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NEW REFERENCE GRAMMAR OF MODERN SPANISH 2ED by John Butt (Paperback, 1989)
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(abridged and revised) This reference grammar offers intermediate and advanced students a reason- ably comprehensive guide to the morphology and syntax of educated speech and plain prose in Spain and Latin America at the end of the twentieth century. Spanish is the main, usually the sole official language of twenty-one countries,} and it is set fair to overtake English by the year 2000 in numbers 2 of native speakers. This vast geographical and political diversity ensures that Spanish is a good deal less unified than French, German or even English, the latter more or less internationally standardized according to either American or British norms. Until the 1960s, the criteria of internationally correct Spanish were dictated by the Real Academia Espanola, but the prestige of this institution has now sunk so low that its most solemn decrees are hardly taken seriously - witness the fate of the spelling reforms listed in the Nuevas normas de prosodia y ortograjia, which were supposed to come into force in all Spanish-speaking countries in 1959 and, nearly forty years later, are still selectively ignored by publishers and literate persons everywhere. The fact is that in Spanish 'correctness' is nowadays decided, as it is in all living languages, by the consensus of native speakers; but consensus about linguistic usage is obviously difficult to achieve between more than twenty independent, widely scattered and sometimes mutually hostile countries. Peninsular Spanish is itself in flux.Product Identifiers
PublisherTaylor & Francis LTD
ISBN-139780340583906
eBay Product ID (ePID)89343514
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SubjectMedicine
Publication Year1989
Number of Pages520 Pages
Publication NameNew Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish 2ed
LanguageSpanish
TypeTextbook
AuthorJohn Butt
FormatPaperback
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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorJohn Butt
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- 21 Oct, 2020
An authoritative volume that warrants the effort needed to get the best out of it.
I'm learning to read Spanish, and I got so far with a dictionary, but this book allows me to go further. As books go, it's quite hard work. There's more in there than many people would need, but that's better than having things missed out. It relies on the reader already having a Spanish vocabulary, as well as understanding the terminology of grammar in English. I'm delighted with it and it has been an enormous help to me.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
