Ambrazas V. et al. Lithuanian Grammar

Baltų lankų leidyba, 2006. — 802 p. — ISBN: 9986-813-22-0.The first comprehensive description of the grammatical structure of Lithunian, including phonology, morphology and syntax to be published in English.The aim of this volume is to make the Lithuanian language more accessible to the international linguistic community and to all those who are interested in Lithuanian. This second revised edition was published in 2006 as a 802-page hardback with dustjacket.It is essentially a description of the grammatical system of present-day Standard Lithuanian. Dialectal and historical data are dealt with insofar as they have a bearing on grammatical variation current in the standard language. Most Lithuanian grammars and most of the specialist literature are written in Lithuanian. So far, only a few introductions to Lithuanian or textbooks for learners have been published in English. Therefore, the present Grammar aims to fill the conspicuous gap in linguistic literature.This Grammar comprises four parts: Phonology, Morphonology, Morphology and Syntax. Phonology deals with phonemes - the smallest linear linguistic units, while Morphology deals with word forms, their grammatical meanings and functions, and also with classes of words. Some derivational peculiarities are briefly treated here insofar as they are relevant for the characterization of word classes and their morphological categories. The rules of phonemic change considered in Morphonology are essential for the description of inflectional paradigms. In Syntax, the units of sentence structure (word groups, parts of the sentence) are distinguished and defined by the types of syntactic relations (interdependence, subordination and coordination) among word forms; they are further interpreted in terms of their semantic functions. Simple sentence patterns are distinguished according to the obligatory constituents whose number and form are determined by the valence properties of the predicate.Phonology.
Spelling and transcription.
Theoretical preliminaries.
Vowels, diphthongs and semidiphthongs.
Consonants.
Syllable.
Prosodic (suprasegmental) features.
Morphonology.
Alternations of phonemes.
Accentuation.
Morphology.
General remarks.
Noun.
Adjective.
Numeral.
Pronoun.
Verb.
Adverb.
Particles.
Prepositions.
Conjunctions.
Interjections.
Onomatopoeic words.
Syntax.
Sentence and its structure.
Word groups.
The simple sentence.
Extended sentences.
Word order.
The communicative types of sentences.
The composite sentence.
Selected bibliography.
Subject index.