Danish: A Comprehensive Grammar presents a fresh and accessible description of the language, concentrating on the real patterns of use in modern Danish. The volume is organized to promote a thorough understanding of Danish grammar. It offers a...
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Danish: A Comprehensive Grammar presents a fresh and accessible description of the language, concentrating on the real patterns of use in modern Danish. The volume is organized to promote a thorough understanding of Danish grammar. It offers a stimulating analysis of the complexities of the language, and provides full and clear explanations. This edition has been fully updated to reflect changes in grammar, cultural changes and the impact of modern technology. All sections have been systematically revised, and a new section on phrases and an up-to-the-moment account of the use of the comma hav
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; 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; 1.5 Nouns with no plural form or no singular form, collective nouns and nouns expressing quantity; 1.6 Differences in number between English and Danish; 1.7 Some Danish noun homonyms; 1.8 The genitive; 1.9 The form of the indefinite article; 1.10 The form of the definite article; 1.11 The use of the indefinite and definite article; Chapter 2 Adjectives; 2.1 Introduction to forms and use
2.2 Form and order2.3 The indefinite declension; 2.4 The definite declension; 2.5 Adjectival nouns; 2.6 Comparison of adjectives; 2.7 Compound adjectives; Chapter 3 Numerals; 3.1 Forms of numerals; 3.2 The use of cardinal numbers; 3.3 The use of ordinal numbers; 3.4 Fractions; 3.5 Dates; 3.6 The time; Chapter 4 Pronouns; 4.1 Personal pronouns; 4.2 The use of subjective and objective forms; 4.3 Reflexive pronouns; 4.4 Emphatic pronouns; 4.5 Possessive pronouns; 4.6 Demonstrative pronouns; 4.7 Interrogative pronouns; 4.8 Relative pronouns; 4.9 Indefinite pronouns; Chapter 5 Verbs
5.1 Verb forms5.2 The use of the tenses; 5.3 The use of the non-finite verb forms; 5.4 Mood; 5.5 Main, auxiliary, transitive, intransitive and reflexive verbs; 5.6 -s forms of verbs and the passive voice; 5.7 Compound verbs; 5.8 Some problem verbs; Chapter 6 Adverbs; 6.1 Form; 6.2 Function; 6.3 Location and movement; 6.4 Some idiomatic usages; Chapter 7 Prepositions; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 The use of some common prepositions; 7.3 A brief survey of some other Danish prepositions; 7.4 Danish equivalents of English 'of'; Chapter 8 Interjections; 8.1 Introduction
8.2 Affirmations, denials, responses8.3 Expressions of feelings, exclamations; 8.4 Commands; 8.5 Imitation; 8.6 Greetings, exhortations; 8.7 Expletives; Chapter 9 Conjunctions; 9.1 Coordination and subordination; 9.2 Coordinating conjunctions; 9.3 Subordinating conjunctions; 9.4 Other subordinators; 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 The position of adverbials; 10.6 Order within positions; 10.7 Main clause transformations and exceptions
10.8 Subordinate clausesChapter 11 Word formation; 11.1 Introduction; 11.2 Affixation; 11.3 Compounding; 11.4 Abbreviation; 11.5 Assimilation of foreign loans; Chapter 12 Punctuation; 12.1 Punctuation marks; 12.2 The comma; 12.3 The full stop; 12.4 The colon; 12.5 The exclamation mark; 12.6 Quotations; 12.7 Direct speech conventions; 12.8 The apostrophe; 12.9 The hyphen; 12.10 The dash; 12.11 Addresses; 12.12 Dates; Chapter 13 Orthography; 13.1 Symbols and sounds; 13.2 Spelling; 13.3 Small and capital letters; 13.4 Miscellaneous; Linguistic terms; Latin, Danish and English linguistic terms
