A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar

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A DICTIONARY OF BASIC JAPANESE GRAMMAR offers a new approach to the interpretation of Japanese grammar and provides, in dictionary format, a convenient reference of grammar-related expressions. Accurate and concise, the grammar explanations incorporate the results of recent research in Japanese linguistics.
This work is designed primarily for such people as those who
—are not satisfied with the grammar explanations in
Japanese textbooks, —have studied Japanese grammar but need more comprehensive information about its use in different contexts, —want to learn the distinctions among similar grammatical expressions, —are looking for a supplement to dictionaries which
lack grammatical explanations, —need a basic grammar review.
A DICTIONARY OF BASIC JAPANESE GRAMMAR consists of five sections. The first section familiarizes the reader with the grammatical terms used throughout the text. The second provides an overview of the major grammar concepts of Japanese. The third and main... Tovább

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A DICTIONARY OF BASIC JAPANESE GRAMMAR offers a new approach to the interpretation of Japanese grammar and provides, in dictionary format, a convenient reference of grammar-related expressions. Accurate and concise, the grammar explanations incorporate the results of recent research in Japanese linguistics.
This work is designed primarily for such people as those who
—are not satisfied with the grammar explanations in
Japanese textbooks, —have studied Japanese grammar but need more comprehensive information about its use in different contexts, —want to learn the distinctions among similar grammatical expressions, —are looking for a supplement to dictionaries which
lack grammatical explanations, —need a basic grammar review.
A DICTIONARY OF BASIC JAPANESE GRAMMAR consists of five sections. The first section familiarizes the reader with the grammatical terms used throughout the text. The second provides an overview of the major grammar concepts of Japanese. The third and main portion of the text is devoted to descriptions and explanations of the basic grammar items. The fourth and fifth sections, consisting of eight appendixes and three indexes, complete the text.
This book helps the reader to obtain an in-depth understanding of basic grammar structures, which leads to more accurate usage. Overall, it constitutes a standard reference for Japanese and can be considered indispensable to the study of the language.
SEIICHI MAKINO, born In Tokyo, Japan in 1935, is a Professor of Japanese and Linguistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, in Illinois, U.S.A. He has studied at Waseda University and at the University of Tokyo and received his Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of Illinois in 1968. Since then, he has been teaching Japanese language, Japanese linguistics and Japanese culture at the same university. He has also been the Director of the Summer Japanese Language School, Middlebury College in Vermont, U.S.A., 1978-1988. He was a Visiting Professor of Japanese at Harvard University, 1988-1989. His publications include: Some Aspects of Japanese Nominalizations, Tokai University Press, 1968, Kotoba to Kukan (Language and Space), Tokai University Press, 1978 and Kurikaeshi no Bunpo (Grammar of Repetitions), Taishukan, 1980.
MICHIO TSUTSUI, born in Osaka, Japan, in 1947, is an Assistant Professor of Japanese. He has studied at Osaka University and received his Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1984. He has taught Japanese at the University of Illinois, Middlebury College in Vermont and the University of California at Davis. He is presently teaching at the Massachusetts institute of Technology. His publications include "Wa no Shoryaku (Ellipsis of IVa)" in Gekkan Gengo 13:5 and "Ellipsis of Ga" in Papers in Japanese Linguistics 9. Vissza