A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish

by Butt; John

• ISBN13: 9781444137699
• ISBN10: 1444137697
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-05-27
• Publisher: TAYLOR & FRANCIS

Summary

Long-trusted as the most practical and comprehensive Spanish grammar book available, A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish provides a comprehensive, cohesive, and clear guide to the forms and structures of Spanish as it is written and spoken today, both in Spain and in Latin America. The eagerly awaited fifth edition incorporates the latest research findings of the Royal Spanish Academy's official grammar book, the Nueva gramática de la lengua española --the definitive guide to Spanish grammar. Packed with a wealth of fresh material, this marvellous resource includes new vocabulary--such as topical and technological terms--bringing the book completely up-to-date; more Latin-American Spanish to ensure extensive world-wide coverage; additional tables to consolidate information and allow for easier learning; notes and footnotes incorporated into the text where possible to make the book easier to read; and a "Guide to the Book" enabling you to make the most of this new edition. Spanish is the most popular foreign language in the US and this new edition will be an invaluable reference work for all students, teachers, and travellers.

Author Biography

John Butt, Emeritus Professor of Modern Hispanic Studies, King's College, London. Carmen Benjamin, a native Spanish speaker and former lecturer in Spanish at king's College, London.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Fifth Edition	p. vii
Abbreviations and usage	p. xi
How to use this book	p. xii
Gender of nouns	p. 1
Plural of nouns	p. 16
Articles	p. 27
Adjectives	p. 49
Comparison of adjectives and ad verbs	p. 71
Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns	p. 81
Neuter article and neuter pronouns	p. 87
Possessive adjectives and pronouns	p. 94
Miscellaneous adjectives and pronouns	p. 102
Numerals	p. 119
Personal pronouns	p. 130
Le/les and lo/la/los/las	p. 154
Forms of Spanish verbs	p. 166
Use of indicative (non-continuous) verb forms	p. 202
Continuous forms of the verb	p. 233
The subjunctive	p. 241
The imperative	p. 283
The infinitive	p. 292
Participles	p. 304
The gerund	p. 309
Modal auxiliary verbs	p. 320
Personal a	p. 328
Negation	p. 336
Interrogation and exclamations	p. 347
Conditional sentences	p. 354
Pronominal verbs	p. 361
Verbs of becoming	p. 386
Passive and impersonal sentences	p. 391
Ser and estar	p. 408
Existential sentences	p. 417
Adverbs	p. 421
Expressions of time	p. 440
Conjunctions and discourse markers	p. 453
Prepositions	p. 470
Relative clauses and relative pronouns	p. 502
Nominalizers and cleft sentences	p. 513
Word order	p. 520
Diminutive, augmentative and pejorative suffixes	p. 531
Spelling, accent rules, punctuation and word division	p. 538
Glossary of grammatical terms	p. 553
Glossary of computing and telephone termmology	p. 562
Bibliography and sources	p. 567
Index of English words	p. 569
Index of Spanish words and grammatical points	p. 572
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