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Spanish Language Reference Materials

When learning or using a language we often need to make use of tools to help us achieve these tasks more effectively. One of the most basic such tools is the dictionary. Other tools are verb tables and grammar explanations, for example.

Spanish online reference materials

 DICTIONARY  VOX SPANISH-ENGLISH DICCIONARIES
Spanish, Spanish-English, English-Spanish ONLINE.

 VERBS  Comp-jugador
Verb conjugator. Plug in the verb and get its whole conjugation. Neat!

 VERBS  Conjugador SIGNUM
Verb conjugator. Plug in the verb and get its whole conjugation. Neat!

 GRAMMAR  Spanish Grammar Notes (by Dr. Aske)

 GRAMMAR  Spanish Grammar Tutorial (at studyspanish.com)

 GRAMMAR  Gramática y ortografía
Rules and explanations of grammar and spelling, plus exercises and language tools. By Juan Manuel Soto Arriví, Indiana University, Bloomington.

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Spanish reference software at the LRC

Spanish language

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Spanish reference videos at the LRC

Buried Mirror, The: Deluxe Boxed Set Edition Details: • NTSC format (US and Canada only) • Color, NTSC • Number of tapes: 5 • ASIN: 6303154433. (Barnes&Noble; amazon.com.) Read the descriptions of the set and of all 5 episodes at the Spanish films page.

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Spanish paper reference materials at the LRC

The Oxford Spanish Dictionary: Spanish-English English-Spanish by Jane Horwood (Editor), Carol Styles Carvajal (Editor) Hardcover - 2000 pages 2nd edition (1998) Oxford Univ Pr (Trade); ISBN: 0198600704. (Barnes&Noble; amazon.com.) The LRC owns two copies.

1001 Pitfalls in Spanish (1001 Pitfalls Series) by Julianne Dueber, Marion Peter Holt, Julianne Deuber (Contributor) Paperback - 287 pages 3rd edition (January 1997) Barrons Educational Series; ISBN: 0812096509. (Barnes&Noble; amazon.com.) "Among the most difficult things to learn about any foreign language are the exceptions to its rules of grammar and vocabulary. Barron's 1001 Pitfalls series is designed to help students get past such trouble spots as irregular verbs, homonyms and homophones, confusions caused by words and phrases that resemble one another, and specialized vocabularies and technical terms." "A supplemental textbook outlining fundamentals of the Spanish language and providing help for common obstacles such as complex sentence structure, vocabulary, and telephone conversations."

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Encyclopedia entries

Spanish Language (Encarta)

Spanish language (Britanica)

Spanish Language (Funk and Wagnalls)

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Spanish linguistics

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Last updated: October 21, 2000