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Portuguese: An Essential Grammarby Amé Hutchinson; lia P.; Janet Lloyd
Routledge 2003; US$ 40.95This new edition of Portuguese: An Essential Grammar is a practical reference guide to the most important aspects of modern Portuguese. more...
Portugueseby Milton M. Azevedo
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 43.00This accessible new book provides a comprehensive introduction to the linguistic structure of Portuguese, designed to help intermediate and advanced students of Portuguese understand how the language functions at all levels. Assuming little prior knowledge of linguistic terminology, it provides a useful global overview of Portuguese and its surrounding issues. more...
Portugueseby Amélia P. Hutchinson; Janet Lloyd
Routledge 1996; US$ 39.95This practical reference grammar combines traditional and function-based grammar in a single volume. It is aimed at intermediate and advanced learners at advanced secondary level and above. more...
Using Portugueseby Ana Sofia Ganho; Timothy McGovern
Cambridge University Press 2004; US$ 39.00This is a guide to Portuguese usage (Brazilian and European) for students who have acquired the basics and wish to extend their fluency and confidence. It gives special attention to those areas of vocabulary and grammar which cause most difficulty to English-speakers, and to questions of style and register. more...
Portuguese Syntaxby Joao Costa
Oxford University Press 2000; US$ 110.00These articles focus on clause structure, clitic placement, word order variation, pronominal system, verb movement, quantification, and distribution of particles. They are written within the "principles and parameters" framework and contrast Portuguese with other Romance languages. more...
A Frequency Dictionary of Portugueseby Mark Davies; Ana Maria de Oliveira Preto-Bay
Taylor & Francis 2007; US$ 36.95A invaluable tool for learners of Portuguese, this Frequency Dictionary provides a list of the 5000 most commonly used words in the language. Based on a 20 million word collection of Portuguese (taken from both Portuguese and Brazilian sources), which includes both written and spoken material, this dictionary provides detailed information for each of the 5000 entries, including the English equivalent, a sample sentence, and an indication of register and dialect variation. Users can access the top 5000 words either through the main frequency listing or through an alphabetical index. Throughout the frequency listing there are also 30 thematically-organized boxed lists of the top words from a variety of key topics such as sports, weather,... more...
Subject Positions and Interfacesby João Costa
Walter de Gruyter, Inc. 2004; US$ 137.20European Portuguese, like other Romance languages, display a great amount of word order variation. Out of the six logically possible permutations between Subject, Verb and Complement in a transitive sentence, five are possible: SVO, VSO, VOS, OVS and OSV. more...
Portuguese Grammar, Verbs, and Punctuation Study Guideby MobileReference
MobileReference.com 2007; US$ 19.99Boost Your grades with comprehensive Portuguese Language study guide. FREE Introduction, Articles, and Nouns chapters in the trial version. Clear and concise explanations. Search for words or phrases. Add Bookmarks. Text annotation and mark-up. Access the guide anytime, anywhere - at home, on the train, in the subway. Use your down time to prepare for an exam. Always have the guide available for a quick reference. An essential resource for everyone studying Portuguese Language. Table of Contents. Chapters | A-Z Index. Chapters:. 1. Introduction. 2. Parts of speech. 3. Phraselist & Lessons. 4. Varieties & Influences. 5. About and Navigation. Portuguese language | Alphabet | Grammar | Orthography | Syntax | Pronunciation. Article | Practise... more...
Say It Right in Brazilian Portugueseby EPLS
McGraw-Hill 2008; US$ 10.95The revolutionary system that eliminates your common Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation mistakes. The innovative teachers at Easily PronouncedLanguage Systems (EPLS) have created a revolutionarypronunciation system: easy-to-readvowel symbols that, when combined withconsonants, read in a straightforward manner,rather than in transliteration jargon. Almostinstantly, you will be able to confidently pronounceand use 500 essential words and phrases in Brazilian Portuguese. more...
Colloquial Portuguese of Brazil 2by Barbara McIntyre; Esmenia Simoes Osborne
Taylor & Francis 2008; US$ 26.95Colloquial Portuguese of Brazil 2 is designed to help those involved in self-study; structured to give you the opportunity to listen to and read lots of modern, everyday Brazilian Portuguese, it has also been developed to work systematically on reinforcing and extending your grasp of Brazilian Portuguese grammar and vocabulary. more...