Christopher Pountain, Juan Kattan-Ibarra, Christopher J. Pountain

Modern Spanish Grammar

A Practical Guide

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This new edition of the Modern Spanish Grammar is an innovative reference guide to Spanish, combining traditional and function-based grammar in a single volume.

Produktdetails

• Modern Grammars
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• 2 ed
• Seitenzahl: 472
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juli 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 251mm x 168mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 884g
• ISBN-13: 9780415273046
• ISBN-10: 0415273048
• Artikelnr.: 22047094

Autorenporträt

Juan Kattán-Ibarra

Inhaltsangabe

Part A Structures
Chapter 1 Pronunciation and spelling
Chapter 2 Gender and gender agreements
Chapter 3 Plurals and number agreement
Chapter 4 The articles
Chapter 5 Adjectives
Chapter 6 Comparative forms of adjectives and adverbs
Chapter 7 Numbers
Chapter 8 Personal pronouns
Chapter 9 Demonstratives
Chapter 10 Possessives
Chapter 11 Relative pronouns
Chapter 12 Interrogative and exclamatory forms
Chapter 13 Indefinite and negative pronouns and adjectives
Chapter 14 Adverbs
Chapter 15 Negation
Chapter 16 Verb forms
Chapter 17 Use of the verb forms
Chapter 18 Use of the subjunctive
Chapter 19 Sequence of tense
Chapter 20 Other forms of the verb and their uses
Chapter 21 Modal auxiliary verbs and expressions
Chapter 22 Ser and estar
Chapter 23 The reflexive
Chapter 24 The passive
Chapter 25 Prepositions
Chapter 26 Complementation
Chapter 27 Conjunctions
Chapter 28 Word order
Part b Functions
Social contact and communication strategies
Chapter 29 Making social contacts
Chapter 30 Basic strategies for communication
Giving and seeking factual information
Chapter 31 Asking questions and responding
Chapter 32 Negating
Chapter 33 Reporting
Chapter 34 Asking and giving personal information
Chapter 35 Identifying people, places and things
Chapter 36 Describing
Chapter 37 Making comparisons
Chapter 38 Expressing existence and availability
Chapter 39 Expressing location and distance
Chapter 40 Expressing possessive relations
Chapter 41 Expressing changes
Chapter 42 Describing processes and results
Chapter 43 Expressing cause, effect and purpose
Putting events into a wider context
Chapter 44 Expressing knowledge
Chapter 45 Remembering and forgetting
Chapter 46 Expressing obligation and duty
Chapter 47 Expressing needs
Chapter 48 Expressing possibility and probability
Chapter 49 Expressing certainty and uncertainty
Chapter 50 Expressing supposition
Chapter 51 Expressing conditions
Chapter 52 Expressing contrast or opposition
Chapter 53 Expressing capability and incapability
Chapter 54 Seeking and giving permission
Chapter 55 Asking and giving opinions
Chapter 56 Expressing agreement, disagreement and indifference
Part 4 Expressing emotional attitudes
Chapter 57 Expressing desires and preferences
Chapter 58 Expressing likes and dislikes
Chapter 59 Expressing surprise
Chapter 60 Expressing satisfaction and dissatisfaction
Chapter 61 Expressing approval and disapproval
Chapter 62 Expressing hope
Chapter 63 Expressing sympathy
Chapter 64 Apologizing and expressing forgiveness
Chapter 65 Expressing fear or worry
Chapter 66 Expressing gratitude
Part 5 The language of persuasion
Chapter 67 Giving advice and making suggestions
Chapter 68 Making requests
Chapter 69 Giving directions, instructions and orders
Chapter 70 Making an offer or invitation and accepting or declining
Expressing temporal relations
Chapter 71 Talking about the present
Chapter 72 Talking about the future
Chapter 73 Talking about the past
Appendix
Bibliography
Index of words and topics