New member with a question

[doe_witch]

First of all, it says intro posts are cool, so here's mine! I'm a philosophy major in name but a linguistics major in practice, and like many of you (I'm sure) I've been studying some language or another for most of my life.

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[doe_witch]

The topic isn't fully fleshed out yet so I can't get into it too much but mostly I need to be able to do a detailed side-by-side comparison of such things as these languages' phonology, morphology, syntax, lexicon, all those kinds of things, with a particular eye for concepts or idioms that don't translate easily between them (and, conversely, for concepts and idioms that are shared between them). I'm fine with advice on lots and lots of sources because if it sounds like I need to look at about seven different books to get a grasp on Finnish on my own (this is all my own research, I can't take any classes) then so be it.

[doe_witch]

One reason I'm still fleshing it out is because there's actually plenty of flesh to it already but on the other hand, it's going to wind up more of a proposal for post-undergraduate research than a whole and complete research paper. Which requires a lot of winnowing and paring. But the language information is still very important, even if I will have to reduce much of what I learn.

[zarxos]

This book is amazing, and I would say basically a requirement for someone in your situation: http://www.amazon.com/Finnish-Essential-Grammar-Routledge-Grammars/dp/0415207053

[doe_witch]

Thanks, I think I've heard that one recommended before so I'm definitely going to get it!