Finnish: A Comprehensive Grammar presents a fresh, accessible and thorough description of the language, concentrating on the real patterns of use in modern Finnish.

The book moves from the sound system through morphology and word classes to a detailed analysis of sentence structures and semantic features.

Key features include:

• particular focus on examples from spoken Finnish reflecting current usage
• grammatical phenomena classified as common or rare
• appendices identifying stems and sequences of endings
• English-Finnish contrasts highlighted throughout.

Finnish: A Comprehensive Grammar is an essential reference for the intermediate and advanced learner and user of Finnish.

Fred Karlsson is Adjunct Professor of Finnish at the Universiity of Helsinki, Finland.