Finnish: A Comprehensive Grammar - Paperback

by Fred Karlsson (Author)

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.

Author Biography

Fred Karlsson is Adjunct Professor of Finnish at the Universiity of Helsinki, Finland.