Finnish: An Essential Grammar

Finnish: An Essential Grammar
Date: 2002
Pages: 279
Format: PDF
Size: 1,2 MB

Finnish: An Essential Grammar is primarily intended for those wanting to learn the basics of the language. The book covers the grammatical core; rare forms and constructions have not been included. I have tried to formulate the grammatical rules as precisely as possible using reasonable terminology. At the same time, all essentials should be easy to find in the numerous examples.
The book relies on some basic insights of modern linguistics and might therefore serve as an introduction to the structure of Finnish for professional linguists as well. Chapters 3 and 7 contain surveys of the word and clause structure, respectively, and for those readers unfamiliar with the basics it is recommended that these are read first.
In this edition, compared to the previous versions, I have changed the typography of the grammatical rules, written more on Finnish pronunciation, and updated many examples. [...]

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