Finnish: An Essential Grammar (Routledge Essential Grammars)

Finnish: An Essential Grammar (Routledge Essential Grammars)

<P>This thoroughly revised third edition of <I>Finnish: An Essential Grammar</I> is grounded in fundamental insights of modern linguistics and incorporates some of the latest achievements in the description of written and spoken Finnish.</P> <P>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.</P> <P>Features of this new edition include:</P> <P>• pronunciation guide, including the tendencies in present-day colloquial Finnish</P> <P>• thorough descriptions of morphology (word structure) and syntax (sentence structure)</P> <P>• clear rules and an abundance of concrete examples, from both written and colloquial Finnish</P> <P>• updated vocabulary in the examples</P> <P>• an effective new scheme for detecting the morphological structure of any word form</P> <P>• subject index.</P> <P>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.</P>