Models of linguistic change

From the field of historical linguistics or diachronic linguistics, a series of models or theories have been proposed to explain the linguistic field, a complex phenomenon that tries to define, under...

Translation of annual accounts

The growing demand for professional translation services as part of the numerous economic exchanges that take place between companies has led to the current boom in «financial translation» as a...

The Library of Alexandria

The Library of Alexandria was the most important cultural institution of the ancient world. In addition to being one of the most prestigious libraries of all time, it became one of the greatest...

The origin of the ‘ñ’

In the previous article, we talked about the origin and history of the Latin alphabet, focusing on the most significant aspects that were decisive in the configuration of the alphabet as we know it...

Origin and history of the Latin alphabet

  The Latin alphabet, also called the abecedarium (from the Latin, Abecedarium Latinum) is the most widely used alphabetic writing system in the world, as it is part of the orthography of most of the...

The origin of Basque: history and evolution of the Basque language

Euskera (also called Basque or Basque) is the language of Euskal Herria, a denomination used to define the European territory in which the Basque culture has developed. Located on both sides of the...

Spanish dialects in Spain

Have you ever stopped to think about the different ways in which Spanish is spoken in Spain? Surely you have, since it is something that usually catches our attention at the very moment we start a...

Synchrony and diachrony. Theories of linguistic change

In linguistics, there are two different (although complementary) points of view that we can take as a reference when analyzing the elements of language: the synchronic and the diachronic. Synchrony...

Islamic Banking

One of the most outstanding aspects of the contemporary Islamic world is its particular conception of banking, considered by many in the West as a true utopia. Certainly, it may be somewhat...

Latin as an Indo-European language: the languages of Italy

As is well known, Latin, the language of the Roman civilization, belongs to the Indo-European language family, whose origin dates back some 4,000 years. Archaeology has placed the origin of the first...

The figure of Jorge Luis Borges and his role as a translator

Translation always occupied a preeminent place in the personal and intellectual development of Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986), considered a key figure in both Spanish-language and...

Catalan, Basque and Galician: the national and international projection of the languages of Spain

In recent days, there has been much talk in the media about the co-official languages of Spain, and this is largely due to the political will recently shown by the Spanish government to actively...
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