Within the corpus of work produced by Marcial Valladares (1821–1903), his grammatical contributions have not received significant attention. This is due, on the one hand, to the fact that his main work in the field, Elementos de gramática gallega (1892), remained unpublished until 1970, and, on the other, to the comparatively limited scope of his grammatical training in relation to that of his more renowned predecessor, Saco Arce. This article examines Valladares as a grammarian of the Galician language and as a scholar concerned with its codification. For this purpose, it analyzes the grammar posthumously published by Editorial Galaxia and reviews the articles that, addressing grammatical issues in a broad sense, provide a framework for a comprehensive understanding of that work. The analysis ultimately aims to evaluate his contributions in terms of focus, organization, and grammatical content.

Dentro do conxunto da obra do polígrafo Marcial Valladares (1821-1903), as súas contribucións gramaticais nunca recibiron especial atención, dunha banda, porque a achega principal nesta disciplina, "Elementos de gramática gallega" (1892), permaneceu inédita ata 1970; e doutra, porque a súa formación gramatical era inferior á de Saco Arce, o seu predecesor máis afamado. Neste artigo caracterízase a Valladares como gramático da lingua e como estudoso interesado na súa codificación. A tal efecto analízase a gramática que a editorial Galaxia publicou postumamente e revísanse os artigos que, facendo referencia a cuestións gramaticais en senso amplo, permiten entender aquela dunha maneira cabal. O obxectivo último é avaliar os seus logros e eficiencias en termos de focaxe, organización e contidos gramaticais.