Hungarian is spoken by 14-15 million people worldwide. A unique language, completely unrelated to the languages of its neighbouring countries, it boasts a grammar full of complex features and vocabulary of basically Uralic (Finno-Ugric) origin. Hungarian addresses current issues in the description of languages and applies up-to-date research techniques to Hungarian. This comprehensive descriptive grammar of the Hungarian language will appeal to both the professional linguist and advanced learner of Hungarian alike.

Hungarian is spoken by 12-14 million people worldwide. A language completely unrelated to the languages of its neighbouring countries, it boasts a grammar full of complex features and a vocabulary deriving largely from Asia. This book covers the phonological, inflectional and derivational morphology, syntax and basic lexicon of Hungarian. It gives a detailed summary of both the sound systems and case systems of Hungarian and illustrates their various uses. In addition, the text also summarizes the main processes of word formation and gives a detailed account of the sentence structure and the ways of combining words into sentences. It also lists the basic vocabulary of Hungarian. The book addresses current issues in the description of languages and applies up-to-date research techniques to Hungarian.