The writer's reference guide to Spanish
Austin:
University of Texas Press
(1999), vii, 274 pp., bibliogr. p.263-268, index
ISBN 0-292-72512-4 (pbk)
"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." (Publisher)
Contents
1 Punctuation, 1
2 Spelling and Word Division, 4
3 Gender and Number Forms, 9
4 Word Formation, 46
5 Capitalization, 75
6 Titles of Persons, 78
7 Professions and Occupations, 81
8 Terminology, 106
9 Citation of Books, Periodicals, and Other Works, 129
10 Abbreviations, 141
Appendix 1. Anonymous Spanish Classics, 159
Appendix 2. Latin Authors, 161
Appendix 3. Greek Authors, 164
Appendix 4. Latin Expressions, 166
Appendix 5. Literary and Dramaturgical Terminology, 170
Appendix 6. Linguistic Terminology, 179
Appendix 7. Common Biblical Allusions and References, 182
Appendix 8. Common Classical Allusions and References, 184
Appendix 9. Common Literary Allusions and References, 187
2 Spelling and Word Division, 4
3 Gender and Number Forms, 9
4 Word Formation, 46
5 Capitalization, 75
6 Titles of Persons, 78
7 Professions and Occupations, 81
8 Terminology, 106
9 Citation of Books, Periodicals, and Other Works, 129
10 Abbreviations, 141
Appendix 1. Anonymous Spanish Classics, 159
Appendix 2. Latin Authors, 161
Appendix 3. Greek Authors, 164
Appendix 4. Latin Expressions, 166
Appendix 5. Literary and Dramaturgical Terminology, 170
Appendix 6. Linguistic Terminology, 179
Appendix 7. Common Biblical Allusions and References, 182
Appendix 8. Common Classical Allusions and References, 184
Appendix 9. Common Literary Allusions and References, 187
