Portuguese: A Reference Manual

An essential, comprehensive guide for all who are interested in learning the Portuguese language and mastering its complexities, Portuguese: A Reference Manual supplements the phonetic and grammatical explanations offered in basic textbooks. While the Manual focuses on Brazilian Portuguese, it incorporates European Portuguese variants and thus provides a more complete description of the language. Accessible to non-linguists and novice language learners, as well as informative for instructors of Portuguese and specialists in other languages, this guide incorporates the Orthographic Accord (in effect since 2009-2010), which attempts to standardize Portuguese orthography.

The Manual reflects the language as it is currently taught at both the undergraduate and graduate levels by providing detailed explanations of the sound and writing systems and the grammar of the principal Portuguese dialects. A reference guide rather than a textbook, the Manual also provides extensive verb charts, as well as comparisons of Portuguese with English and Spanish.

Author: Sheila R. Ackerlind, Rebecca Jones-Kellogg
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 09/01/2011
Pages: 378
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.35lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780292726734

Review Citation(s):
Choice 02/01/2012

About the Author
SHEILA ACKERLINDBayside, New YorkAckerlind is Professor Emerita of Portuguese at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. She taught Romance languages for more than thirty years at various universities.REBECCA JONES-KELLOGG West Point, New YorkJon