Investigacion de Gramatica

by Patricia V. Lunn and Janet DeCesaris

Book Overview

Investigacion de gramatica gives students an understanding of important linguistic patterns of Spanish and of the central grammar topics." This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0838423485
• ISBN13: 9780838423486
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.6" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Rutgers is Great

Prof. DeCesaris was my Catalan professor at Rutgers University in 1997 and I'm sure this grammar is on par with her teaching excellence.

Someone finally explains the "why" of grammar

The book is an textbook for an advanced look at grammar. It assumes you know the basics. The strength of the book lies in its explanations of _why_ the grammar works as it does. Instead of listing rules to memorize, it explains the use of subjunctive v. indicative, preps (like por y para), adverbs/adjectives/frases preposicionales, etc. by explaining the purpose of the grammar(both grammatically/structurally and the meaning of the words) and emphasizing the importance of context in the language. This is not a book for people who want a list of rules of the Spanish language. Be forewarned--the book is written entirely in Spanish, but the language used is not complicated.