Re: grammar books

On 2月14日, 午前7:50, "David Hough" <david.ho...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi, does anyone have any suggestions for good books on
Japanese grammar? I checked the faq, and there are some
nice things, but also many references to the faq booklists,
which are temporarily closed (and the link to old reviews
on Jim Breen's site is broken, too).

I'm an intermediate student (in Japanese for Busy People
Vol. II), and I think I would benefit from a detailed
description of the grammar. The only grammar books I
have are Barron's little book, and some special topics
such as Sue Kawashima's Dictionary of Japanese Particles
and Rita Lampkin's Japanese Verbs and Essentials of
Grammar.

Best regards,
Dave Hough

Hi Dave

There is a series of grammar dictionaries that I have found extremely
helpful by Seiichi Makino and Michio Tsutsui: A Dictionary of Basic
Japanese Grammar, and a Dictionary of Intermediate Japanese Grammar.

The "Intermediate" version actually has some fairly advanced grammar
advice, and I believe it is more suited to the level of a student who
is in one of the final years of a degree in Japanese, and is still
helpful into master's level.

Don't let the "Basic" title put you off, I think that this book would
suit the level you are studying at (I have also used Japanese for Busy
People). You also might like to think about looking at books such as 新基
準対応 日本語能力試験対策 日本語総まとめ by 佐々木仁子・松本紀子. After a certain level (in my
opinion at least), text books written in English stop being quite so
helpful.

In addition, I sometimes find the free online grammar database JGram
useful. www.jgram.org

Best wishes

Stefan Grace

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