Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
European Languages and Societies Commons™
Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
- Discipline
Articles 1 - 2 of 2
Full-Text Articles in European Languages and Societies
The New Mexican Decima, Reginald C. Reindorp
The New Mexican Decima, Reginald C. Reindorp
Spanish and Portuguese ETDs
Introduction. In the study here presented an attempt has been made to gather as many decimas as possible in one source so that they will be easily accessible for future reference and study and to give a few pertinent remarks concerning them.
The material presented in appendix 1 does not represent all of the decimas known in New Mexico, but is probably sufficient in quantity to ensure a sample of all types. Last attempts to obtain additional material resulted in securing only duplicates of decimals already at hand. However there is doubtless other material to be had in remote sections. …
Spanish Refranes And Riddles Of The Southwest, Josué Trujillo
Spanish Refranes And Riddles Of The Southwest, Josué Trujillo
Spanish and Portuguese ETDs
The Spanish refrán was born in the springtime of the Spanish language and culture from familiar and common expressions, which have a peculiar element of folklore common to all people. It has spread wherever the spoken languages in Spanish.
The riddle as well as the refrán is the folklore fossil of all languages. It sprang from man's earliest conceptions and observations of nature. He concentrated all his observations in the form of a question from which sprang the riddle.