Spanish C2 · Day 11
Day 11: Nombres de época sin anacronismo — Que plus subjunctive as a set formula
What you'll learn
- Grammar: "Que" plus subjunctive as a set formula
- Reading: Bautizar las épocas sin anacronismo
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Grammar point: "Que" plus subjunctive as a set formula
In scholarly debates, critical historiography, and formal academic discourse, formulas such as «Que conste de antemano que…» and «Que no se confunda el término con el concepto» guide the reader’s interpretation. Their introductory conjunction que followed by the present subjunctive does not introduce an ordinary subordinate noun clause governed by an overt main verb. It performs an autonomous illocutionary act: …
Key vocabulary (8 of 36 words)
- el anacronismo – anachronism; projecting something into the wrong historical period
- la retroproyección – retrospective projection of later ideas onto the past
- la historia conceptual – history of concepts and their changing meanings
- el horizonte de inteligibilidad – range of meanings available in a particular historical context
- el escrutinio de las fuentes – critical assessment and evaluation of historical sources
- el hiato testimonial – gap or interruption in the surviving historical record
- la categoría de época – category used by contemporaries in the historical period itself
- la categoría analítica – analytical category introduced by the researcher
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