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Spanish Grammar and Culture Through Proverbs

:	Richard D. Woods
:	Spanish Grammar and Culture Through Proverbs
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:	Allgemeine und Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft
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Over 3500 proverbs comprise this collection for teachers and students of Spanish who wish to pursue grammar through the delightful medium of folk wisdom. These maxims, arranged by twenty categories of grammar, are immediately retrievable through a detailed index. Furthermore, a bonus feature is highlighted cognates, that is, words susceptible to instant recognition and exact translation from Spanish to English for easy vocabulary development.

“Appreciative of the volume's useful and accessible arrangement, I am compelled to conclude that 'un libro bueno no tiene precio’.”-Bart L. Lewis, Scolas Bulletin.

INTRODUCTION TO PROVERBS (p. xi)

In keeping with the proverb,"No hay nada nuevo bajo el sol," it must be confessed that the present work is not the first collection of this genre organized for teaching. Three previous compilers had the Spanish student in mind in their efforts to exploit the teaching potential of proverbs.

Ernie L. Bow, in his Spanish through Proverbs, arranged dichos in the form of grammatical exercises with the apparent intention of having each student use his work as a manual. For a well developed chapter on proverbs and vocabulary, the reader is advised to peruse Frank N. Figueroa`s Proverbs and Rhymes as an Aid in the Teaching of the Spanish Language and Culture.

He has labeled this chapter,"Teaching Vocabulary," and notes various subdivisions: parts of the body, days of the week, food and drink, months of the year and dates, numbers, occupations, time expressions and weather. Moreover, he finds instructional value in proverbs for the teaching of pronunciation. Joseph Raymond`s Attitudes and Cultural Patterns in Spanish is self explanatory.

Covering the years 1955 to 1977, thèse works are the most developed to date, even though none seems to have reached print form and broad distribution since two are dissertations and a third, photocopied, is not readily available.

Spanish Grammar and Culture through Proverbs, the present collection, is both indebted to and independent of the three previous studies. For this compilation too arranges proverbs for the teaching of points of grammar. Likewise, in an index, Spanish culture is accessible through 524 themes, all cross referenced and categorized by number. As will be explained later, cognâtes for immédiate word recognition are boldfaced to highlight proverbs of easy compréhension.

Also, it is hoped that the ample bibliography will guide the user to the many sources of proverbs extant in Spanish and also to the literature of teaching. Finally, that Spanish Grammar is now in print will enable teachers and students of this language and civilization to enjoy a portion of the vast lore available through the proverb.

Who can define this elusive term? Most agree that it is a pithy saying, often humorous, filled with folk wisdom, of anonymous origin and the property of everyone. This définition simultaneously embraces adages, aphorisms, apothegms, maxims, refrains and even clichés, related forms of the proverb which likewise encapsulate residues of expérience in popular philosophy passed on orally. Furthermore, the proverb belongs to a self conscious mode, for in every collection can be found examples that grope at self définition.

Cien refranes, cien verdades. Quien habla por refranes es un saco de verdades. Refranes heredados, evangelios abreviados. En tus apuros y afanes pide consejo a los refranes. No hay refrán que no sea viejo, ni viejo que no los diga. Refranes no caïman hambre.

Each of the above contributes to a collective type of définition: Proverbs, ancient truths invoked by the old, paradoxically are both useful and useless in satisfying a current need. That all mankind must contend with the same problems seems évident in the types of conclusions inhérent in proverbs of divergent origin.

	Contents	6
	Acknowledgements	8
	Introduction	10
	Proverbs by Grammatical Construct	16
	Adjectives	16
	Adverbs	23
	Articles	30
	Conjunctions	30
	Future	33
	Imperatives	34
	Imperfect	37
	Infinitives	37
	Negatives	39
	Numbers	41
	Participles, past	42
	Participles, present	44
	Prepositions	45
	Preterite	53
	Pronouns	54
	Subjunctive, past	61
	Subjunctive, present	62
	Suffixes	65
	Verbs	66
	Verbs, classes	88
	Bibliographies	94
	Sources of Proverbs	94
	Teaching with Proverbs	99
	Indexes	104
	Index to Grammar	104
	A	104
	B	105
	C	105
	D	105
	E	105
	F	105
	G	105
	H	105
	I	105
	J	105
	L	105
	M	105
	N	106
	O	106
	P	106
	Q	106
	R	106
	S	106
	T	107
	V	107
	Index to Themes	108
	A	108
	B	109
	C	110
	D	111
	E	112
	F	112
	G	113
	H	114
	I	114
	J	115
	K	115
	L	115
	M	116
	N	117
	O	117
	P	117
	Q	118
	R	118
	S	119
	T	120
	U	120
	V	120
	W	120
	Y	121
	Z	121