Spanish/English Contrasts by M Stanley Whitley

Spanish/English Contrasts by M Stanley Whitley

This is an invaluable text in language and linguistics because it has a unique scope: a one-volume description of the Spanish language and its differences from English, and ranges from pronunciation and grammar to word meaning, language use, and social and dialectical variation. Designed for survey courses in Spanish linguistics with technical concepts explained in context for beginners in the field, "Spanish/English Contrasts" brings out the ways in which insights into the two languages have evolved as scholars have built on the work and research of others in the field. A bilingual glossary of linguistic terms is provided to facilitate discussion in either language. This second edition is thoroughly updated to incorporate insights and issues that have come to the fore from the explosion of research in the past twenty-five years in all of the areas covered by the book. It includes an expanded bibliography and index, and adds new exercises for student application and class discussion. Its approach remains broadly based however, in order to accommodate a range of areas and data rather than focusing narrowly on one single theory or research area, and it continues to emphasize implications for language teaching, translation, and other practical applications.

What was a very good introduction to applied Spanish linguistics is even better, and it remains the best work in its genreNowhere else will the interested nonspecialist find such a rich and accessible trove of information on how Spanish works as a linguistic system for communication, along with discussion of how it can best be taught and learned. Modern Language Journal Spanish/English Contrasts is targeted specifically at current and future teachers of Spanish to English speakers, and it may be useful for translators ... A good candidate for a course on the structure of Spanish or for a comparative linguistics course. Canadian Modern Language Review

M. Stanley Whitley is professor of Spanish and linguistics at Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, and coauthor of Gramatica para la composicion.

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ISBN 13	9780878403813
ISBN 10	0878403817
Title	Spanish/English Contrasts
Author	M Stanley Whitley
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Georgetown University Press
Year published	2002-08-15
Number of pages	408
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