This volume contains ten revised and expanded papers selected from the dozens presented at the last Michigan-Berkeley Germanic Linguistics Roundtable, five contributions each from syntax (by Werner Abraham, Sarah Fagan, Isabella Barbier, John te Velde, and Ruth Lanouette) and hi…
This volume presents fourteen case studies of standardization processes in eleven different Germanic languages. Together, the contributions confront problematic issues in standardization which will be of interest to sociolinguists, as well as to historical linguists from all lan…
Is the world en route to becoming a linguistic colony of the United States? Or is this dramatic view an exaggeration, and there is no danger to linguistic diversity at all? The German language is at the center of an intensive debate on this issue. Its position in the world is un…
"Runes are quite frequently mentioned in modern writings, usually imprecisely as a source of mystic knowledge, power or insight. This book sets the record straight. It shows runes working as a practical script for a variety of purposes in early English times, among both indigeno…
Which loanwords exist in current German, what is their origin and what role do they play within the German vocabulary as a whole? For the first time, this book describes in a systematic and easy-to-read manner how an important and multifaceted part of German vocabulary has been …
Kollokationen sind häufig auftretende Wortverbindungen, deren Kombination semantisch motiviert ist (z. B. Zähne putzen, dunkle Nacht, hohe Stirn usw.). Diese Kollokationen, die nicht beliebig durch Synonyme austauschbar sind, sind nicht nur in der Lexikographie ein großes Proble…
Provides an easy way for Key Stage 3 pupils to communicate in German with other German speakers. It contains fill-in-the-gap letters covering popular topics, so even pupils just beginning to learn German can have the satisfaction of being able to communicate effectively in Germa…
This third edition provides an innovative book of exercises and language tasks for all learners of German.
The contributions in this volume present cutting-edge theoretical and structural analyses of issues surrounding German-language islands, or Sprachinseln, throughout the world. The individual topics of study in this volume focus on various aspects of these German-language islands…
The n -stems are an intriguing part of Proto-Germanic morphology. Unlike any other noun class, the n -stems have roots that are characterized by systematic consonant and vowel alternations across the different Germanic dialects. This monograph represents a diachronic investigati…
An illustrated phrasebook in the slimline format that has proved so successful for the Eyewitness Travel Pocket guides and maps. The perfect survival guide for everyday situations, with all the essential phrases interspersed with illustrated word lists, making it easy to learn a…
Als „Prozesse sprachlicher Verstärkung" werden Reanalyse-Vorgänge behandelt, bei denen sprachliche Einheiten auf der Skala der Konstruktionsebenen - Phonologie, Morphologie, Lexik - aufsteigen („Degrammatikalisierung") und sich von synthetisch-intransparenten zu analytisch-trans…
The handbook Deutsch als Fremd- und Zweitsprache summarizes existing knowledge on acquisition and teaching of the German language in different contexts in altogether 234 articles. It is not only addressed to specialists, but rather makes the subject area accessible for everyone,…
Die Moderne ist, literarisch gesehen, erst einmal ein Sprachprojekt. Und Lyrik gilt als Paradigma der Moderne: In Gedichttexten lösen sich die Fesseln der Tradition. - Friedrich Nietzsche ruft "Sprache als Kunst" aus, und Dichter der Moderne um 1900: Arno Holz, George, Rilke, Mo…
Die Beitrge dieses grammatiktheoretischen Bandes untersuchen aktuelle Entwicklungstendenzen im Deutschen unter dem Aspekt der Vernderung von Kodierungstechniken. Zu diesen Tendenzen gehren u.a. morpho-syntaktische Vernderungen in der Realisierung von Aspekt, Tempus und Modus, Ab…
