Essential Japanese grammar : a comprehensive guide to contemporary usage / Masahiro Tanimori, Eriko Sato.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tanimori, Masahiro, 1958-

Contributor:

Sato, Eriko, 1962-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japanese language--Grammar.

Japanese language.

Japanese language--Textbooks for foreign speakers--English.

Japanese language--Self-instruction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (938 p.)

Place of Publication:

Tokyo ; Rutland, Vt. : Tuttle Pub., 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Essential Japanese Grammar is an indispensable reference for students of Japanese at all levels, as well as anyone seeking to brush up on the language. Providing clear, jargon-free explanations of how Japanese grammar works and offering hundreds of example sentences, it is an essential handbook for self-study or for the classroom and should be a valued resource for years to come.

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; CONTENTS; PREFACE; PART ONE: JAPANESE GRAMMAR: AN OVERVIEW; INTRODUCTION; Word order and particles; Verb morphology; Counters; Honorifics; ACCENTS; 1. High-Low pattern; 2. Low-High pattern; 3. Low-High-Low pattern; ADJECTIVAL NOUNS; 1. Used as noun modifiers; 2. Used as predicates; 3. Followed by a predicative phrase; 4. Used as nouns; 5. Used as adverbs; 6. Used as a complement; 7. Additional types of adjectival nouns; ADJECTIVES; 1. Dictionary form; 2. Ku-form; 3. Nai-form; 4. Ta-form; 5. Te-form; 6. Ba-form; 7. Tara-form; 8. Root; ADVERBS; 1. Adjective root + ku

2. (Adjectival) nouns3. Adjectival nouns + ni; 4. Mimetic words and onomatopoeias; 5. Additional types of adverbs; AUXILIARY VERBS & ADJECTIVES; 1. Auxiliary verbs; 2. Auxiliary adjectives; CLAUSES; I. ADJECTIVAL CLAUSES; II. ADVERBIAL CLAUSES; III. QUOTATION CLAUSES; IV. NOMINALIZED CLAUSES; COMPARISONS; 1. Comparatives; 2. Superlatives; 3. Equivalent degree comparison; CONDITIONALS; 1. To; 2. Tara; 3. Ba; 4. Nara; CONJOINING; 1. Conjunctional particles for nouns and nominalized verbs; 2. Te-forms; 3. Combining forms; 4. Conjunctional particles for clauses; 5. Sentence-conjunctional words

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Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-4629-1009-2