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Catalan: An Essential Grammar is a concise and convenient guide to the basic grammatical structure of Catalan. Presenting a fresh and accessible description of the language, this engaging Grammar uses clear explanations and sets out the complexities of Catalan in short, readable sections clarified by examples. Quick reference overviews are also provided in the appendices. Catalan: An Essential Grammar is the ideal reference grammar for all learners of Catalan, whether class-based or independent, looking to progress beyond beginner level.
Abbreviations ix
PART I What is Catalan?
1(18)
Chapter 1 Catalan-speaking areas
3(2)
Chapter 2 Catalan among the other Romance languages
5(2)
Chapter 3 Catalan in the twenty-first century
7(4)
Chapter 4 Main dialects
11(2)
Chapter 5 Pronunciation and spelling
13(6)
5.1 Vowels
13(4)
5.2 Reading and pronouncing consonants
17(2)
PART II Words, word groups, and word formation
19(112)
Chapter 6 Word classes
21(37)
6.1 Nouns
21(3)
6.2 Adjectives
24(8)
6.3 Articles
32(5)
6.4 Personal (stressed) pronouns
37(4)
6.5 Possessives and demonstratives
41(17)
Chapter 7 Verb phrases
58(48)
7.3 Unstressed pronouns
89(17)
Chapter 8 Prepositions
106(8)
8.1 Unstressed (atonic) prepositions
106(2)
8.2 Simple and compound stressed (tonic) prepositions
108(6)
Chapter 9 Derivation: Creating words from other words
114(13)
9.1 Qualifying affixes
114(5)
9.2 Category changing affixes
119(8)
Chapter 10 Compounds
127(4)
10.1 Verb + noun
127(1)
10.2 Noun + noun
128(1)
10.3 Noun (or pronoun) + verb
129(1)
10.4 Noun + adjective / adjective + noun
129(2)
PART III Clauses and sentences
131(26)
Chapter 11 Word order
133(5)
11.1 The basics
133(1)
11.2 Word order in specific contexts
134(4)
Chapter 12 Relating elements
138(19)
12.1 Coordination
138(4)
12.2 Subordinate clauses
142(15)
PART IV Doing things and real language
157(52)
Chapter 13 Intention
159(11)
13.1 Affirmation
159(1)
13.2 Negation
160(4)
13.3 Questions
164(3)
13.4 Exclamation
167(1)
13.5 Giving orders
168(2)
Chapter 14 Focusing
170(6)
14.1 Passive
170(2)
14.2 Impersonal sentences and pronominal passive
172(2)
14.3 Cleft sentences
174(2)
Chapter 15 Defining
176(6)
15.1 The article
176(1)
15.2 Copulative sentences: Linking subjects and predicates
176(6)
Chapter 16 Comparing
182(7)
16.1 Comparing single elements
182(4)
16.2 Clauses
186(3)
Chapter 17 Treatments
189(3)
17.1 Degrees of politeness
189(1)
17.2 Grammatical relations of polite pronouns
189(1)
17.3 Honorifics
190(1)
17.4 Titles before surnames
191(1)
Chapter 18 Emphasizers
192(4)
18.1 Emphasizing single elements
192(3)
18.2 Emphasizing whole phrases
195(1)
Chapter 19 Interjections and ideophones
196(4)
Chapter 20 Frequent native-speaker mistakes (solecisms)
200(9)
20.1 Morphology
200(4)
20.2 Verb usage
204(1)
20.3 Syntax
204(5)
Appendix -- Verb conjugation 209(34)
Index 243
Nicolau Dols lectures as Professor Titular de Universitat at the University of the Balearic Islands. He is also a full member of the Philological Section of Institut dEstudis Catalans, the official academy for the Catalan language. Richard Mansell is Senior Lecturer in Translation at the University of Exeter.
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