Latvian Grammar 1st Edition by Andra Kalnača, Ilze Lokmane ISBN 9789934186462 9934186357

The purpose of the book is to make information about the Latvian language and its grammatical system available to a wider audience not only in Latvia, but also outside it. This is important both for people who are native Latvian speakers or who know Latvian, as well as for those who are interested in Latvian culture, history and, of course, the Latvian language. The relevance of a scientific Latvian grammar written in English is also determined by the extensive Latvian diaspora abroad, especially in English-speaking countries, where children and young people are educated in the language of their home country, but no longer in Latvian. Latvian grammar in English will also be useful for those who are learning Latvian as a foreign language and, after knowing the minimum of the language, want to learn more about the grammatical system of the language and its peculiarities. Also, the book will be an important source of knowledge and materials for those who teaches the Latvian language – both as a native or inherited language, and as a foreign language. There is also a great demand among foreign linguists for systematic and reliable Latvian language data prepared by native speakers, because the Latvian language has an extremely interesting interweaving of very ancient and relatively new facts of the development of the language.