ABSTRACT

Catalan: A Comprehensive Grammar is a complete reference guide to modern Catalan grammar, presenting an accessible and systematic description of the modern language. It is the only comprehensive grammar of the language available in English
The Grammar reflects the current reality of Catalan by acknowledging regional diversity and features Balearic and Valencian varieties alongside the language used in the Barcelona region.
The combined specialist knowledge of the author team ensures a balanced coverage of modern Catalan.
Features include:
* comprehensive coverage of all parts of speech
* a wealth of authentic examples illustrating language points
* attention to areas of particular difficulty for those whose first language is English
* full cross-referencing
* detailed index.

part |2 pages

Part I: Noun Phrase Constituents

chapter 1|27 pages

Gender of nouns

chapter 3|28 pages

Ar ticles

chapter 4|24 pages

Adjectives

chapter 5|11 pages

Comparison

chapter 6|8 pages

Demonstrat ives

chapter 7|7 pages

Possessives

chapter 9|7 pages

Nominalizations via articles

chapter 10|10 pages

Numerals

chapter 11|7 pages

Personal pronouns (stressed)

chapter 12|52 pages

Pronominal clitics (weak object pronouns)

part |2 pages

PART II: ADVERBS , PREPOSITIONS , ANDCONJUNCTIONS

chapter 13|21 pages

Adverbs and adverbials

chapter 14|26 pages

Preposi t ions

chapter 15|13 pages

Conjunc t ions

part |2 pages

Part III: Verbs

chapter 16|57 pages

Morphology of the verb

chapter 17|23 pages

Useof indicative (non-continuous) verb forms

chapter 19|20 pages

The subjunctive

chapter 20|14 pages

The infinit ive

chapter 21|9 pages

Part iciples

chapter 22|11 pages

The gerund

chapter 23|20 pages

Pronominal verbs

part |2 pages

PART IV: SENTENCETYPES : SIMPLEANDCOMPLEX

chapter 24|9 pages

Interjections and ideophones

chapter 25|16 pages

S imple sentences and grammatical relations

chapter 26|12 pages

Nega t ion

chapter 27|15 pages

Interrogation and exclamat ion

chapter 28|4 pages

Imperative utterances

chapter 29|16 pages

Passive and impersonal sentences

chapter 30|11 pages

Copular sentences (ser, estar, etc.)

chapter 31|18 pages

Relative clauses

chapter 32|7 pages

Complemen t clauses

chapter 33|18 pages

Adverbial clauses

chapter 34|14 pages

Conditional sentences

part |2 pages

Part V: Information Structure and Word Order

chapter 35|8 pages

Cleft sentences

chapter 36|11 pages

Word order

chapter 37|11 pages

Spel l ing, accent rules, and punctuat ion