Filipino

Filipino: An Essential Grammar is a comprehensive and practical reference guide introducing the key grammatical forms and structures in Filipino language.

Filipino: An Essential Grammar is a comprehensive and practical reference guide introducing the key grammatical forms and structures in the Filipino language.

This book offers a detailed exploration of key phonological, morphological, and syntactic features of Filipino that are essential to achieving high levels of proficiency in the language. Across 14 chapters are concise explanations of important grammatical categories and linguistic features relevant in the description of Philippine languages, complemented by examples relevant for everyday conversations and easy-to-understand rules for navigating Filipino grammar.

Taking into consideration the most salient grammatical aspects that need to be presented by teachers and mastered by learners of Filipino, this is the ideal reference grammar for researchers, teachers, and learners of the Filipino language. This book is designed for both independent and class-based studies by learners of Filipino at all levels.

Autorentext

Sheila Zamar is Assistant Professor of ESL and Tagalog Language Instruction in the Defense Critical Language and Culture Program at the Mansfield Center, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA.

Klappentext

Filipino: An Essential Grammar is a comprehensive and practical reference guide introducing the key grammatical forms and structures in the Filipino language. This book offers a detailed exploration of key phonological, morphological, and syntactic features of Filipino that are essential to achieving high levels of proficiency in the language. Across 14 chapters are concise explanations of important grammatical categories and linguistic features relevant in the description of Philippine languages, complemented by examples relevant for everyday conversations and easy-to-understand rules for navigating Filipino grammar. Taking into consideration the most salient grammatical aspects that need to be presented by teachers and mastered by learners of Filipino, this is the ideal reference grammar for researchers, teachers, and learners of the Filipino language. This book is designed for both independent and class-based studies by learners of Filipino at all levels.

Inhalt

Introduction

Chapter 1. Phonology and Spelling

Chapter 2. Nouns and Pronouns

Chapter 3. Markers and Prepositions

Chapter 4. Adjectives and Linker

Chapter 5. Verbal Aspect

Chapter 6. Verbal Focus

Chapter 7. Verbal Mood

Chapter 8. Pseudo-verbs and other verb forms

Chapter 9. Adverbs

Chapter 10. Connectors

Chapter 11. Sentence structures

Chapter 12. Clause types and Conjunctions

Chapter 13. Interjections, Courtesies, and other Lexical classes

Chapter 14. Summary: quick reference guide

References

Index