The writer's reference guide to Spanish / David William Foster, Daniel Altamiranda, Carmen de Urioste.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Foster, David William, author.

Altamiranda, Daniel, author.

Urioste-Azcorra, Carmen, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spanish language--Style--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Spanish language.

Spanish language--Usage--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (285 pages)

Place of Publication:

Austin, [Texas] : University of Texas Press, 1966.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1 PUNCTUATION

CHAPTER 2 SPELLING AND WORD DIVISION

CHAPTER 3 GENDER AND NUMBER FORMS

CHAPTER 4 WORD FORMATION

CHAPTER 5 CAPITALIZATION

CHAPTER 6 TITLES OF PERSONS

CHAPTER 7 PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

CHAPTER 8 TERMINOLOGY

CHAPTER 9 CITATION OF BOOKS, PERIODICALS, AND OTHER WORKS

CHAPTER 10 ABBREVIATIONS

APPENDIX 1 ANONYMOUS SPANISH CLASSICS

APPENDIX 2 LATIN AUTHORS

APPENDIX 3 GREEK AUTHORS

APPENDIX 4 LATIN EXPRESSIONS

APPENDIX 5 LITERARY AND DRAMATURGICAL TERMINOLOGY

APPENDIX 6 LINGUISTIC TERMINOLOGY

APPENDIX 7 COMMON BIBLICAL ALLUSIONS AND REFERENCES

APPENDIX 8 COMMON CLASSICAL ALLUSIONS AND REFERENCES

APPENDIX 9 COMMON LITERARY ALLUSIONS AND REFERENCES

A DICTIONARY OF SPANISH GRAMMATICAL AND LEXICAL DOUBTS

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SPECIAL TERMINOLOGY

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES

INDEX

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-292-74926-0

OCLC:

1286807473