Vocabulario Vaquero/cowboy Talk - A Dictionary Of Spanish Terms From The American West

Informationen zum Autor Robert N. Smead is Associate Professor of Linguistics in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Brigham Young University. Richard W. Slatta is Professor of History at North Carolina State University and the author of numerous books, including Comparing Cowboys and Frontiers. Ron Kil is an artist of the historical West who lives in Santa Fe. Klappentext Spanish is an important source for terms and expressions that have made their way into the English of the southwestern United States. Vocabulario Vaquero/Cowboy Talk is the first book to list all Spanish-language terms pertaining to two important activities in the American West-ranching and cowboying-with special reference to American Indian terms that have come through Spanish. In addition to presenting the most accurate definitions available, this A-to-Z lexicon traces the etymology of words and critically reviews and assesses the specialized English sources for each entry. It is the only dictionary of its kind to reference Spanish sources.The scholarly treatment of this volume makes it an essential addition to the libraries of linguists and historians interested in Spanish/English contact in the American West. Western enthusiasts of all backgrounds will find accessible entries full of invaluable information.Robert N. Smead is Associate Professor of Linguistics in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Brigham Young University.Ronald Kil is a New Mexico cowboy and artist who has worked on ranches and feedlots all over the West.Richard W. Slatta is Professor of History at North Carolina State University and the author of numerous books, including Comparing Cowboys and Frontiers.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Robert N. Smead is Associate Professor of Linguistics in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Brigham Young University.

Richard W. Slatta is Professor of History at North Carolina State University and the author of numerous books, including Comparing Cowboys and Frontiers.

Ron Kil is an artist of the historical West who lives in Santa Fe.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Robert N. Smead, Robert N./ Slatta Smead
• Mitarbeit: Ronald Kil (Illustration)
• Verlag: University Of Oklahoma Press
• Sprache: Spanisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 09.11.2004
• EAN: 9780806136318
• ISBN: 978-0-8061-3631-8
• Seiten: 197
• Abmessung: 140 mm x 216 mm x 19 mm
• Themen: Belletristik > Comic, Cartoon, Humor, Satire > Humor, Satire, Kabarett; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft; Schule und Lernen > Erwachsenenbildung/Volkshochschule > VHS-/Kursmaterialien Sprache