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A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar
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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9784789004541
Edition: 1st pbk. ed
ISBN: 4789004546
Label: Japan Publications Trading Co
Manufacturer: Japan Publications Trading Co
Number Of Pages: 636
Publication Date: 1991-12
Publisher: Japan Publications Trading Co
Studio: Japan Publications Trading Co
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Rating: - An Excellent Resource
A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar is wonderfully thorough introduction to the language for students who want to go beyond the bare-bones explication of most textbooks. Each item is discussed in depth, and with dozens of example sentences the book continually reminds the reader that grammar occurs most significantly in natural human communication, rather than dry grammar dictionaries. The easy-to-use index makes lookup of particular words or usage quick and painless.
Nathan Dummitt ... Read More
Rating: - Absolutely Essential if you are serious about learning Japanese
I've used a number of books to learn Japanese over the years, and this was not the first or the last, but I immediately recognized it as the most important as a learning tool and as a reference for beginners. It gives the reader a clear and concise tour through the fundamentals. It doesn't teach you "street" Japanese, but that's better learned on the street - not from a book. It would be best coupled with spoken Japanese lessons from a native speaker or Pimsleur audio (get the CD and make MP3s). Also, ... Read More
Rating: - Comprehensive and Comprehensible
There is a bit of a myth about Japanese grammar--that it is too complicated, too alien for the non-native speaker to ever really master. This is a myth that many Japanese perpetuate themselves, seen in unflattering characterizations of non-native speakers, or in the (unhelpful) praise lavished upon anyone who can speak Japanese to any degree, no matter how ungrammatical it may be. This is a myth that is also unfortunately and unintentionally perpetuated by guides like Jorden's "Japanese the Spoken Language" ... Read More
Rating:  - A dangerous book
It is more than 1 year since the last review for this book was written here, but reading through all the reviews there seems almost only to be positive comments about this book (the few negative comments there are, are rather unimportant things). BUT this book, used wrongly, may very well teach you Japanese that has never been heard from a native speaker's mouth.
The information provided in the book is overwhelming and the explanations are almost too good to be true. However, depending on what you ... Read More
Rating: - I'm lucky to have bought it
Personally, I feel that these two books (basic/intermediate) goes together in order to have a complete reference. If it's separated, it's like splitting elementary school's vocabulary and highschool's vocabulary into two dictionary. Which dictionary should you buy if you want to check for words that seemed to be in between these two levels. For example, words like "honor".
The other reviewers are very informative, so i'll just give you a good example of a grammar from the "Intermediate japanese grammar". ... Read More
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