Fred Karlsson

Finnish (eBook, ePUB)

A Comprehensive Grammar

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Finnish: A Comprehensive Grammar presents a fresh, accessible and thorough description of the language, concentrating on the real patterns of use in modern Finnish. The book moves from the sound system through morphology and word classes to a detailed analysis of sentence structures and semantic features.

Key features include: particular focus on examples from spoken Finnish reflecting current usage, grammatic phenomena classified as common or rare, appendices distinguishing base forms from final letter combinations, English-Finnish contrasts highlighted throughout.

This Comprehensive Grammar is an essential reference for the intermediatre and advanced learner and user of Finnish.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 518
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. September 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317589440
• Artikelnr.: 49402669

Autorenporträt

Fred Karlsson is Adjunct Professor of Finnish at the Universiity of Helsinki, Finland.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Notational conventions and abbreviations
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Pronunciation and sound structure
Chapter 3. Word structure
Chapter 4 Two important sound alternations
Chapter 5. The declension of nominals
Chapter 6. The conjugation of verbs
Chapter 7. Interplay between Finnish morphology and syntax
Chapter 8. Phrases
Chapter 9. Simple clauses
Chapter 10. Complex sentences
Chapter 11. The nominative case
Chapter 12. The partitive case
Chapter 13. The genitive case and total objects
Chapter 14. Possessive endings
Chapter 15. The six local cases
Chapter 16. Other cases
Chapter 17. Numbers and numerals
Chapter 18. Pronouns
Chapter 19. Tenses
Chapter 20. Moods and modality
Chapter 21. Passive constructions
Chapter 22. Infinitive-based constructions
Chapter 23 Participle-based constructions
Chapter 24. Comparison of adjectives
Chapter 25. Other word classes and clitics
Chapter 26. Word formation
Chapter 27. The colloquial spoken language
Appendix 1: Detecting word structure
Appendix 2: Definitions of key concepts
Appendix 3: Material for studying Finnish as a foreign language
Index