ABSTRACT

This fully revised second edition of Swedish: An Essential Grammar incorporates a large number of changes of detail and examples throughout, all made with the aim of clarifying the explanations and updating the idioms and advice on current usage. 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 tuition. 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.

Features include:
- Detailed contents list
- Many tables and diagrams for extra clarity
- Separate glossary of linguistic and grammatical terms
- Detailed index, with numerous key Swedish and English words

Philip Holmes was formerly Reader in Scandinavian Studies at the University of Hull and is now a freelance translator

Ian Hinchliffe is a freelance translator, living in Sweden.

chapter |3 pages

INTRODUCTION

chapter 1|16 pages

PRONUNCIATION

chapter 2|6 pages

STRESS AND ACCENT

chapter 3|18 pages

NOUNS

chapter 4|19 pages

ADJECTIVES

chapter 5|14 pages

PRONOUNS

chapter 6|5 pages

NUMERALS

chapter 7|31 pages

VERBS

chapter 8|8 pages

ADVERBS

chapter 9|2 pages

INTERJECTIONS

chapter 10|17 pages

PREPOSITIONS

chapter 11|5 pages

CONJUNCTIONS

chapter 12|22 pages

WORD ORDER AND SENTENCE STRUCTURE

chapter 13|8 pages

WORD FORMATION

chapter 14|3 pages

ORTHOGRAPHY

chapter 15|3 pages

PUNCTUATION

chapter 16|4 pages

WRITTEN AND SPOKEN SWEDISH