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Peer reviewedde Lama, Sonia – Hispania, 1977
This article presents a glossary of popular expressions, slang and Cubanisms found in the writing of Eladio Secades. The words and phrases are defined in standard Spanish and translated into English. (Text is in Spanish.) (CHK)
Descriptors: Cubans, Expressive Language, Glossaries, Idioms
Peer reviewedCurtis, Patrick A.; Schmidt, Laura L. – Child Welfare, 1993
Researchers planning to use a Spanish translation of the Revised Behavior Problem Checklist with a primarily Puerto Rican population found that it had been designed for Cuban speakers of the language and, therefore, decided to develop a new translation. Suggests the need to be sensitive to the differences in vocabulary among Hispanic subcultures.…
Descriptors: Cubans, Dominicans, Hispanic Americans, Idioms
Download full textCarranza, Isolda – 1993
This study reports on preliminary findings of two research projects conducted during the 1988-89 and 1990-91 in Cordoba, Argentina, that examined fixed, idiomatic, Spanish-language expressions that are very common, but often ignored, in oral Spanish discourse. Study 1 subjects were 13 university-educated, adults, born in the city; study 2 subjects…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries, Idioms, Language Research
