A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish

A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish is a comprehensive, cohesive and clear guide to the forms and structures of Spanish as it is written and spoken today in Spain and Latin-America. It includes clear descriptions of all the main grammatical phenomena of Spanish, and their use, illustrated by numerous examples of contemporary Spanish, both Peninsular and Latin-American, formal and informal. Fully revised and updated, the sixth edition is even more relevant to students and teachers of Spanish. The sixth edition includes: . new chapters, providing more detail and examples of key areas of Spanish grammar; . an increased number of Mexican examples to reflect the growing interest in this country's variety of Spanish; . new information for readers studying Spanish and French together; . a glossary of grammatical terms including English translations of Spanish terms. The combination of reference grammar and manual of current usage is invaluable for learners at level B2-C2 of the Common European Framework for Languages, and Intermediate High-Advanced High on the ACTFL proficiency scales.

John Butt is Emeritus Professor of Hispanic Studies of King's College London, UK. He studied Spanish, French and Portuguese at the University of Cambridge and went on to lecture in Spanish literature and language at King's College London for 37 years. Carmen Benjamin, a native speaker of Spanish, taught Spanish at King's College London, UK. Antonia Moreira Rodríguez, also a native speaker of Spanish, teaches Spanish language and linguistics in the Department of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin-American Studies of King's College London, UK.

Chapter 1 Gender of nouns 2 Plural of nouns 3 The defi nite article 4 The indefi nite article 5 Adjectives 6 Comparison of adjectives and adverbs 7 Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns 8 Neuter article and neuter pronouns 9 Possessive adjectives and pronouns 10 Miscellaneous adjectives and pronouns 11 Numerals 12 Personal pronouns, subject 13 Personal pronouns used with prepositions 14 Personal pronouns, object 15 Le/les and lo/la/los/las 16 Forms of Spanish verbs 17 Use of indicative (non-continuous) verb tenses 18 Use of indicative (non-continuous) compound tenses 19 Continuous forms of verbs 20 The subjunctive 21 The imperative 22 The infi nitive 23 Participles 24 The gerund 25 Auxiliary verbs 26 Personal a 27 Negation 28 Questions and exclamations 29 Conditional sentences 30 Pronominal verbs 31 Verbs of becoming 32 Passive and impersonal sentences 33 Ser and estar 34 'There is', 'there are', 'there was', 'there were', etc. 35 Adverbs 36 Expressions of time 37 Conjunctions and discourse markers 38 Prepositions 39 Relative clauses and relative pronouns 40 Nominalizers 41 Cleft sentences 42 Word order 43 Diminutive, augmentative and pejorative suffixes 44 Spelling, accent rules, punctuation and word division Glossary of grammatical terms Bibliography and sources Index of English words Index of grammatical points and Spanish words