The Oxford Japanese Grammar and Verbs

by Jonathan Bunt

Overview

Oxford Japanese Grammar and Verbs is designed for users at all levels as a learning tool or as a revision aid. It can be used to support any Japanese language course and is ideal for use with Oxford's Take off in Japanese and other audio language learning packs. The guide features:

* Brand-new text providing clear and simple explanations * Comprehensive coverage of all the key points of Japanese grammar * Thousands of examples show how the language works * Clear and attractive layout for maximum accessibility * All grammatical terms explained in a glossary * Provides detailed tables of Japanese verbs in an easy-to-use format

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198603825
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	10/30/2003
Series:	Grammar and Verbs Series
Edition description:	Bilingual
Pages:	288
Sales rank:	746,393
Product dimensions:	6.96(w) x 4.40(h) x 0.55(d)

Table of Contents

	Preface	vii
	Acknowledgements	ix
	Parts of speech	1
	Topic, comment, and predicate	5
	In-group and out-group	7
	Style	10
	[characters not reproducible]	15
	Verbs	20
	Adjectives	96
	Adverbs	111
	Nouns	122
	Conjunctions and conjunctive particles	129
	Particles	149
	Auxiliary suffixes	181
	The [characters not reproducible] group of words	186
	Numbers, counters, time, dates	191
	Nominalization: the nominalizer [characters not reproducible] and the noun [characters not reproducible]	206
	Keigo	213
	Interrogatives	224
	Perspective and pronouns	231
	Punctuation and script terms	240
	Glossary of grammatical terms	243
	Appendices	255
	Hiragana chart	255
	Katakana chart	256
	Word endings for finding the dictionary form	258
	English index	261
	Japanese index	267