Swedish : an essential grammar
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Swedish : an essential grammar
(Essential grammars)
Routledge, 2008
2nd ed
- : pbk
Available at 6 libraries
  Aomori
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  Miyagi
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  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
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  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-237) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This fully revised second edition of Swedish: An Essential grammar incorporates the changes proposed to the Swedish grammar by Svenska Akademiens Grammatik. All examples have been fully updated, the bibliography has been expanded and a number of tables clarified.
Swedish: An Essential grammar provides a fresh and accessible description of the language. It is suitable for independent study or for class-based students. The explanations are free of jargon and emphasis has been placed in the areas of Swedish that pose a particular challenge for English-speaking learners.
Table of Contents
Preface Symbols and abbreviations used in the text Introduction 1 PRONUNCIATION Vowels Consonants and consonant groups 2 STRESS AND ACCENT 3 NOUNS Gender and noun type Indefinite declension Plural forms Differences between Swedish and English number Definite declension Article use Genitives 4 ADJECTIVES Indefinite declension Definite declension Adjectival nouns and nationality words Comparison of adjectives 5 PRONOUNS 6 NUMERALS 7 VERBS The four conjugations Participles and supine Translating verbs The use of the infinitive and different verbal constructions 8 ADVERBS 9 INTERJECTIONS 10 PREPOSITIONS Translating prepositions 11 CONJUNCTIONS 12 WORD ORDER and SENTENCE STRUCTURE Main clause positions (sentence elements) Moving elements within the main clause Subordinate clauses Differences between Swedish and English word order 13 WORD FORMATION 14 ORTHOGRAPHY 15 PUNCTUATION 16 WRITTEN AND SPOKEN SWEDISH Linguistic terms Short bibliography Index
by "Nielsen BookData"