Thanks to its flexibility, simplicity, and range, MANUAL DE GRAMÁTICA is the most accessible grammar reference for intermediate and advanced Spanish students. It combines clear, easy-to-use charts with detailed grammar presentations in English and offers valuable conceptual distinctions between Spanish and English. Beginning with sentence structure, the text follows a logical progression of topics from parts of speech to verb tenses to the finer points of lexical variation. Facilitating independent study, the online answer key provides students an opportunity to self-correct in practice. The text covers all major grammatical rules of Spanish and offers real-world applications of all grammar points, making it an invaluable reference tool for intermediate and advanced literature and language courses. The Fifth Edition includes enhanced visual clarity and consistency through an updated table format; new and refreshed exercises; and a new chapter on orthography. The authors have also incorporated the revised rules and recommendations published in the new Ortografía de la lengua española by the Real Academia Española and the Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española.
Author(s): Zulma Iguina, Eleanor Dozier
Series: Manual de gramática, 5
Edition: 5th
Publisher: Cengage
Year: 2013
Language: English/Spanish
Pages: 642
Contents......Page 7
Preface......Page 27
To the Student......Page 31
Ch 1: Overview......Page 35
A. Sentence Components......Page 36
B. Verb Structure......Page 39
C. Sentence Structure......Page 40
D. Subject-Verb Agreement......Page 47
Ch 2: Nouns and Noun Determiners......Page 53
A. Nouns and Their Equivalents......Page 54
B. Noun Determiners......Page 62
Ch 3: Pronouns......Page 83
A. Personal Pronouns......Page 84
B. Se......Page 102
C. Demonstrative and Possessive Pronouns......Page 112
D. Interrogatives......Page 115
E. Exclamatives......Page 119
F. Indefinites and Negatives......Page 122
G. Relative Pronouns......Page 126
Ch 4: Prepositions, Adverbs, Conjunctions, and Transitions......Page 133
A. Prepositions......Page 134
B. Adverbs......Page 155
C. Conjunctions......Page 172
D. Transitions......Page 174
Ch 5: Verbs: Formation......Page 181
A. Indicative Mood......Page 182
B. Conditional Mood......Page 194
C. Subjunctive Mood......Page 196
D. Imperative Mood......Page 201
F. Participle......Page 207
Ch 6: Verbs: Usage......Page 211
A. Present Indicative......Page 212
B. Aspects of the Past Indicative Tense: Preterite vs. Imperfect and Pluperfect......Page 213
C. Compound Tenses......Page 225
D. Ways of Expressing the Future......Page 233
E. Conditional......Page 234
F. Probability......Page 235
G. Subjunctive......Page 237
H. Infinitives and Present Participles......Page 268
I. Verbs Like Gustar......Page 273
J. Reflexive Verbs......Page 279
K. Indirect Discourse......Page 286
Ch 7: Ser, Estar, Haber, Hacer, and Tener......Page 293
A. Overview......Page 294
B. Ser vs. Estar......Page 296
C. Estar vs. Haber......Page 307
D. Expressions with Estar and Tener......Page 308
E. Time Expressions......Page 309
Ch 8: Lexical Variations......Page 313
B. Terms and Expressions......Page 314
C. False Cognates and False Friends......Page 339
Ch 9: Orthography......Page 347
A. General Information......Page 348
B. Consonants: Spelling Issues......Page 352
C. Vowels and Accents......Page 378
D. Linking between Words: Synalepha......Page 388
E. Capitalization......Page 391
F. Numbers......Page 394
G. Punctuation......Page 405
H. Dialectal Variation, Norm, Register......Page 408
I. Summary of 2010 Ortografia Changes......Page 412
Index......Page 615
