The Spanish Conditional (with Reference to English and Czech): A Contrastive Cognitive Approach

The monograph examines the Spanish conditional (cantaría) with respect to the English conditional (would) and the Czech conditional (zpíval bych). The text presents a classification of all the uses of this verb form based on cognitive grammar and Langacker’s notion of ground. The classification is based on extensive authentic material obtained from parallel and monolingual corpora. The analysis takes into account the modal, temporal and evidential characteristics of the conditional. The conditional meaning is dependent on the existence of a secondary ground, which is defined as the default feature.Publishe

El presente de indicativo español y la perspectiva cognitiva: subjetivización y dominios de control

Este artículo analiza el presente de indicativo español (el paradigma HABLO) desde la perspectiva de los dominios de control y el grado de subjetivización que presentan sus distintos usos. Trabajando con el modelo evolutivo dinámico de Langacker (1991), llegamos a la conclusión de que es posible establecer el valor central de dicho paradigma basándonos en el concepto de dominio de control perceptivo

Plurilingualism from the Perspective of School Education: Problems Related to the Choice of Educational Language at Spanish Primary Schools

The paper addresses problems related to the choice of educational language in Spain. We briefly present the current sociolinguistic situation in the Basque Country, Galicia and Catalonia and the possibilities of educational language choice in these autonomous communities. Based on data provided by the city halls of Bilbao, Vigo and Barcelona, we analyse the language models actually available at both state and (semi)private primary schools in these cities. We also take into account practical elements such as the distance of a school from the family’s residence. Our research reveals that each of the autonomous communities analysed addresses the choice of educational language in a different way and that a theoretical availability of different language models does not necessarily mean that the chosen model will be accessible in a state school close to the child’s home. The analysis aims to present questions related to the choice of educational language in a plurilingual state as part of a complex problem which is related not only to linguistic identity but also to general topics of multilingual education and its suitability for all children.547

Witold Sobczak, Las formas verbales con vector de posterioridad en el español peninsular y en su variedad mexicana

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Prolínání mentálních prostorů v diskurzu a komunikační model: Nominální grounding v češtině, angličtině a španělštině

This paper presents an integration of mental spaces theory and the notion of grounding. The aim is to present a communication model based on the idea of blending of mental spaces that can be used to analyse an ongoing discourse and represent the functions of grounding elements in speaker — hearer interaction. The objective is to emphasise the intersubjective and dynamic nature of human communication and to integrate grammar and discourse analysis within one universal representation. Consequently, the proposed model is used to analyse nominal grounding in authentic texts with variants in English, Spanish and Czech, thus representing the Germanic, Romance and Slavonic families. The communication model is presented as a polyfunctional tool for an abstract representation of communication in general, for an in-depth analysis of grounding in a concrete text and for a contrastive study involving various languages

Blending of Mental Spaces in Discourse and a Communication Model: Nominal Grounding in Czech, English and Spanish

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IN SEARCH OF A UNIFIED ACCOUNT OF THE SPANISH SUBJUNCTIVE: A COMPARISON OF THE COGNITIVELY BASED APPROACHES FORMULATED BY RAINER VESTERINEN AND BY JOSÉ PLÁCIDO RUIZ CAMPILLO

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Pedagogická diagnostika a pedagogické diagnostikování

Title in English: Educational assessment and diagnostic assessment: Textbook The textbook introduces students to diagnostic assessment and the theory of educational assessment. Students get acquainted with the basic methods and tools of educational assessment, learn about the process of diagnostic activities and the importance of cooperation with experts during diagnostic activities in practice. The study text is supplemented by practical examples and links to further resources that can help students understand teachers' diagnostic work

The universal concept of modality and its application to the Spanish modal system

This article analyses the concept of modality presented by Palmer (1986). Over the years since its publication it has become a universal instrument for describing modality across different languages. The basic contrast between epistemic and deontic modality is nowadays generally accepted. This article focuses primarily on modality in Spanish although it analyses this field in other languages as well (Italian, Romanian and English). By contrasting these four languages the article attempts to answer the question whether a universal terminology can be proved sufficient for the exhaustive description of the modal system of one particular language. The results of the analysis lead to the conclusion that a uniform approach to modality is not ideal because it does not take into consideration specific aspects of a concrete language and its particular way of expressing modality

Protection against faulty procedure of a contracting authority

Katedra obchodního právaDepartment of Business LawFaculty of LawPrávnická fakult