Intermediate Swedish
A Grammar and Workbook
1st Edition
Published on 14. March 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
188 pages
978-1-138-77959-4 (ISBN)
Description
Intermediate Swedish: A Grammar and Workbook combines an accessible intermediate reference grammar and related exercises in one volume that covers most of the topics that students might expect to deal with in their second year of learning Swedish. The book follows on naturally from and complements its companion volume, Basic Swedish.
Each of the 26 units discusses one or more grammar topics, with examples that are subsequently practised in the exercises that follow.
The book presents the contemporary language against a backdrop of Swedish culture, society, geography, customs and history. Each unit ends with a cultural text which outlines an aspect of Swedish culture and, in nearly all cases, exemplifies and consolidates the grammar topic examined in the unit.
Features include:
* clear grammatical explanations with examples in Swedish and English
* vocabulary based on a major corpus of written Swedish in order to guarantee authenticity and relevance
* cross-references to other units
* over 100 exercises with a key to all the correct answers.
The book is suitable both for independent study and for class use. It can be used by intermediate students and those who have grasped the basics of grammar and vocabulary.
Each of the 26 units discusses one or more grammar topics, with examples that are subsequently practised in the exercises that follow.
The book presents the contemporary language against a backdrop of Swedish culture, society, geography, customs and history. Each unit ends with a cultural text which outlines an aspect of Swedish culture and, in nearly all cases, exemplifies and consolidates the grammar topic examined in the unit.
Features include:
* clear grammatical explanations with examples in Swedish and English
* vocabulary based on a major corpus of written Swedish in order to guarantee authenticity and relevance
* cross-references to other units
* over 100 exercises with a key to all the correct answers.
The book is suitable both for independent study and for class use. It can be used by intermediate students and those who have grasped the basics of grammar and vocabulary.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
30 s/w Zeichnungen
30 Line drawings, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
313 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-77959-4 (9781138779594)
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Persons
Ian Hinchliffe is a translator based in Sweden and has previously taught Swedish at universities in the UK as well as in Norway.
Philip Holmes is Reader Emeritus in Scandinavian Studies at the University of Hull, UK, and is now a translator and language editor.
Philip Holmes is Reader Emeritus in Scandinavian Studies at the University of Hull, UK, and is now a translator and language editor.
Content
Contents
Acknowledgements
Preface
Intonation, sentence stress, word stress and accent
Pronunciation, assimilation; 'French' g- and j-; spelling of words in -m, -n
Nouns, article use
Nouns, irregular plural, plurals in -er or -ar?; count and non-count, collective
Adjectives, definite declension Types 3, 4
Adjectival nouns; nationality words
Pronouns, reflexive possessives hans/sin
Verbs, irregular weak verbs, r-stem verbs
Verbs, strong verbs, minor series
Verbs, use of tenses
The infinitive in Swedish and English
Verbs, transitive, intransitive and reflexive
Verbs, past participles and the passive, position of passive agents
Time expressions prepositions
Pronouns, interrogative, relative and determinative
Translating 'that'
Translating the verb 'to be' and some other English verbs
Adverbs, amplifiers and ju, nog, vael, naemligen
Preposition or no preposition in Swedish or English, translating 'of'
Pronouns and adverbs in main clauses and sub clauses: ingen/inte nagon
Present participles
Particle verbs
Word order, subordinate clauses with main clause order, main clauses with sub clause order
Word order, unstressed object pronouns
Word order, duplication, emphasis and ellipsis
Word formation
Diderichsen's Sentence Model
Key to Exercises
Glossary of grammatical terms
Acknowledgements
Preface
Intonation, sentence stress, word stress and accent
Pronunciation, assimilation; 'French' g- and j-; spelling of words in -m, -n
Nouns, article use
Nouns, irregular plural, plurals in -er or -ar?; count and non-count, collective
Adjectives, definite declension Types 3, 4
Adjectival nouns; nationality words
Pronouns, reflexive possessives hans/sin
Verbs, irregular weak verbs, r-stem verbs
Verbs, strong verbs, minor series
Verbs, use of tenses
The infinitive in Swedish and English
Verbs, transitive, intransitive and reflexive
Verbs, past participles and the passive, position of passive agents
Time expressions prepositions
Pronouns, interrogative, relative and determinative
Translating 'that'
Translating the verb 'to be' and some other English verbs
Adverbs, amplifiers and ju, nog, vael, naemligen
Preposition or no preposition in Swedish or English, translating 'of'
Pronouns and adverbs in main clauses and sub clauses: ingen/inte nagon
Present participles
Particle verbs
Word order, subordinate clauses with main clause order, main clauses with sub clause order
Word order, unstressed object pronouns
Word order, duplication, emphasis and ellipsis
Word formation
Diderichsen's Sentence Model
Key to Exercises
Glossary of grammatical terms