
A New Reference Grammar of modern Spanish 3rd Edition
Hodder Arnold (Publisher)
3rd Edition
Published on 28. July 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
592 pages
978-0-340-71951-0 (ISBN)
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Description
'A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish' is widely recognised as the standard English-language reference grammar of Spanish. It provides teachers, students and other users of Spanish with a comprehensive, accessible and jargon-free guide to the forms and structures of the Spanish currently spoken and written in Spain and Latin America.
This new edition has been updated throughout, with new material on points of particular interest to English-speaking learners. A host of new examples has been introduced, drawing on contemporary Spanish, and where possible contrasting Peninsular with Latin American usage. The most common levels of usage (formal, colloquial, familiar and popular) are distinguished, and special attention has been given to student needs, with extended explanations of difficult grammatical points.
This new edition has been updated throughout, with new material on points of particular interest to English-speaking learners. A host of new examples has been introduced, drawing on contemporary Spanish, and where possible contrasting Peninsular with Latin American usage. The most common levels of usage (formal, colloquial, familiar and popular) are distinguished, and special attention has been given to student needs, with extended explanations of difficult grammatical points.
Reviews / Votes
...an essential reference tool for all interested in the Spanish language. The most extensive and accurate single-volume comprehensive source of information on contemporary Spanish language currently in existence in the English language, it replaces and surpasses the Ramsey-Spaulding 'Textbook of Modern Spanish'.George DeMello, Professor of Hispanic Linguistics,
This is still the best Spanish grammar for English students I've come across; Clear, user-friendly, lots of examples, explains differences in regional usage
Dr I Macias, Bath University
...widely held in high regard for its breadth of coverage of modern peninsular and Latin American Spanish, the clarity of its explanations, its judicious blend of descriptive and prescriptive approaches, and its wealth of up-to-date examples.
Bulletin of Hispanic Studies
Everyone connected in some way with the Spanish language needs a copy of this treasure.
Forum for Modern Langauge Studies
...an enhanced version of what was already a very fine grammar...
Modern Language Review
The best grammar bok available for english speakers
E Gueraza, Goldsmith's College, London
Everyone connected in some way with the Spanish language needs a copy of this treasure
Forum for Modern Language Studies
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Series
Edition
3rd New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 248 mm
Width: 174 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-340-71951-0 (9780340719510)
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Content
Gender of nouns
Plural of nouns
Articles
Adjectives
Comparison of adjectives and adverbs
Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns
Neuter article and neuter pronouns
Possessive adjectives and pronouns
Miscellaneous adjectives and pronouns
Numerals
Personal pronouns
Le
les & Io
la
los
las
Forms of Verbs
Use of indicative (non-continuous) verb forms
Continuous forms of the verb
The subjunctive
The Imperative
The infinitive
Participles
The Gerund
Modal Auxiliary Verbs
Personal a
Negation
Interrogation and
Conditional sentences
Pronominal verbs
Verbs of becoming
Passive and impersonal sentences
Ser and estar
Existential sentences
Adverbs
Expressions of time
Conjunctions & Connectors
Prepositions
Relative clauses and pronouns
Nominalizers and cleft sentences
Word order
Diminutive, augmentative and pejorative suffixes
Spelling, accent rules, punctuation and word division.
Plural of nouns
Articles
Adjectives
Comparison of adjectives and adverbs
Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns
Neuter article and neuter pronouns
Possessive adjectives and pronouns
Miscellaneous adjectives and pronouns
Numerals
Personal pronouns
Le
les & Io
la
los
las
Forms of Verbs
Use of indicative (non-continuous) verb forms
Continuous forms of the verb
The subjunctive
The Imperative
The infinitive
Participles
The Gerund
Modal Auxiliary Verbs
Personal a
Negation
Interrogation and
Conditional sentences
Pronominal verbs
Verbs of becoming
Passive and impersonal sentences
Ser and estar
Existential sentences
Adverbs
Expressions of time
Conjunctions & Connectors
Prepositions
Relative clauses and pronouns
Nominalizers and cleft sentences
Word order
Diminutive, augmentative and pejorative suffixes
Spelling, accent rules, punctuation and word division.