Title Statements
- Full title :Finnish : an essential grammar / Fred Karlsson.
Edition Statements
- Publication Date:©2015
- Edition:Third edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Routledge
- Place of Publication:London [England]
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2015
Notes
Includes index.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (343 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781315743233, 131574323X, 9781317588511, 1317588517, 9781317588528, 1317588525, 9781317588504, 1317588509
- oclc:ocn912320202
- LC Classification:PH135
- Dewey Decimal:494/.54182421
Table of Contents
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1.1 The relation of Finnish to other languages; 1.2 The basic characteristics of Finnish; 1.3 What are the special difficulties?; Chapter 2 Pronunciation and sound structure; 2.1 Letters and sounds; 2.2 Vowels and consonants; 2.3 Short and long sounds; 2.4 Diphthongs; 2.5 Syllables; 2.6 Stress and intonation; 2.7 Vowel harmony; Chapter 3 Word structure; 3.1 Nominals and their endings; 3.2 Finite verb forms and their endings; 3.3 Non-finite verb forms and their endings; Chapter 4 Two important sound alternations.
4.1 Consonant gradation (p, t, k)4.2 Vowel changes before i endings; Chapter 5 The declension of nominals; 5.1 General; 5.2 Nominals with a basic form in short -i; 5.3 Nominals with a basic form in short -e; 5.4 Other nominals with vowel-final basic forms; 5.5 Nominals with a basic form ending in a consonant; 5.6 Singular and plural; Chapter 6 The conjugation of verbs; 6.1 Infinitive endings; 6.2 Inflectional stems; 6.3 Present tense personal endings and agreement of person; Chapter 7 Sentence structure; 7.1 Phrase types; 7.2 Simple clause types; 7.3 Negative sentences.
7.4 Questions and a…
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