文档介绍：FINNISH:
AN ESSENTIAL GRAMMAR
This is the ideal reference grammar for the student of Finnish. It gives a
systematic account of the structures of the written language and also features
the characteristics of colloquial Finnish as spoken in Helsinki and its
surroundings.
Finnish: An Essential Grammar is grounded in fundamental insights of
modern linguistics. No prior knowledge is assumed on the part of the reader
and grammatical rules are clearly explained without jargon.
Features include:
• pronunciation guide
• thorough descriptions of morphology (word structure) and syntax
(sentence structure)
• inflection tables
• subject index
Finnish: An Essential Grammar is a revised and updated edition of a volume
first published in 1983, since when it has proved popular with students and
professional linguists worldwide. It has been translated into several
languages, including Finnish.
Fred Karlsson is Professor of General Linguistics at the University of
Helsinki.
FINNISH:
AN ESSENTIAL
GRAMMAR
Fred Karlsson
London and New York
First published 1983 as Finnish Grammar
by WSOY, Helsinki
New edition published 1999
by Routledge
11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE
Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada
by Routledge
29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001
Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group
This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2002.
© 1983; 1999 Fred Karlsson
Translated by Andrew Chesterman
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