The author's Analytical Grammar of the Hungarian Language was written ‘to fill the need for a descriptive, scientific grammar of Hungarian in English, with analysis of the various elements into their component parts’ (12). The present grammar has been written with the same end in view; originally intended as a second edition of the Analytical Grammar, it has been so completely rewritten as to form an entirely new work. The entire analysis has been placed on a phonemic basis, all Hungarian examples are cited in phonemic transcription, and extensive use has been made of morphophonemic analysis and symbolism, especially in the treatment of vocalic harmony.