Description
| Product ID: | 9781138821583 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Routledge Essential Grammars |
| Title: | Finnish: An Essential Grammar |
| Authors: | Author: Fred Karlsson |
| Page Count: | 342 |
| Subjects: | Language: reference and general, Language: reference & general, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Language teaching and learning, Literature: history and criticism, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Language teaching & learning (other than ELT), Literature: history & criticism |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This thoroughly revised 3rd edition gives a systematic account of the structures of the written language and offers increased attention to the key characteristics of present-day colloquial Finnish. 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 edition include: • pronunciation guide, including the tendencies in present-day colloquial Finnish • thorough descriptions of morphology (word structure) and syntax (sentence structure) • clear rules and an abundance of concrete examples, from both written and colloquial Finnish • updated vocabulary in the examples • an effective new scheme for detecting the morphological structure of any word form • 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2015-05-14 |
