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On The Origin And Future Of Poetry: Notes Towards An Investigation, Carlos Aguasaco Oct 2014

On The Origin And Future Of Poetry: Notes Towards An Investigation, Carlos Aguasaco

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An exploration on the historical and material conditions that allowed the emergence of metaphors and poetry alongside language. This article analyzes the historical relation between poetry and technology across history. It discusses the so-called ontological crisis of poetry and opens the conversation on its future.


El Pasado Lingüístico Colonial Y Las Lenguas De Instrucción En La Educación Filipina, David Sánchez-Jiménez Apr 2014

El Pasado Lingüístico Colonial Y Las Lenguas De Instrucción En La Educación Filipina, David Sánchez-Jiménez

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No abstract provided.


Autores Dominicanos De La Diáspora: Apuntes Bio-Bibliográficos (1902-2012), Sarah Aponte, Franklin Gutiérrez Jan 2014

Autores Dominicanos De La Diáspora: Apuntes Bio-Bibliográficos (1902-2012), Sarah Aponte, Franklin Gutiérrez

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Reference work devoted to Dominican writers that have published outside the Dominican Republic, or the Diaspora. Includes a biography and bibliography of established and emerging writers as well as a significant number of self-published authors, ranging from 1902 to 2012. This essential reference work for Dominican Studies received the Medina Award at the 2014 SALALM Conference.


Lo Político Del Lenguaje Y Los Límites De La Política Lingüística Panhispánica, José Del Valle Jan 2014

Lo Político Del Lenguaje Y Los Límites De La Política Lingüística Panhispánica, José Del Valle

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This article introduces glottopolitical studies (political approaches to language) and discusses the meaning of the political within this field. It analyzes consensus-based language policies as deployed by Spain´s language academy and instances in which antagonistic relations surrounding language manifest themselves.


El Lugar De Las Lenguas En Las Lenguas Modernas: Hacia Una Nueva Cartografía De La Lingüística Hispánica En Eeuu, José Del Valle Jan 2014

El Lugar De Las Lenguas En Las Lenguas Modernas: Hacia Una Nueva Cartografía De La Lingüística Hispánica En Eeuu, José Del Valle

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This article analyzes the status of linguistic studies in departments of modern languages in the USA and argues for the promotion of sociological approaches to language at the expense of formal approaches to language.


The Politics Of Spanish In The World, José Del Valle Jan 2014

The Politics Of Spanish In The World, José Del Valle

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This article offers an overview of the spread of Spanish as a global language focusing on the policies and institutions that have worked, particularly in the last couple of decades, on its promotion. The actions of institutions as well as corporate and cultural agencies involved in this sort of language policy are to be understood as part of a wider movement of internationalization of financial activities and political influence.


The Politics Of Normativity And Globalization: Which Spanish In The Classroom?, José Del Valle Jan 2014

The Politics Of Normativity And Globalization: Which Spanish In The Classroom?, José Del Valle

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This articles explores linguistic ideologies in teaching Spanish in the United States. It focuses on debates surrounding questions of normativity and correctness in the Spanish language classroom and curriculum design.