Versiones as a complex linguistic device, according to the concept of grammaring, and some reflections on its applicability to the teaching of Spanish as a foreign language

Abstract

This paper presents and describes a complex linguistic device called versiones based mainly on the concept of grammaring, as proposed by Larsen-Freeman. The paper also reflects on the design of these versiones and their application in the Spanish as a Foreign Language (SFL) class. This device is primarily modal although it is also closely linked to the temporal, and to some semantic and morphosyntactic aspects and is characterised by the possibility of enabling any message to be analyzed systematically from a total of five basic points of view each of which is associated exclusively and permanently with certain Spanish verbal forms. Some examples will also be provided in order to shed some light on the multiple possibilities offered by the approach.