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| ====== The Nihongoresources Book ====== | ====== The Nihongoresources Book ====== | ||
| - | This is the dokuwiki for the first publication issue of the grammar book associated with Nihongo Resources. In addition to being published in hardcopy book form, the book will be made freely available for download, and the content will be put online for consultation. | + | This is the dokuwiki for the first publication issue of the grammar book associated with Nihongo Resources. In addition to being published in hardcopy book form, the book is freely available for download from this site, with the content being made freely available online for consultation. |
| If you wish to contribute by typo-hunting, consistency checking, general proof reading, or by suggesting (in your opinion) missing content or additional example phrases or text, please contact me and I shall be happy to provide you with a login that will allow you to edit the text on the wiki. You can also leave a comment in the relevant section, which doesn't require any form of logging in or editing the actual section text. | If you wish to contribute by typo-hunting, consistency checking, general proof reading, or by suggesting (in your opinion) missing content or additional example phrases or text, please contact me and I shall be happy to provide you with a login that will allow you to edit the text on the wiki. You can also leave a comment in the relevant section, which doesn't require any form of logging in or editing the actual section text. | ||
| For editors, a note on section locks: there's only one person who can lock and unlock sections, and that's the ol' admin. If you encounter a section that is locked (and is thus considered properly finalised) but still has mistakes in it, please contact me and I can unlock it for editing. | For editors, a note on section locks: there's only one person who can lock and unlock sections, and that's the ol' admin. If you encounter a section that is locked (and is thus considered properly finalised) but still has mistakes in it, please contact me and I can unlock it for editing. | ||
| - | ===== Download the Book ==== | + | ===== Read The Book Online ===== |
| - | If you want an offline copy of the book, all you have to do is click here: | + | You can read all the chapters online by clicking on their chapter names in the following list: |
| - | * {{:An introduction to Japanese - Syntax, Grammar & Language.pdf|"An introduction to Japanese - Syntax, Grammar & Language"}}, compiled 14 March 2010 (PDF, 5.9 MB - 403 pages, B5 format) | + | * Chapter 1, the [[Syntax]] |
| + | * Chapter 2, [[Verb Grammar]] | ||
| + | * Chapter 3, [[More Verb Grammar]] | ||
| + | * Chapter 4, [[Particles]] | ||
| + | * Chapter 5, [[Counters]] and Counting | ||
| + | * Chapter 6, [[Language Patterns]] | ||
| - | If you like the book, and should you feel like making this known, please consider making a donation to nihongoresources by clicking on the "donate" button at the top of the page (in the blue bar). Any amount is welcome, be it $100, $10 or even just $1! | + | And of course, the appendices are available in the same fashion: |
| - | ===== Read The Book Online ===== | + | * Appendix A, [[Conjugation]] Schemes |
| + | * Appendix B, [[Set Phrases]] | ||
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| + | And finally, not unimportant, the [[Glossary]]. | ||
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| + | ===== Download the book as free pdf ==== | ||
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| + | If you want an offline copy of the book, all you have to do is click here: | ||
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| + | * {{:An introduction to Japanese - Syntax, Grammar & Language.pdf|"An introduction to Japanese - Syntax, Grammar & Language"}}, compiled 26 April 2010 (PDF, 5.8 MB - 402 pages, B5 format) | ||
| + | ===== Buy a paper copy of the book! ==== | ||
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| + | [[http://www.amazon.com/introduction-Japanese-Syntax-Grammar-Language/dp/9081507117|{{:book:front_cover_thumb.jpg?100 }}]] While you can download the book for free, there's nothing like having a real book to read through, too. You can buy a copy of this book online, via a number of online retailers such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble, or if you like you can even order a signed copy. | ||
| - | These pages describe the content of the Nihongoresources book content for publication | + | Head over to the book's page at [[http://www.sjgrpublishing.com/catalogue/isbn-978-90-815071-1-0|SJGR Publishing]] for specific information and to order directly from them, or if you are in the US, why not pick up your copy from [[http://www.thejapanshop.com/product.php?productid=17700 | The Japan Shop]]? |
| - | - [[Syntax]] | + | The book is priced at $30.00 in the U.S. and Canada, £20.00 in the U.K. and €20,00 in Europe, although if you look around you might find someone selling it for less than that ^_^ |
| - | - [[Verb Grammar]] | + | |
| - | - [[More Verb Grammar]] | + | |
| - | - [[Particles]] | + | |
| - | - [[Counters]] | + | |
| - | - [[Language Patterns]] | + | |
| - | And the appendices: | + | Amazon links: [[http://www.amazon.com/introduction-Japanese-Syntax-Grammar-Language/dp/9081507117|US]], [[http://www.amazon.ca/introduction-Japanese-Syntax-Grammar-Language/dp/9081507117|Canada]], [[http://www.amazon.co.uk/introduction-Japanese-Syntax-Grammar-Language/dp/9081507117|UK]], [[http://www.amazon.de/introduction-Japanese-Syntax-Grammar-Language/dp/9081507117|Germany]], [[http://www.amazon.fr/introduction-Japanese-Syntax-Grammar-Language/dp/9081507117|France]], [[http://www.amazon.co.jp/introduction-Japanese-Syntax-Grammar-Language/dp/9081507117|Japan]] - For most people in the European region (including the UK) the best deal is probably through The Book Depository. While the book is not listed on their own site, they sell it under their [[http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/9081507117|amazon market place]] programme. |
| - | - [[Conjugation]] Schemes | ||
| - | - [[Set Phrases]] | ||
| - | - [[Glossary]] | ||
| ===== Todo ===== | ===== Todo ===== | ||
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| ===== Technical details ===== | ===== Technical details ===== | ||
| - | The technical details on how this Dokuwiki has been customised for Japanese, as well as for Dokuwiki to LaTeX conversion, and how the LaTeX conversion specifically works, please refer to [[technical:details|this]] page. | + | The technical details on how this Dokuwiki has been customised for Japanese, as well as for the Dokuwiki to LaTeX conversion that allows the book pdf file to be generated directly off this website (as well information on how the LaTeX conversion specifically works) please refer to the [[technical:details|Technical details]] page. |
| - | To see how much it costs to offer a free product like this, see [[technical:cost|this]] page. | + | If you were wondering how much it costs to offer a book like this for free on the internet, you may want to read about the [[technical:cost|financial details]] on writing and publishing a book like this. |
| ====== License Information ====== | ====== License Information ====== | ||
| All wiki content on the pages of grammar.nihongoresources.com are (c) Michiel Kamermans. Comment posters retain the rights to their comments, but posters understand that the improvements to the content that follow from their comments become part of the wiki content and thus fall under nihongoresources copyright. You may quote from this work, providing that proper citation is observed (one or two lines uncredited is fine, more than that and it is generally understood that you should cite your source). This website acts as the live repository for the nihongoresources grammar book, and as such should be considered a permanent draft copy of the next upcoming revision. You are not permitted to create derivative works, nor may you sell, or bundle with a sale for the purpose of enriching the sold product, the content from this website either in original or derived form. Any rights not mentioned here are implicitly reserved by nihongoresources. Should you have questions pertaining to this license, please contact me through the nihongoresources.com website. | All wiki content on the pages of grammar.nihongoresources.com are (c) Michiel Kamermans. Comment posters retain the rights to their comments, but posters understand that the improvements to the content that follow from their comments become part of the wiki content and thus fall under nihongoresources copyright. You may quote from this work, providing that proper citation is observed (one or two lines uncredited is fine, more than that and it is generally understood that you should cite your source). This website acts as the live repository for the nihongoresources grammar book, and as such should be considered a permanent draft copy of the next upcoming revision. You are not permitted to create derivative works, nor may you sell, or bundle with a sale for the purpose of enriching the sold product, the content from this website either in original or derived form. Any rights not mentioned here are implicitly reserved by nihongoresources. Should you have questions pertaining to this license, please contact me through the nihongoresources.com website. | ||