Bilingual Grammar of English-Spanish Syntax

With Exercises and a Glossary of Grammatical Terms

Sam Hill, María Mayberry, Edward Baranowski

• Publisher: University Press of America
• Year: 2014
• eBook ISBN: 9780761863779
• Edition: 3
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: English Language
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

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. This book addresses difficult grammatical topics for the English speaker, such as the question of aspect (preterit/imperfect) and the Spanish indicative/subjunctive; the English modal auxiliary system; and other challenging topics for the Spanish speaker.

This reworked and expanded edition presents a complete inventory of all the major inter-lingual contrasts, emphasizing those contrasts that pose difficulties for teachers and students alike. The text features numerous exercises and, new with this edition, an extensive glossary of grammatical terms.

Answer key available upon request from the publisher.

Table of contents

• Introduction
• 1 Basic Word Order in English and Spanish
• 2 English Verb Morphology
• 3 Spanish Regular Verb Morphology
• 4 Spanish Irregular Verb Morphology
• 5 The Comparative Syntax of Statements and Questions
• 6 A Question of Aspect: The Spanish Imperfect-Preterite Contrast
• 7 The Spanish Indicative and Subjunctive Moods
• 8 English Modal Auxiliaries and Their Spanish Equivalents
• 9 English Phrasal Verbs
• 10 English To Be vs. Spanish Ser, Estar and Haber
• 11 English and Spanish Personal Pronouns
• 12 Gustar, Hacer, Tener and Dar
• 13 Transitivity, Pronominal Verbs and Indefinite Subjects
• 14 The English and Spanish Imperative Systems
• 15 The Present Participle (Gerund) and the Infinitive
• 16 Passive Constructions
• 17 Conditional Sentences and Unreal Comparison
• 18 Spanish and English Verb + Preposition Constructions
• 19 Nouns and Articles; Possessive and Partitive Constructions
• 20 Descriptive and Limiting Adjectives
• 21 Possessive and Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns
• 22 Adverbs and Prepositions
• 23 Interrogatives, Admiratives, Ellipsis and Verification Tags
• 24 Spanish and English Contractions
• 25 Degrees of Comparison
• 26 Relative Words Used Between Clauses
• 27 Affirmative Words and their Negative Counterparts
• Appendix I
• Appendix II
• Appendix III
• Appendix IV
• Glossary of Grammatical Terms
• Bibliography
• About the Authors