An introduction to Japanese - Syntax, Grammar & Language

by Michiel Kamermans, Cynthia Ng (Editor), Edmund Dickinson (Editor)

Starting at the very basics and working its way up to important language constructions, "An introduction to Japanese" offers beginning students, as well as those doing self-study, a comprehensive grammar for the Japanese language. Oriented towards the serious learner, there are no shortcuts in this no romanised Japanese for ease of reading beyond the introduction, no pretending that Japanese grammar maps perfectly to English grammar, and no simplified terminology. In return, this book explains Japanese the way one may find it taught at universities, covering everything from basic to intermediary Japanese, and even touching on some of the more advanced constructions.

Genres: Japanese Literature, Language

402 pages, Paperback

First published March 15, 2010