Alan Yates

Catalan is a member of the Romance family of languages, which includes French, Castilian Spanish, Italian and Portuguese, and is the mother tongue of approximately 10.5 million people. In Spain, it is spoken in Catalonia, Valencia, the Balearic islands, the eastern part of Aragon and El Carxe (in Murcia).

This complete reference guide to modern Catalan grammar is the only comprehensive grammar of the language available in English. Features include: comprehensive coverage of all parts of speech, a wealth of authentic examples illustrating language points, attention to areas of particular difficulty for those whose first language is English, full cross-referencing, and a detailed index.

Colección de las intervenciones en la I Jornada Joan Fuster, celebrada en Sueca el 2003 y organizada por el Ayuntamiento de la ciudad y la Cátedra Joan Fuster. Cinco visiones entorno de la obra fusteriana y los temas que van a intersar al escritor.Recull de les intervencions en la I Jornada Joan Fuster, celebrada a Sueca el 2003 i organitzada per l''Ajuntament de la ciutat i la Catedra Joan Fuster.Visions entorn de l''obra i la personalitat de l''assagista, o elaborades a partir dels temes que mes el van interessar, com ara la politica del Pais Valencia, la historia cultural de la nostra societat i el futur de la llengua catalana.Joan Fuster fue, en primer lugar, un escritor, y despues, muchas otras cosas. Quiza una de ellas, la de agitador de ideas, ha acabado imponiendose sobre las otras y resulta dificil separar la consideracion de su obra de sus reflexiones y propuestas nacionales sobre el Pais Valenciano y los Paises Catalanes. Desde hace unos años, la Catedra Joan Fuster de la Universitat de Valencia lleva a cabo una tarea de difusion y estudio de su obra, que va desde la publicacion de los volumenes de su Correspondencia a la organizacion de jornadas y coloquios sobre los mas variados aspectos de su figura y su produccion literaria. A proposito de Joan Fuster recoge cinco ensayos breves sobre e...

The current edition of TEACH YOURSELF CATALAN has been completely rewritten and updated for beginners in Catalan who are planning to visit a Catalan-speaking area or who are starting a course in the language. New vocabulary and structures are introduced step by step through interesting dialogues which are also on the accompanying recording. There are plenty of exercises to practise each point as you learn it and to help reinforce your new language. The course covers all the language you will need for your next business trip or holiday, including getting to know people, making arrangements, shopping, ordering a meal, giving opinions and using the telephone. There are comprehensive bilingual vocabularies and a 'taking it further' section to direct you to further sources of Catalan.