La Comunicación entre españoles e indios
Subtitle: palabras y gestos
By: Emma Martinelli Gifre.
Series: Colección Idioma e Iberoamerica ;; 8; Colección MAPFRE 1492
Publisher: MAPFRE
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Madrid
Language: spa
Number of pages: 321
Subjects: Languages in contact -- Latin America -- History.; Bilingualism -- Latin America -- History.; Intercultural communication -- Latin America -- History.; Spanish language -- Latin America -- History.; Indians -- Communication -- History.
Description: "Stimulating study examines cultural, linguistic, political, psychological, and philosophical dimensions of initial communications between native Americans and the Spanish. Considers physical gestures as well as the work of interpreters, the dictates of government, and Church policy. No footnotes, but end-of-chapter bibliographies indicate  sources"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.