Essential Japanese Grammar
Write & Speak Japanese like a Native! A Comprehensive Guide to Contemporary Usage
Published on 10. April 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
416 pages
978-4-8053-1117-2 (ISBN)
Description
Essential Japanese Grammar is an indispensable study guide for students of the Japanese language at all levels.
Long the standard in Japanese language education, it provides clear, jargon-free explanations of how Japanese grammar works and offers hundreds of example sentences. An essential handbook for self-study or the classroom, students will find that a strong foundation in grammar is vital to those wishing to learn Japanese.
Essential Japanese Grammar presents many unique features. First, grammatical terminology has been kept to a minimum so that extensive prior knowledge of grammar is not required. Second, abundant example sentences are written in Japanese characters (kana and kanji) followed by romanji and English translations. Third, the authors have tried to reveal aspects of grammar that may not be found in comparable grammar books-such as rare Japanese verbs, adjectival nouns, clauses, adverbs, etc.
This Japanese grammar book contains:
Parts of speech.
Sentence constructions.
Conjugations forms.
Speech styles and tones.
Accentuation rules.
Essential words and functional elements.
An appendix for referencing and cross-referencing Japanese words.
Long the standard in Japanese language education, it provides clear, jargon-free explanations of how Japanese grammar works and offers hundreds of example sentences. An essential handbook for self-study or the classroom, students will find that a strong foundation in grammar is vital to those wishing to learn Japanese.
Essential Japanese Grammar presents many unique features. First, grammatical terminology has been kept to a minimum so that extensive prior knowledge of grammar is not required. Second, abundant example sentences are written in Japanese characters (kana and kanji) followed by romanji and English translations. Third, the authors have tried to reveal aspects of grammar that may not be found in comparable grammar books-such as rare Japanese verbs, adjectival nouns, clauses, adverbs, etc.
This Japanese grammar book contains:
Parts of speech.
Sentence constructions.
Conjugations forms.
Speech styles and tones.
Accentuation rules.
Essential words and functional elements.
An appendix for referencing and cross-referencing Japanese words.
Reviews / Votes
"The book is very useful in conjunction with Japanese language textbooks and if you want to better understand the construction of the sentences and the word order... Another thing I liked about this book is that its content is arranged in alphabetical order which makes it easy to find what you are looking for." --Japan Reference blog "This is a very useful and informative book that is indeed essential for any serious student of Japanese..." --8 Asians blogMore details
Series
Edition
Original edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Boston
United States
Edition type
Bilingual edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
599 gr
ISBN-13
978-4-8053-1117-2 (9784805311172)
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Additional editions
Masahiro Tanimori | Eriko Sato
Essential Japanese Grammar
A Comprehensive Guide to Contemporary Usage: Learn Japanese Grammar and Vocabulary Quickly and Effectively
E-Book
02/2013
Tuttle Publishing
€19.49
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Previous edition
Masahiro Tanimori
Handbook of Japanese Grammar
Book
11/1994
Tuttle Publishing
€37.99
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Persons
Masahiro Tanimori is Associate Professor of Japanese education at Tottori University in Japan. He is the author of Handbook of Japanese Grammar (Tuttle, 1994) and vice editor of New Edition of General Japanese (Xinbian Zonghe Riyu, China Astronautic Publishing House, 2011), and is a member of the Society for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language. He lives in Awajo, Japan.
Eriko Sato is Associate Professor of Japanese and translation studies at the State of University of New York at Stony Brook, where she is also the Director of the Japanese Teacher Education Program. She has authored and co-authored over a dozen books, including Japanese Stories for Language Learners, and Learning Japanese Kanji.She has also authored or co-authored Contemporary Japanese, Japanese Demystified, Japanese for Dummies, Complete Japanese Grammar, Japanese Phrases for Dummies, and My First Japanese Kanji Book.
Eriko Sato is Associate Professor of Japanese and translation studies at the State of University of New York at Stony Brook, where she is also the Director of the Japanese Teacher Education Program. She has authored and co-authored over a dozen books, including Japanese Stories for Language Learners, and Learning Japanese Kanji.She has also authored or co-authored Contemporary Japanese, Japanese Demystified, Japanese for Dummies, Complete Japanese Grammar, Japanese Phrases for Dummies, and My First Japanese Kanji Book.