"Lancea", Lusitanian Word, and the "Lancienses" Ethnogenesis

Analysis of the word lancea, of Hispanic origin after Varro, and of place names, people´s names and personal names derived from it. It confirms that the spear was the most important weapon in the Bronze Age, belonging to the iuventus and used as heroic and divine symbol. This analysis confirms also the personality of the Lusitanians, a people related to the Celts but with more archaic archaeological, linguistic and cultural characteristics originated in the tradition of the Atlantic Bronze in the II millennium BC. It is also relevant to better know the organisation of Broze and Iron Age societies and the origin of Indo-Europeans peoples in Western Europe and of pre-Roman peoples of Iberia.

A prosodic mistake in the Latin of the Diccionario de la Lengua Española: Astur, -uris

In this paper we point out a prosodic mistake in the Latin etymology Astur, -uris, which is found in the two last editions of the Diccionario de la Lengua Española (twenty-second and twentythird – Edición del Tricentenario) and put forward its correction. We also analyse the entry astur in the prior editions of the Diccionario in order to recognise the changes undergone by the Latin term.

Caracterização do sistema vocálico do português culto falado em angola

O presente artigo situa-se nos domínios de especialidade da Fonética e Fonologia. Pretende-se, com efeito, destacar algumas características fonético-fonológicas do português culto falado em Angola, nomeadamente no domínio do vocalismo, identificadas e recolhidas de enunciados orais de cidadãos angolanos e residentes em Angola, estudantes e profissionais com nível de instrução médio-alto. No falar português desses indivíduos constam elementos que se opõem a determinados usos e hábitos linguísticos normativos do Português europeu, recomendados como usos e hábitos oficiais. Procura-se, assim, demonstrar que, pelo menos em relação ao sistema vocálico, o português angolano das camadas cultas da população difere do Português europeu.

Piscolabis (‘snack’): etymological proposals, variations and entries

This article focuses on the study of the word piscolabis. A review of the possible etymological origins put forward in the relevant literature is first presented. This evinces that the difficulties to offer one single (and safe) etymology probably stem from the lack of documents that record the word under study and that date back to the time when it was first used. This historical account also shows that piscolabis has had different variant forms before and after the dictionary of the Spanish Academy (DRAE) established the current one. Finally, the semantic development that the word has undergone is also provided, which allows us to question the suitability of the entry the word has been assigned in the current edition of the DRAE.

"Lavinia" de Úrsula K. Le Guin, una novela virgiliana

Análisis de las dependencias y novedades que, respecto al argumento de la Eneida de Virgilio, ofrece la reciente novela Lavinia (2009), de la escritora norteamericana Úrsula K. Le Guin.