Overview

Japanese Grammar: The Connecting Point is instrumental for anyone learning Japanese who seeks to gain a firm grasp of the most important aspect of the language: verb usage. Learning Japanese may seem to be a daunting task, but Dr. Nomura's book will help readers conjugate verbs into a variety of formats, construct sentences systematically, and hold intelligible conversations in Japanese. He groups all Japanese verbs into clusters, creating a method of how each of those groups conjugate, and then demonstrates how to combine various verb forms with auxiliary expressions to form complex sentences. Not only is this method excellent for beginners, as it creates a solid foundation for learners to increase their language ability and attain fluency at a rapid rate, but also for intermediate and advanced levels, as it will help them solidify their verb usage and use Japanese with greater confidence. Learners will also benefit from Dr. Nomura's method because they will be able to shift the level of formality in any conversational situation according to what is culturally appropriate. Furthermore, when a new verb is uttered by other people, the learner will be able to immediately apply the agglutinative process described in this grammar book and generate sentences with a variety of suffixes in a culturally appropriate manner.

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Author:   Kimihiko Nomura
Publisher:   University Press of America
Imprint:   University Press of America
Dimensions:   Width: 21.30cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 28.30cm
Weight:   1.118kg
ISBN:  

9780761853114

ISBN 10:   0761853111
Pages:   490
Publication Date:   21 October 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  Adult education ,  General ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 List of abbreviations Chapter 2 List of tables and figures Chapter 3 Preface Chapter 4 Acknowledgements Chapter 5 CHAPTER 1: Pronunciation and Writing Systems Chapter 6 CHAPTER 2: Basic Sentence Patterns Chapter 7 CHAPTER 3: Verb Categorizations Chapter 8 CHAPTER 4: Verb Conjugations and Functions Chapter 9 CHAPTER 5: Verbals and the Particles Chapter 10 CHAPTER 6: The Copular Verb Chapter 11 CHAPTER 7: Copular Noun Chapter 12 CHAPTER 8: Adjective Chapter 13 CHAPTER 9: Auxiliary Verb Chapter 14 CHAPTER 10: Adverb Chapter 15 CHAPTER 11: Noun Chapter 16 CHAPTER 12: Pronoun Chapter 17 Appendix A: How to Use Appendix A Chapter 18 Appendix B: How to Use Appendix B Chapter 19 Bibliography Chapter 20 Index Chapter 21 About the Author

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Kimihiko Nomura is a professor of Japanese and the director of the Japanese Language and Culture Program in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at California State University, Chico. He received his doctorate in education from Northern Arizona University in 1990. Dr. Nomura has been a foreign language instructor both in Japan and in the U.S. for the last thirty-nine years.

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