Swedish: An Essential Grammar » (REV)

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.

Introduction 1

Ch. 1 Pronunciation 5

Ch. 2 Stress and accent 23

Ch. 3 Nouns 32

Ch. 4 Adjectives 55

Ch. 5 Pronouns 78

Ch. 6 Numerals 93

Ch. 7 Verbs 100

Ch. 8 Adverbs 142

Ch. 9 Interjections 152

Ch. 10 Prepositions 154

Ch. 11 Conjunctions 175

Ch. 12 Word order and sentence structure 182

Ch. 13 Word formation 207

Ch. 14 Orthography 217

Ch. 15 Punctuation 220

Ch. 16 Written and spoken Swedish 225

Linguistic terms 229

Short bibliography 236

Index 238