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The Architect of Modern Catalan
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2009; US$ 143.00Pompeu Fabra (1868-1948) is renowned as the person who reformed and codified modern Catalan, giving it the condition of a normativised language of culture that proved fit to meet all the challenges of the twentieth century. The context in which he worked was defined by the ideology and momentum of a dynamic Catalan nationalism emerging out of the nineteenth-century... more...
Catalan: A Comprehensive Grammar
Taylor and Francis 1999; US$ 75.95Catalan: A Comprehensive Grammar is a complete reference guide to modern Catalan grammar, presenting an accessible and systematic description of the modern language. It is the only comprehensive grammar of the language available in English The Grammar reflects the current reality of Catalan by acknowledging regional diversity and features Balearic... more...
Colloquial Catalan Bk/Cass/CD
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 31.95Colloquial Catalan provides a step-by-step course in Catalan as it is written and spoken today. Combining a user-friendly approach with a thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Catalan in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language... more...
Colloquial Spanish of Latin America 2
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 33.95Do you know Latin American Spanish already and want to go a stage further? If you're planning a visit to South America, need to brush up your Latin American Spanish for work, or are simply doing a course, Colloquial Spanish of Latin America 2 is the ideal way to refresh your knowledge of the language and extend your skills. Colloquial Spanish... more...
Curial and Guelfa
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2011; US$ 143.00Among 15th-century literature in the Romance languages, Curial and Guelfa is one of the most successful romances of chivalry. It is a veritable jewel of late medieval European literature and of narrative in the Crown of Aragon in particular. Curial shares a range of features ? realism, humanity, believable deeds of chivalry, historical background,... more...
Democratic Policies for Language Revitalisation: The Case of Catalan
Palgrave Macmillan 2011; US$ 90.00A collection of studies offering an up-to-date analysis of official policies to promote Catalan in a democratic framework in each of the main Spanish regions where it is spoken: Catalonia, Valencia and the Balearic Islands. more...
Estudis lingüístics i culturals sobre Curial e Güelfa
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2012; US$ 299.00L’estudi de les expressions binominals en Curial e Güelfa mostra que aquelles on s’havia combinat un xenisme amb una glossa en català/valencià, cosa feta sovint per traductors, són molt rares. Les combinacions de mots més o menys sinònims per raons estilístiques són més freqüents, però... more...
Jugendsprache in Barcelona und ihre Darstellung in den Kommunikationsmedien
De Gruyter 2008; US$ 126.00Youth media present socio-cultural tendencies which young people reflect in their language and thus often set linguistic trends. Or does it work the other way round? In either case, there is a close connection between youth culture and youth language, which in Catalonia is heightened by the encounter between two languages and cultures, Spanish and... more...
Literature as a Response to Cultural and Political Repression in Franco's Catalonia
Boydell & Brewer 2011; US$ 99.00This book is a thoroughly researched and documented study of Catalan literature under the Franco regime. The author focuses on four important post-Civil War novels: 'Incerta glória' by Joan Sales, 'El Testament' by Xavier Benguerel, 'Laia' by Salvador Espriu, and 'Tino Costa' by Sebastià Juan Arbó. It... more...
Ortografía correcta del catalán
De Vecchi Ediciones 2012; US$ 3.88Escribir correctamente en catalán es posible y está al alcance de su mano. Todas las dudas que se le puedan plantear hallarán respuesta en este libro, que recoge los aspectos fundamentales de la ortografía de la lengua catalana: pronunciación y escritura, reglas de ortografía, acentuación, formación de las palabras... Esta ortografía ha sido ideada... more...









