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Author Ganho, Ana Sofia

Title Using Portuguese : a guide to contemporary usage / Ana Sofia Ganho, Timothy McGovern
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 261 pages)
Contents Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Written expression; 3 Vocabulary; 4 Nouns and adjectives; 5 Verbs; 6 Reported speech; 7 Pronouns and articles; 8 Adverbs; 9 Comparatives and superlatives; 10 Interrogatives; 11 Fields of meaning -- vocabulary extension; 12 Portuguese for Spanish speakers; Index of Portuguese words
Summary This 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
Notes Includes index
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Subject Portuguese language -- Usage
Romance languages.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Portuguese.
Portuguese language -- Usage
Romance languages
Portugees.
Form Electronic book
Author McGovern, Timothy Michael, 1965-2006.
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