A new reference grammar of modern Spanish /
John Butt, Carmen Benjamin.
- 4th ed.
- London : Arnold, 2004.
- x, 605 p. ; 25 cm.
Previous ed.: 2000.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 583-586) and index.
1.Gender of nouns -- 2.Plural of nouns -- 3.Articles -- 4.Adjectives -- 5.Comparison of adjectives and adverbs -- 6.Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns -- 7.Neuter article and neuter pronouns -- 8.Possessive adjectives and pronouns -- 9.Miscellaneous adjectives and pronouns -- 10.Numerals -- 11.Personal pronouns -- 13.Forms of verbs -- 14.Use of indicative (non-continuous) verb forms -- 15.Continuous forms of the verb -- 16.The subjunctive -- 17.The imperative -- 18.The infinitive -- 19.Participles -- 20.The gerund -- 21.Modal auxillary verbs -- 22.Personal a -- 23.Negation -- 24.Interrogation and exclamations -- 25.Conditional sentences -- 26.Pronominal verbs -- 27.Verbs of becoming -- 28.Passive and impersonal sentences -- 29.Ser and estar -- 30.Existential sentences -- 31.Adverbs -- 32.Expressions of time -- 33.Conjunctions and connectors -- 34.Prepositions -- 35.Relative clauses and relative pronouns -- 36.Nominalizers and cleft sentences -- 37.Word order -- 38.Diminutive, augmentative and pejorative suffixes -- 39.Spelling, accent rules, punctuation and word division.
This text provides a comprehensive guide to the forms and structures of the Spanish spoken and written in Spain and Latin America. Examples have been introduced, drawing on contemporary Spanish and Latin American usage.