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The Writer's Reference Guide to Spanish
Contributor(s): Foster, David William (Author), Altamiranda, Daniel (Author), De Urioste, Carmen (Author)
ISBN: 0292725124     ISBN-13: 9780292725126
Publisher: University of Texas Press
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Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: January 2000
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Annotation: Writers and editors of Spanish have long needed an authoritative guide to written language usage, similar to The MLA Style Manual and The Chicago Manual of Style. And here it is! This reference guide provides comprehensive information on how the Spanish language is copyedited for publication.

The book covers these major areas:
-- Language basics: capitalization, word division, spelling, and punctuation.
-- Language conventions: abbreviations, professional and personal titles, names of organizations, and nationalities.
-- Bibliographic format, particularly how Spanish differs from English.
-- Spanish language forms of classical authors' names.
-- Literary and grammatical terminology.
-- Linguistic terminology.
-- Biblical names and allusions.
-- A dictionary of grammatical doubts, including usage, grammatical constructions of particular words and phrases, verbal irregularities, and gender variations.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Editing & Proofreading
- Foreign Language Study | Spanish
Dewey: 808.027
LCCN: 99006172
Physical Information: 0.67" H x 5.98" W x 8.74" (0.87 lbs) 284 pages
 
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Publisher Description:
Writers and editors of Spanish have long needed an authoritative guide to written language usage, similar to The MLA Style Manual and The Chicago Manual of Style. And here it is! This reference guide provides comprehensive information on how the Spanish language is copyedited for publication. The book covers these major areas: - Language basics: capitalization, word division, spelling, and punctuation.- Language conventions: abbreviations, professional and personal titles, names of organizations, and nationalities.- Bibliographic format, particularly how Spanish differs from English.- Spanish language forms of classical authors' names.- Literary and grammatical terminology.- Linguistic terminology.- Biblical names and allusions.- A dictionary of grammatical doubts, including usage, grammatical constructions of particular words and phrases, verbal irregularities, and gender variations.

Contributor Bio(s): Altamiranda, Daniel: - Daniel Altamiranda has taught at the Universidad de Buenos Aires and Arizona State University.De Urioste, Carmen: - Carmen de Urioste is Professor of Spanish at Arizona State University.Foster, David William: - David William Foster is Regents’ Professor of Portuguese and Spanish at Arizona State University, where he directs the Graduate Program in Interdisciplinary Humanities.