Re: grammar books

On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 18:50:33 GMT, David Hough 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.

I like "Japanese - a Comprehensive Grammar" in the Routledge Grammars
series. I bought it at Borders books for $42.99. Unfortunately, when I
looked around all the prices for the paperback edition were one and a half
times that amount and I looked at US, Japanese, and UK sources. However,
if you can check it out at the library, it is comprehensive, up to date,
and has good examples.

Phil Yff
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