A Reference Grammar of Dutch: with Exercises and Key

“A Reference Grammar of Dutch is aimed at students of Dutch at beginner/intermediate level, and addresses itself particularly to the difficulties encountered by English‐speaking students.” Advanced learners wishing to revise particular grammatical points will certainly also benefit.

This attractive book, generously laid out and notably well printed in 10/12 pt Monotype Baskerville and 9/12 pt Frutiger fonts, is unconventional in several respects. Carol Fehringer, lecturer in German linguistics and Dutch at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, and author of scholarly articles on theoretical morphology and German and English dialects, breaks with the familiar ordering of reference grammars (by progression...