A Reference Grammar of Spoken Tamil

by Harold F. Schiffman

This is a reference grammar of the standard spoken variety of Tamil, which differs radically from the literary language. This book, a much expanded version of the author's Grammar of Spoken Tamil (1979) is the first such grammar to contain examples both in Tamil script and in transliteration, and is designed to be accessible to students studying the modern spoken language at all levels as well as to linguists and other specialists. The book has benefited from extensive native-speaker input and the author's own long experience of teaching Tamil to English-speakers.

256 pages, Paperback

First published November 28, 1999

Reviews

[Rohan Rajesh · Rating 5 out of 5]

An in-depth explanation of spoken Tamil grammar. All the questions i had about the very idiomatic things my parents say when speaking Tamil were answered here, highly recommend for those interested in Tamil