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Swedish - Ian Hinchliffe, Philip Holmes, Sofia Malmgård

Swedish

A Comprehensive Grammar
Buch | Hardcover
744 Seiten
2026 | 4th edition
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-98928-0 (ISBN)
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Swedish: A Comprehensive Grammar is an award-winning complete reference guide to modern Swedish grammar. This volume is organised to promote a thorough understanding of Swedish grammar, presenting the complexities of the language in a concise and readable form. Explanations are full, clear and free of jargon, and an extensive index, numbered paragraphs, cross-references and summary charts provide readers with easy access to the information they require.

This fourth edition has been exhaustively researched and updated to align with current standards in the description of language and to incorporate the most recent recommendations of Språkrådet, the Language Council of Sweden. The emphasis is on Swedish in everyday communication, drawing on contemporary corpus material and a wide range of printed and online sources to illustrate the use of high-frequency words and expressions. Examples have been systematically updated to reflect contemporary conventions and usage, and new content has been added to reflect the increasing democratisation of written Swedish.

Key features include:

· detailed treatment of grammatical structures and parts of speech

· a wealth of authentic examples, many drawn from mainstream news media and reliable online sources

· careful attention to areas that typically cause confusion or difficulty for learners

· Swedish/English contrasts highlighted throughout the book

· a new chapter outlining major differences in written and spoken Swedish, with notes on slang and youth argot.

Swedish: A Comprehensive Grammar is the most thorough and detailed Swedish grammar available in English and is an essential reference source for students and speakers of Swedish, irrespective of level.

Ian Hinchliffe is a former lecturer in Swedish, a freelance translator and founder member of the Swedish Association of Professional Translators. Philip Holmes (1944-2019) was Reader Emeritus in Scandinavian Studies at the University of Hull, UK. Sofia Malmgård, B.A., is an experienced translator, language consultant and author of Sveriges språkflora, a handbook for a multilingual society.

Preface

Symbols and abbreviations used in the text

Chapter 1 Nouns

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Gender rules

1.3 Miscellaneous points of gender

1.4 Plural noun forms – the declensions

1.5 Miscellaneous points on indefinite plural forms

1.6 Special uses of the singular and plural

1.7 Noun homonyms

1.8 The genitive

1.9 The form of the indefinite article

1.10 The form of the definite (end) article

1.11 The use of the indefinite and definite (end) article

Chapter 2 Adjectives

2.1 Form and order

2.2 The indefinite declension

2.3 The definite declension

2.4 Adjectival nouns

2.5 Comparison of adjectives

Chapter 3 Pronouns

3.1 Personal pronouns

3.2 Function and reference of personal pronouns

3.3 Subject and object pronouns

3.4 Reflexive pronouns

3.5 Emphatic pronouns

3.6 Possessive adjectives and pronouns

3.7 Demonstrative pronouns

3.8 Determinative pronouns

3.9 Indefinite pronouns

3.10 Interrogative pronouns

3.11 Relative pronouns

Chapter 4 Numerals

4.1 Forms of numerals

4.2 The use of cardinal numbers

4.3 The use of ordinal numbers

4.4 Fractions

4.5 Dates

4.6 Telling the time

Chapter 5 Verbs

5.1 Form

5.2 The use of the tenses

5.3 Ways of expressing mood

5.4 Transitive, intransitive and reflexive verbs

5.5 −s forms of the verb and the passive

5.6 Compound verbs

5.7 Some translation hints

Chapter 6 Adverbs

6.1 Form

6.2 Meaning and function

6.3 Location and movement

6.4 Translating adverbs

Chapter 7 Prepositions

7.1 Introduction

7.2 The fifteen most common Swedish prepositions

7.3 Prepositional usage

Chapter 8 Conjunctions

8.1 Coordination and subordination

8.2 Coordinating conjunctions

8.3 Subordinating conjunctions

8.4 Other subordinators

8.5 Some translation hints

Chapter 9 Interjections

9.1 Introduction

9.2 Affirmations and denials

9.3 Reactions in conversation

9.4 Commands

9.5 Imitations

9.6 Polite expressions

9.7 Expletives

Chapter 10 Sentence structure and word order

10.1 Clause elements

10.2 Phrases

10.3 Main clause word order – basic positions

10.4 Subordinate clause word order – basic positions

10.5 Order within positions

10.6 Main clause transformations

10.7 Subordinate clauses

10.8 Emphasis

10.9 Ellipsis

10.10 Swedish word order summarised

Chapter 11 Word formation

11.1 Introduction

11.2 Affixation

11.3 Compounding

11.4 Expressive formation

11.5 Abbreviation

11.6 Foreign influences on Swedish

11.7 Conversion

Chapter 12 Orthography

12.1 Symbols and sounds

12.2 Spelling

12.3 Upper-case and lower-case letters

12.4 Miscellaneous

Chapter 13 Punctuation

13.1 Introduction –Punctuation marks

13.2 Addresses

13.3 Dates

Chapter 14 Written and spoken Swedish

14.1 Word choices in written and spoken Swedish

14.2 Swedish slang

14.3 Youth argot - förortssvenska

Erscheint lt. Verlag 13.5.2026
Reihe/Serie Routledge Comprehensive Grammars
Zusatzinfo 3 Line drawings, black and white; 3 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt Schulbuch / Wörterbuch Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaft
ISBN-10 1-032-98928-9 / 1032989289
ISBN-13 978-1-032-98928-0 / 9781032989280
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