Re: Japanese References (was: I'M BACK!!! :))

Douglas Koller, Latin & French wrote at 2003-09-02 12:16:52 (-0400)
>
 > I remembered!!! (wonder of wonders, miracle of miracles....) The book
 > I have is one of the Routledge Grammars. I don't remember how to
 > write a bibliography, so:
 >
 > Title: Japanese: A Comprehensive Grammar
 >
 > Authors: Stefan Kaiser, Yasuko Ichikawa, Noriko Kobayashi, Hilofumi Yamamoto
 > (consultant editor: Sarah Butler)
 >
 > Publisher: Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group)
 >
 > Copyright: 2001
 >
 > ISBN: 0-415-09919-6 (hardback)
 >           0-415-09920-X (paperback)
 >
 > (www.routledge.com)
 >
 > I bought the paperback version, and no price is marked, but hey,
 > AFAIC, when it comes to language books, money is no object.
 >
 > The format is much akin to the canonical Li & Thompson on Mandarin
 > Chinese and certainly as comprehensive (*and* with examples written
 > in Japanese as well as English transliteration, which neither the L
 > & T nor the Routledge Cantonese grammar has, alas). I think it will
 > meet most, if not all, of your Japanese grammatical needs.
 >
 > Good luck finding it!
 >
 > Kou
 >

Thank you very much.  It sounds ideal, and Blackwells has the paperback for
£30.99, which while not exactly pocket change is not unreasonable.

I'm particularly pleased by the comparison to Li & Thompson, which
I've heard a lot of good things about.