from Vulgar Latin during the Middle Ages around the Pyrenees region. During the 19th century and the rise of a nationalist cultural movement in Catalonia, the language was revived as a literary language. Since the 1980s, Catalan has been the language used in state schools, and thus most residents of Catalonia are bilingual in Catalan and Spanish. Ideal for businesspeople, travelers, and students, this dictionary features over 16,000 word-to-word entries, including common words as well as technical, legal, business and locally-specific terms (key cities, foods, and cultural terms). It also includes an exhaustive pronunciation guide and a concise discussion of the basics of Catalan grammar. |
| catalan language vs spanish: What's Up with Catalonia? Liz Castro, 2013 35 experts explain the causes which impel them to the separation through essays on Catalan history, economics, politics, language, and culture--Cover. |
| catalan language vs spanish: The Acquisition of Spanish Silvina Montrul, 2004-01-01 This is the first book on the acquisition of Spanish that provides a state-of-the-art comprehensive overview of Spanish morphosyntactic development in monolingual and bilingual situations. Its content is organized around key grammatical themes that form the empirical base of research in generative grammar: nominal and verbal inflectional morphology, subject and object pronouns, complex structures involving movement (topicalizations, questions, relative clauses), and aspects of verb meaning that have consequences for syntax. The book argues that Universal Grammar constrains all instances of language acquisition and that there is a fundamental continuity between monolingual, bilingual, child and adult early grammatical systems. While stressing their similarities with respect to linguistic representations and processes, the book also considers important differences between these three acquisition situations with respect to the outcome of acquisition. It is also shown that many linguistic properties of Spanish are acquired earlier than in English and other languages. This book is a must read for those interested in the acquisition of Spanish from different theoretical perspectives as well as those working on the acquisition of other languages in different contexts. |
| catalan language vs spanish: Immersion Education Robert Keith Johnson, Merrill Swain, 1997-07-13 Within bilingual education, more and more programs are adopting the option of immersion education, in which a second language is used as the medium of instruction. This volume illustrates the implementation immersion education in North America, Europe, Asia, the Pacific, and Africa, showing its use in programs ranging from preprimary to tertiary level and demonstrating how it can function in foreign language teaching, for teaching a minority language to members of the language majority, for reviving or supporting languages at risk of extinction, and for helping learners acquire a language needed for wider communication or career advancement. A final section reviews lessons learned from experiences with immersion and explores new directions the approach is taking. This text will be of interest to teachers, teacher educators, and others involved in bilingual education. |
| catalan language vs spanish: Spanish Sentence Builders - A Lexicogrammar Approach Dylan Viñales, Gianfranco Conti, 2021-05 This is the newly updated SECOND EDITION! This version has been fully re-checked for accuracy and re-formatted to make it even more user-friendly, following feedback after a full year of classroom use by thousands of teachers across the world. Spanish Sentence Builders is a workbook aimed at beginner to pre-intermediate students co-authored by two modern languages educators with over 40 years of extensive classroom experience between the two, both in the UK and internationally. This 'no-frills' book contains 19 units of work on very popular themes, jam-packed with graded vocabulary-building, reading, translation, retrieval practice and writing activities. Key vocabulary, lexical patterns and structures are recycled and interleaved throughout. Each unit includes: 1) A sentence builder modelling the target constructions; 2) A set of vocabulary building activities; 3) A set of narrow reading texts exploited through a range of tasks focusing on both the meaning and structural levels of the text; 4) A set of retrieval-practice translation tasks; 5) A set of writing tasks targeting essential micro-skills such as spelling, lexical retrieval, syntax, editing and communication of meaning. Based on the Extensive Processing Instruction (E.P.I.) principle that learners learn best from comprehensible and highly patterned input flooded with the target linguistic features, the authors have carefully designed each and every text and activity to enable the student to process and produce each item many times over. This occurs throughout each unit of work as well as in smaller grammar, vocabulary and question-skills micro-units located at regular intervals in the book, which aim at reinforcing the understanding and retention of the target grammar, vocabulary and question patterns. |
| catalan language vs spanish: Double Talk Kathryn A. Woolard, 2015-05 A significant movement for Catalan independence has been building since 2010 and in 2015 is bringing Catalonia to a political showdown with the Spanish state. The Catalan language has long been cast as a key sign of identity and a rallying point for Catalan nationalism. This classic anthropological study, originally published in 1989 and now available for the first time in paperback, provides essential background for understanding Catalan national identity and its relationship to the distinctive Catalan language. Author Kathryn A. Woolard analyzes language and identity politics at a significant turning point in the modern history of Catalonia: 1979-80, when political autonomy was re-established after the end of the Franco dictatorship. This book examines the formal language politics of parties and policymaking as well as the interpersonal politics of individuals negotiating their social identities through choices between the Catalan and Spanish languages. This dual approach uncovers the relationship between the public and personal meanings of the languages that continue to resonate with Catalan national aspirations in the current political movement. Double Talk confronts enduring questions about bilingual life that arise not only in Spain, but also in settings worldwide. |
| catalan language vs spanish: Universal Design for Learning Anne Meyer, David Gordon, David H. Rose, 2015-12 Anne Meyer and David Rose, who first laid out the principles of UDL, provide an ambitious, engaging discussion of new research and best practices. This book gives the UDL field an essential and authoritative learning resource for the coming years. In the 1990s, Anne Meyer, David Rose, and their colleagues at CAST introduced Universal Design for Learning (UDL) as a framework to improve teaching and learning in the digital age, sparking an international reform movement. Now Meyer and Rose return with Universal Design for Learning: Theory and Practice, an up-to-date multimedia online book (with print and e-book options) that leverages more than a decade of research and implementation. This is the first significant new statement on UDL since 2002, an ambitious, engaging exploration of ideas and best practices that provides the growing UDL field with an essential and authoritative learning resource for the coming years. This new work includes contributions from CAST's research and implementation teams as well as from many of CAST's collaborators in schools, universities, and research settings. Readers are invited to contribute ideas, perspectives, and examples from their own practice in an online community of practice. -- |
| catalan language vs spanish: The Basques, the Catalans, and Spain Daniele Conversi, 2000 A comprehensive introduction to Basque and Catalan nationalism |
| catalan language vs spanish: Adult Children Adult Children of Alcoholics (Association), 2006 This is the official ACA Fellowship Text that is Adult Children of Alcoholics World Service Organization (ACA WSO) Conference Approved Literature. Adult Children of Alcoholics/Dysfunctional Families (ACA) is an independent 12 Step and 12 Tradition anonymous program. |
| catalan language vs spanish: Langues Officielles Dans L'enseignement Canada. Department of the Secretary of State, 1987* |
Is the coexistence of Catalan and Spanish possible in Catalonia?
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Existential Constructions in Bilingual Catalan and Bilingual …
To summarize, Spanish existential constructions present three main differences from Catalan existentials: i) Spanish strongly obeys the DE and only indefinites and bare plurals can appear …
‘I’m from Barcelona’: Boundaries and Transformations …
It places informants’ experiences in the theoretical realm of ethnic boundaries, analyzing central issues of Catalan language normalization vis à vis the historical imposition of Spanish as the …
Catalan language immersion. Cohesion or exclusion?
•Spanish is a minority language in Catalonia, even though it is the majority language. •Prohibition of signage in shops in Castilian (Law 1/1998 of 7 January 1998 on Language Policy). …
The case of serious language discrimination of Catalan …
Catalan, even where it is the native language, is prohibited. In practice, this means that citizens who-se family language is Catalan (or Basque, or Galician) have the duty to understand …
Catalan Language Vs Spanish [PDF] - old.icapgen.org
Catalan Language Vs Spanish: Spanish for Teachers William E. Bull,1965-05-15 Tirant Lo Blanc Joanot Martorell,2013-09-04 Translated by David H Rosenthal Here is a recovered …
Language, Identity, and Politics in Catalonia - JSTOR
Changing language ideologies have enabled an elastic, anti-essentialist construction of language and identity in Catalonia that is not well understood in the Spanish state.
The Origins of Catalan, the Valencian: Dialect of Catalan or …
To solve this dilemma, the first thing that we will consider is to define the concepts of language and dialect, to later consider the origins of the Valencian and from them to see if they really …
Spanish and Catalan in the Balearic Islands - core.ac.uk
The Balearic Islands are one of the autonomous regions of modern Spain, where both Catalan and Spanish are considered o‰cial languages and are widely spoken among the population. …
The Valencian Linguistic Conflict: Dialect or Regional …
The Catalan Language is one of the regional languages spoken in Spain, in the region named Catalonia, and it’s one of the most spoken regional languages in Europe, with approximately 7 …
Subject Position in Spanish in Contact with Catalan: Language ...
In order to further test Tsimpli & Sorace’s (2006) assertions of the differential status of the interfaces, this paper examines a single phenomenon—subject position in unergative and …
Spain's Linguistic Normalization Laws: The Catalan …
Abstract: The 1983 Catalonian Linguistic Normalization Law made Spanish and Catalan co-official languages in that region. The law's constitutionality was challenged and after more than a …
Catalan or Spanish? Language Choice from Home to School
Catalonia from monolingual Spanish-speaking regions from 1955 to 1975, there are currently more children with Spanish as their first language than Catalan. According to the latest data …
CATALAN, A EUROPEAN LANGUAGE - Plataforma per la Llengua
CATALAN, A EUROPEAN LANGUAGE Catalan is spoken in four European states (Spain, France, Andorra and Italy). In Spain, it is spoken in Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, virtually all …
THE CASE OF SERIOUS LANGUAGE DISCRIMINATION OF …
language with as many speakers as Catalan does not have official status in the European Union or throughout the State where it is mainly spoken – in this case, Spain, where the language …
of instruction in school, ties to Catalan vs. Castellano societies, …
reviews previous corpus-based findings on Catalan, which are grouped broadly into the categories of pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and the use of Spanish in Catalonia. Chapter 5 …
CATALAN, - plataforma-llengua.cat
CATALAN, A EUROPEAN LANGUAGE The Catalan language is spoken in four European states (Spain, France, Andorra and Italy). In Spain, it is spoken in Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, …
Semantic Redistribution of Copulas ser and estar in …
Like Spanish, copulas ésser/ser and estar in Catalan typically denote permanent and circumstantial properties of an object or person, as well as spatial location, among other uses …
Catalan and the L2 is Spanish? - JSTOR
May 9, 2017 · Catalan and the L2 is Spanish? Eloi Puig-Mayenco University of Reading, UK Heather Marsden University of York, UK Abstract This study explores the source of transfer in …
NATIONALISM IN SPAIN: THE CASES OF CATALONIA AND …
This article will attempt to address the current situation of nationalism in Spain in the context of two major events that occurred in the past two years—the unilateral declaration of …
Is the coexistence of Catalan and Spanish possible in …
nation-state. The existence of a vernacular language (Catalan) different from the official language of the Spanish kingdom (Castilian or Spanish), together with other cultural …
Existential Constructions in Bilingual Catalan and Bilingual …
To summarize, Spanish existential constructions present three main differences from Catalan existentials: i) Spanish strongly obeys the DE and only indefinites and bare plurals can appear …
‘I’m from Barcelona’: Boundaries and Transformations …
It places informants’ experiences in the theoretical realm of ethnic boundaries, analyzing central issues of Catalan language normalization vis à vis the historical imposition of Spanish as the …
Catalan language immersion. Cohesion or exclusion?
•Spanish is a minority language in Catalonia, even though it is the majority language. •Prohibition of signage in shops in Castilian (Law 1/1998 of 7 January 1998 on Language Policy). …
The case of serious language discrimination of Catalan …
Catalan, even where it is the native language, is prohibited. In practice, this means that citizens who-se family language is Catalan (or Basque, or Galician) have the duty to understand …
Catalan Language Vs Spanish [PDF] - old.icapgen.org
Catalan Language Vs Spanish: Spanish for Teachers William E. Bull,1965-05-15 Tirant Lo Blanc Joanot Martorell,2013-09-04 Translated by David H Rosenthal Here is a recovered …
Language, Identity, and Politics in Catalonia - JSTOR
Changing language ideologies have enabled an elastic, anti-essentialist construction of language and identity in Catalonia that is not well understood in the Spanish state.
The Origins of Catalan, the Valencian: Dialect of Catalan or …
To solve this dilemma, the first thing that we will consider is to define the concepts of language and dialect, to later consider the origins of the Valencian and from them to see if they really …
Spanish and Catalan in the Balearic Islands - core.ac.uk
The Balearic Islands are one of the autonomous regions of modern Spain, where both Catalan and Spanish are considered o‰cial languages and are widely spoken among the population. …
The Valencian Linguistic Conflict: Dialect or Regional …
The Catalan Language is one of the regional languages spoken in Spain, in the region named Catalonia, and it’s one of the most spoken regional languages in Europe, with approximately 7 …
Subject Position in Spanish in Contact with Catalan: …
In order to further test Tsimpli & Sorace’s (2006) assertions of the differential status of the interfaces, this paper examines a single phenomenon—subject position in unergative and …
Spain's Linguistic Normalization Laws: The Catalan …
Abstract: The 1983 Catalonian Linguistic Normalization Law made Spanish and Catalan co-official languages in that region. The law's constitutionality was challenged and after more than a …
Catalan or Spanish? Language Choice from Home to School
Catalonia from monolingual Spanish-speaking regions from 1955 to 1975, there are currently more children with Spanish as their first language than Catalan. According to the latest data …
CATALAN, A EUROPEAN LANGUAGE - Plataforma per la …
CATALAN, A EUROPEAN LANGUAGE Catalan is spoken in four European states (Spain, France, Andorra and Italy). In Spain, it is spoken in Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, virtually all …
THE CASE OF SERIOUS LANGUAGE DISCRIMINATION …
language with as many speakers as Catalan does not have official status in the European Union or throughout the State where it is mainly spoken – in this case, Spain, where the language …
of instruction in school, ties to Catalan vs. Castellano …
reviews previous corpus-based findings on Catalan, which are grouped broadly into the categories of pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and the use of Spanish in Catalonia. Chapter 5 …
CATALAN, - plataforma-llengua.cat
CATALAN, A EUROPEAN LANGUAGE The Catalan language is spoken in four European states (Spain, France, Andorra and Italy). In Spain, it is spoken in Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, …
Semantic Redistribution of Copulas ser and estar in …
Like Spanish, copulas ésser/ser and estar in Catalan typically denote permanent and circumstantial properties of an object or person, as well as spatial location, among other uses …
Catalan and the L2 is Spanish? - JSTOR
May 9, 2017 · Catalan and the L2 is Spanish? Eloi Puig-Mayenco University of Reading, UK Heather Marsden University of York, UK Abstract This study explores the source of transfer in …
NATIONALISM IN SPAIN: THE CASES OF CATALONIA …
This article will attempt to address the current situation of nationalism in Spain in the context of two major events that occurred in the past two years—the unilateral declaration of …
