Tom Lathrop
Autor de Brasil! LÃngua e Cultura
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Obras de Tom Lathrop
The Legend of the Siete Infantes de Lara : (refundicion toledana de la cronica de 1344 version) (2017) 2 copias
Studies in Spanish Literature in Honor of Daniel Eisenberg (Juan de La Cuesta Hispanic Monographs) (2009) 1 copia
Brasil! Lingua e Cultura Third Edition, Instructor's Manual and Key to the Writing Manual & Audio Lessons (2003) 1 copia
Zola: Thérèse Raquin 1 copia
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- 134
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- ISBNs
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Lathrop’s history of the Spanish language starts with a look at Vulgar Latin. Because Spain and Italy are so proximal and Spanish is Latinate in origin, it stands to reason that an understanding of Latin is necessary for an understanding of modern Spanish. While a lot of this may not be exciting, it is actually the only real expository section of the book. After this is page after page of pairs of word lists and verb conjugations. These lists show the evolution of the one word to the next, starting with simple vowel shifts and then moving to various grammatical forms. For linguistic historians, this is a nice compilation and a basis for a more in-depth comparative analysis, but for a casual reader, it is bone dry. Thankfully, it wasn’t too terribly long.… (más)