A Reference Grammar of Japanese - Hardcover

Samuel E. Martin

9780824828189: A Reference Grammar of Japanese

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0824828186 ISBN 13: 9780824828189

Publisher: University of Hawaii Press, 2003

Have you ever wondered about a Japanese sentence your textbook fails to explain? Do you feel unsure about the use of "wa," "ga," and "mo?" Or what the rules and meanings of words in their literary forms are? If so, you will find your answers in A Reference Grammar of Japanese, the most comprehensive and reliable reference source available. With an extensive 105-page index, the reader will quickly find explanations for particles such as wa, ga, mo, ni, and de; difficult nouns such as mono, koto, tokoro, wake, hazu, and tame; sentence extensions such as ne, yo, sa, yara, and nari; verb tenses, literary forms, negative forms - in short, everything concerned with the Japanese language. For the serious student, this book is indispensable for clearing up the ambiguities of puzzling Japanese sentences.

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Review:

"By far the most comprehensive reference grammar of Japanese in the English language (and perhaps in any language)."

About the Author:

Samuel E. Martin received his B.A. and M.A. degrees in Oriental languages from the University of California at Berkeley and his Ph.D. in linguistics from Yale University. A member of the Yale University faculty since 1950, he has served as chairman of the Department of East and South Asian Languages and Literatures, and the Department of Linguistics. The author of a large number of well-received books and papers on Japanese and Korean, Martin has also been a member of the Executive Committee of the Association of Teachers of Japanese and has served on the editorial board of Papers in Japanese Linguistics.

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