Finnish

An Essential Grammar
1. Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-0-415-20704-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 562 g

Reihe: Routledge Essential Grammars

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.

Zielgruppe

General

Autoren/Hrsg.

Karlsson, Fred

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Enzyklopädien, Nachschlagewerke, Wörterbücher

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface List of abbreviations 1 Introduction 2 Pronunciation and sound structure 3 A survey of word structure 5 The declension of nominals 4 Two important sound alternations 5 The declension of nominals 6 The conjugation of verbs 7 Basic sentence structure 8 The partitive 9 The genitive, possessive suffixes and the accusative 10 The six local cases 11 Other cases 12 Numerals 13 Pronouns 114 Tenses 15 Moods 16 The passive 17 Infinitives 18 Participles 19 Comparison of adjectives 20 Other word classes 21 Word formation 22 The colloquial spoken language

Über Autor(innen)

Fred Karlsson is Professor of General Linguistics at the University of Helsinki.