Modern Portuguese: A Reference Grammar

AcomprehensivemodernPortuguesegrammarwrittenfortheEnglish-speakingreader.ItcoversindetailallthepatternsofmodernPortugueseasspokenandwritteninBrazil，focusingonthosepointswhichareespeciallychallengingfortheEnglish-speakingstudent，suchastheuseofthesubjunctive，useofthedefinitearticle，preteriteversusimperfectverbforms，prepositions，andmanyothers.Thereareexamplestoclarifyeverytopicandanextensiveindexisincluded.Thekeyfeaturesofthevolumeare：itfocusesontheneedsoftheEnglish-speakingreader;itincorporatestheresultsoflinguisticresearchinjargon-freelanguage;itemphasizesmodernspokenBrazilianusage;itdescribesBrazilianpronunciationindetail;itdevotesaseparatechaptertospellingproblems;anditdiscussestrendsofthemodernspokenlanguage.