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This third edition of this text presents the major grammatical contrasts between English and Spanish in a simple and direct manner that is ideal for teachers of either language. The reworked and expanded text features numerous exercises in each chapter and a new, extensive glossary of grammatical terms.
List of contents
Basic Word Order in English and Spanish English Verb Morphology Spanish Regular Verb Morphology Spanish Irregular Verb Morphology The Comparative Syntax of Statements and Questions A Question of Aspect: The Spanish Imperfect-Preterite Contrast The Spanish Indicative and Subjunctive Moods English Modal Auxiliaries and Their Spanish Equivalents English Phrasal Verbs English To Be vs. Spanish Ser, Estar and Haber English and Spanish Personal Pronouns Gustar, Hacer, Tener and Dar Transitivity, Pronominal Verbs and Indefinite Subjects The English and Spanish Imperative Systems The Present Participle (Gerund) and the Infinitive Passive Constructions Conditional Sentences and Unreal Comparison Spanish and English Verb Preposition Constructions Nouns and Articles; Possessive and Partitive Constructions Descriptive and Limiting Adjectives Possessive and Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns Adverbs and Prepositions Interrogatives, Admiratives, Ellipsis and Verification Tags Spanish and English Contractions Degrees of Comparison Relative Words Used Between Clauses Affirmative Words and their Negative Counterparts Appendix I Appendix II Appendix III Appendix IV Glossary of Grammatical Terms Bibliography Index About the Authors
About the author
Sam Hill is professor emeritus of Spanish and Portuguese and has taught all levels of both languages at California State University, Sacramento over a 35 year career. His is the primary author of the first two editions of this text. He continues to travel and on occasion is called back to teaching.
María Mayberry is associate professor of Spanish at California State University, Sacramento and author of several scholarly articles in Hispania. She has a continuing research interest in language acquisition. She teaches graduate seminars in comparative grammars and applied linguistics.
Edward Baranowski, is professor of Spanish at California State University, Sacramento, and teaches all levels of Spanish. He has translated several texts written by early Spanish explorers in California. He teaches graduate seminars in dialectology and history of the language.
Summary
This third edition of this text presents the major grammatical contrasts between English and Spanish in a simple and direct manner that is ideal for teachers of either language. The reworked and expanded text features numerous exercises in each chapter and a new, extensive glossary of grammatical terms.
