Sheila R. Ackerlind, Rebecca Jones-Kellogg

Portuguese

A Reference Manual

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A boon for students and instructors of the language, culture, and literature of the Portuguese-speaking world, this language resource manual delves beyond the realm of traditional language textbooks.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Texas Press
• Seitenzahl: 380
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 280mm x 216mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 966g
• ISBN-13: 9780292726734
• ISBN-10: 0292726732
• Artikelnr.: 33725611

Autorenporträt

Sheila R. Ackerlind is Professor Emerita at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. She taught Portuguese and Spanish for forty years. Rebecca Jones-Kellogg is Assistant Professor of Portuguese at West Point and has traveled extensively throughout Portugal, Brazil, and Lusophone Africa.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Portuguese-Speaking World
2. Preface and Acknowledgements
3. Abbreviations, Symbols, and Diacritical Marks
4. Phonetic Symbols
5. Linguistic and Grammatical Terms in English and Portuguese
6. Definitions of Linguistic and Grammatical Terms
7. Orthographic Reforms
8. Sound System
* Oral Vowels
* Oral Diphthongs
* Nasal Vowels
* Nasal Diphthongs
* Portuguese and Corresponding Spanish Vowels and Diphthongs
* Consonants
9. Writing System and Accentuation
10. Alphabet
11. Letters Used to Transcribe Portuguese Sounds
12. Capitalization
13. Punctuation Marks and Commonly Used Typographic Symbols
14. Diacritical Marks
15. Syllables and Word Division
16. Stress and Accentuation
* Words Stressed on the Second-to-Last Syllable (Proparoxytones)
* Words Stressed on the Next-to-Last Syllable (Paroxytones)
* Words Stressed on the Last Syllable (Oxytones)
17. Portuguese, Spanish, and English Cognates
* Cognates
* Portuguese and Corresponding Spanish and English Sounds and Letters
* Portuguese and Corresponding Spanish Sounds and Letters
* Portuguese and Corresponding Spanish and English Prefixes
* Portuguese and Corresponding Spanish and English Suffixes
* Differences in Stress between Portuguese and Spanish Cognates
* True, Partial, and False Cognates
18. Grammatical Categories
19. Articles
* Definite and Indefinite Articles
* Contractions of Prepositions with Articles
20. Nouns and Adjectives
* Adjectives
* Plural of Nouns and Adjectives
* Gender of Nouns and Adjectives
* Differences in Gender between Portuguese and Spanish Noun Cognates
* Placement of Adjectives with Nouns
* Diminutives and Augmentatives
21. Numbers and Numerals
22. Adverbs
23. Comparatives and Superlatives
* Comparisons of Equality
* Comparisons of Superiority and Inferiority
* Relative Superlatives
* Absolute Superlatives
24. Personal Pronouns
* Subject Pronouns
* Forms of Address
* Prepositional Pronouns and Contractions with Prepositions
* Direct Object Pronouns
* Indirect Object Pronouns
* Placement of Object Pronouns
* Reflexive Pronouns and Verbs
25. Possessive Adjectives and Pronouns
26. Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns
* Contractions of Prepositions with Demonstratives
27. Relative Words
28. Interrogative Words
29. Affirmative, Negative, and Indefinite Words
30. Prepositions
* Verbs and Corresponding Prepositions
31. Conjunctions
32. Verbs
33. Impersonal and Personal Infinitive
34. Past Participle and Compound Tenses and Forms
35. Passive Voice
36. Indicative Mood
37. Present Tense
* Forms
* Uses
38. Present Perfect Tense
39. Imperfect (Preterite Imperfect) Tense
* Forms
* Uses
40. Preterite (Preterite Perfect) Tense
* Forms
* Uses
41. Preterite versus Imperfect
42. Simple and Compound Past Perfect (Pluperfect) Tense
43. Future Tense
44. Future Perfect Tense
45. Conditional Tense
46. Conditional Perfect Tense
47. Subjunctive Mood
48. Present Tense
49. Present Perfect Tense
50. Past (Imperfect) Tense
51. Past Perfect (Pluperfect) Tense
52. Future Tense
53. Future Perfect Tense
54. Subjunctive in Subordinate Clauses
* Subjunctive in Noun Clauses
* Subjunctive in Adjective Clauses
* Subjunctive in Adverb Clauses
* Subjunctive in Conditional Sentences
55. Subjunctive in Common Expressions
56. Present Participle and Progressive Tenses and Forms
57. Imperative Mood
58. Impersonal Verbs and Expressions
59. Verbs That Take an Indirect Object without a Direct Object
60. Ser versus Estar
61. Ficar
62. Ter and Haver
63. Haver and Fazer in Expressions of Time
64. Acabar
65. Saber versus Conhecer
66. Verb and Other Grammar Charts
67. Regular Verbs: Derivation of Tenses and Forms
68. Regular Verbs
69. Irregular Verbs
70. Verb Tenses and Forms
* Present Indicative
* Imperfect (Preterite Imperfect) Indicative
* Preterite (Preterite Perfect) Indicative
* Simple Past Perfect (Pluperfect) Indicative
* Future Indicative
* Conditional
* Present Subjunctive
* Past (Imperfect) Subjunctive
* Future Subjunctive
* Personal Infinitive
* Past Participle
* Compound Tenses
* Present Participle and Progressive Tenses
* Imperative (Command Forms)
71. Verbs and Expressions That Require the Subjunctive
72. Personal Pronouns and Possessives
73. Contractions of Direct with Indirect Object Pronouns
74. Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns, and Contractions
75. Contractions of Prepositions
76. Relative Words
77. Interrogative Words
78. Affirmative and Negative Words
79. Indefinite Words
80. Irregular Comparatives and Relative Superlatives
81. "Synthetic" Absolute Superlative Adjectives
82. Adverbs and Adverb Phrases
83. Prepositions
84. Verb List
85. Works Consulted
* Reference Works
* Textbooks
86. Index of Topics
87. Index of Portuguese Words and Phrases