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  • Intermediate Germanby Anna Miell; Heiner Schenke

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 39.95

    Intermediate German is designed for learners who have achieved basic proficiency and now wish to progress to more complex language. Each of the units combines concise grammar explanations with examples and exercises to help build confidence and fluency. Features include: clear explanations of the similarities and differences in English and... more...

  • Mastering German Vocabularyby Bruce Donaldson

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 41.95

    How often have you looked up an English word in a German dictionary only to be confronted by a bewildering array of German equivalents? Which is the correct word for the context in question? Thirty years' experience in teaching Germanic languages at tertiary level to English-speaking students have made the author acutely aware of this problem. Mastering... more...

  • The Complete Idiot's Guide to Learning German, 4Eby Alicia Müller; Stephan Müller

    DK Publishing 2013; US$ 24.95

    The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Learning German, Fourth Edition couches the more academic topics, such as verb tenses, in useful travel-themed chapters dealing with everything from shopping, renting cars, banking, making a phone call, visiting a doctor, going to the post office, to banking. This editon includes a new audio CD with nearly an hour... more...

  • Kenntnisseby Claire S.A. Burke; Edmund Burke; Susanne Parker

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 39.95

    This topics-based textbook has been devised to meet the needs of modern courses in advanced German at undergraduate level. Features include: * focus on practical language skills, such as writing articles, preparing CVs, translating and interpreting * authentic contemporary texts and original audio material * oral language practice * grammar reinforcement.... more...

  • Leipziger Germanistikby Ludwig Stockinger; Dirk Werle; Hans Ulrich Schmid; Günther Öhlschläger

    De Gruyter 2013; US$ 140.00

    In a series of individual essays, this volume presents the important contributors and major trends in the field of German linguistics and literary studies at the University of Leipzig from the beginning of the 19th century to the middle of the 20th century. The volume, which addresses the broader context of the discipline?s evolution during this period,... more...

  • Das Deutsch der Migrantenby Arnulf Deppermann

    De Gruyter 2013; US$ 140.00

    The subject of this annual volume for 2012 is the usage and forms of German as spoken by immigrants. The work addresses the acquisition of German as a second language, particularities in the German spoken by individuals with an immigrant background, the role of language for the transformation of self-identity, as well as communication between immigrants... more...

  • Faktizitätsherstellung in Diskursenby Ekkehard Felder

    De Gruyter 2013; US$ 168.00

    That which incontrovertibly exists is presented discursively as a fact. Thus, factual knowledge is produced in discourses. This lends great relevance to discursive analysis, especially when the question is raised, whichknowledge is worthy of preservation and which should be considered expendable. The studies in this volume undertake an analysis of... more...

  • Konstruktionsgrammatikby Alexander Ziem; Alexander Lasch

    De Gruyter 2013; US$ 350.00

    Conceived as an introduction, this volume begins by discussing the theory and method of the view, shared by all construction grammar approaches, that a unity exists between linguistic form and linguistic meaning. The second part examines studies on language acquisition, morphology, syntax, phraseology, grammaticalization, and spoken language that exemplify... more...

  • Rhythmus und Kontrast im Türkischdeutschenby Friederike Kern

    De Gruyter 2013; US$ 140.00

    This study draws on the theory and methodology of interactional linguistics to examine the effects of multilingualism on the syntax and prosody of young Germans of Turkish extraction in everyday conversation. The study concludes that prosodic categories such as rhythm and intonation are influential substrate elements. Yet the influence of Turkish is... more...