Escrito por cuatro prestigiosos ling?istas de larga experiencia docente e investigativa, este libro es ideal para la ense?anza y aprendizaje de la sintaxis del espa?ol en cursos universitarios de car?cter introductorio. Los autores presentan y analizan de modo claro y sistem?tico los aspectos m?s importantes de la sintaxis del espa?ol. Bases te?ricas, frases, cl?usulas simples y complejas se describen, explican e ilustran con numerosos ejemplos obtenidos de corpus de la lengua actual. Se incluyen tablas, diagramas y gr?ficos que facilitan la comprensi?n de los fen?menos ling??sticos, los que se repasan y examinan con interesantes y creativos ejercicios de reflexi?n al final de cada cap?tulo. Este libro tiene todo lo que el profesor y el estudiante necesitan. Es una introducci?n magistral a la sintaxis del espa?ol.
Carmen Silva-Corval?n, Profesora Em?rita de ling??stica del espa?ol en la University of Southern California (EE.UU)
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This book, which is aimed at both native and non-native students, is an extremely valuable introduction to the study of Spanish grammar. Informed by concepts developed in modern linguistics, but without following any one theory in particular, it presents material which is at times fairly complex without overusing terminology, but equally not avoiding it when it contributes to the rigour of explanation and commentary, thus also making it an excellent preparation for more advanced study. Its judicious use of examples taken from modern corpora not only guarantees authenticity but in some cases reveals variation in modern Spanish. I found of especial interest the chapters on verbal constructions, and I welcome the clarity with which formal and semantic categories are distinguished throughout, an essential preliminary in teaching linguistic analysis.?
Christopher J. Pountain, Catedr?tico Em?rito lc&