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Isaza Calderon, Baltasar – Yelmo, 1974
The imperative need for the editing of a dictionary of Latin Americanisms should be a cooperative effort between both individuals and language academies. (Text is in Spanish.) (Author/DS)
Descriptors: Dictionaries, Expressive Language, Language Usage, Spanish
Alvarez, Rabanal – Yelmo, 1974
Differentiates between "hipobolicos", i.e., people lacking in a feeling for hyperbole; and "hiperbolicos", people with a feeling for hyperbole. (Text is in Spanish.) (DS)
Descriptors: Expressive Language, Figurative Language, Idioms, Language Styles
Junco, Alfonso – Yelmo, 1974
Defines and evaluates the consequences brought about by the increase of Americanisms in the Spanish language. (Text is in Spanish.) (DS)
Descriptors: Culture Contact, Expressive Language, Idioms, Language Usage
Lira Urquieta, Pedro – Yelmo, 1974
Analyzes the history and etymology of the Spanish idiom "al buen tuntun." (Text is in Spanish.) (DS)
Descriptors: Cliches, Etymology, Expressive Language, Idioms
Dominguez, Jose M. – Yelmo, 1974
Third part of a continued article. (SK)
Descriptors: Expressive Language, Idioms, Language Research, Language Usage
Carnicer, Ramon – Yelmo, 1975
Some Spanish nouns designating non-animate things may have either feminine or masculine gender. The reasons given for the choice of gender are many and varied. It is put forward that in some cases the masculine acts as a diminutive and the feminine as an augmentative. (Text is in Spanish.) (TL)
Descriptors: Expressive Language, Grammar, Language Usage, Morphemes
Alvarez, Manuel Rabanal – Yelmo, 1975
This article discusses the origin and history of three Spanish idioms: "Aqui hay gato encerrado,""Seguir en sus trece," and "La carabina de Ambrosio." (Text is in Spanish.) (CLK)
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Expressive Language, Idioms, Language Patterns
Dominguez, Jose M. – Yelmo, 1973
Conclusion of a two-part article. (SK)
Descriptors: Cliches, Expressive Language, Grammar, Idioms
Rosenblat, Angel – Yelmo, 1974
Provides varied examples of the use of idioms. (Text is in Spanish.) (DS)
Descriptors: Expressive Language, Figurative Language, Idioms, Language Usage
Polo, Jose – Yelmo, 1975
Discusses the study of colloquial Spanish in literary texts. Presents an annotated list of Spanish colloquial expressions extracted from "Paralelo 40" by Jose Luis Castillo-Puche. (Text is in Spanish.) (TL)
Descriptors: Expressive Language, Idioms, Language Styles, Language Usage
Pruneda, Armandino G. – Yelmo, 1975
Discusses the many uses of the honorific title of "Don" in Spanish literature and Spanish colloquial speech. It may be used to joke and express irony, as in the expression "don ladron" (sir thief), and forms part of many idiomatic expressions. (Text is in Spanish.) (TL)
Descriptors: Expressive Language, Idioms, Language Role, Language Styles
De Abreu, Katia – Yelmo, 1976
This article discusses the use of the expression "a nivel de" (level with) in Colombian Spanish. (Text is in Spanish.) (CLK)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Expressive Language, Language Research, Language Usage
Nadal, Rogelio – Yelmo, 1977
A warning about the alarming situation in which written Spanish finds itself, not only in the daily press but even in more literary publications. More and more popular expressions and corruptions are finding their way into the written language. Attention to this situation is recommended. (Text is in Spanish.) (AMH)
Descriptors: Expressive Language, Language Patterns, Language Usage, Language Variation
