Swedish: An Essential Grammar

2. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-138-12874-3
Verlag: ROUTLEDGE

Buch, Englisch, 248 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 544 g

Reihe: Routledge Essential Grammars

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hinchliffe, Ian

Holmes, Philip

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface Symbols and abbreviations used in the text Introduction 1PRONUNCIATION Vowels Consonants and consonant groups 2STRESS AND ACCENT 3NOUNS Gender and noun type Indefinite declension Plural forms Differences between Swedish and English number Definite declension Article use Genitives 4ADJECTIVES Indefinite declension Definite declension Adjectival nouns and nationality words Comparison of adjectives 5PRONOUNS 6NUMERALS 7VERBS The four conjugations Participles and supine Translating verbs The use of the infinitive and different verbal constructions 8ADVERBS 9INTERJECTIONS 10PREPOSITIONS Translating prepositions 11CONJUNCTIONS 12WORD ORDER and SENTENCE STRUCTURE Main clause positions (sentence elements) Moving elements within the main clause Subordinate clauses Differences between Swedish and English word order 13WORD FORMATION 14ORTHOGRAPHY 15PUNCTUATION 16WRITTEN AND SPOKEN SWEDISH Linguistic terms Short bibliography Index