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Finnish: An Essential Grammar
Fred Karlsson
- 342 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Finnish: An Essential Grammar
Fred Karlsson
About This Book
This thoroughly revised third edition of Finnish: An Essential Grammar is grounded in fundamental insights of modern linguistics and incorporates some of the latest achievements in the description of written and spoken Finnish.
It gives a systematic account of the structures of the written language and offers increased attention to the key characteristics of present-day colloquial Finnish. No prior knowledge is assumed on the part of the reader and grammatical rules are clearly explained without jargon.
Features of this new editioninclude:
ā¢ pronunciation guide, including the tendencies in present-day colloquial Finnish
ā¢ thorough descriptions of morphology (word structure) and syntax (sentence structure)
ā¢ clear rules and an abundance of concrete examples, from both written and colloquial Finnish
ā¢ updated vocabulary in the examples
ā¢ an effective new scheme for detecting the morphological structure of any word form
ā¢ subject index.
This is the ideal reference source both for those studying Finnish independently and for students in schools, colleges, universities and adult classes of all types.