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
- grammatical phenomena classified as common or rare
- appendices identifying stems and sequences of endings
- English-Finnish contrasts highlighted throughout.
Finnish: A Comprehensive Grammar is an essential reference for the intermediate and advanced learner and user of Finnish.
Fred Karlsson is Adjunct Professor of Finnish at the Universiity of Helsinki, Finland.
Title: Finnish: A Comprehensive Grammar (Routledge Comprehensive Grammars)
Author: Karlsson, Fred
ISBN: 9781138821040
Binding:
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Publication Date: 2017-09-13
Number of Pages: 500
Weight: 0.7396 kg