Modern German Grammar: A Practical Guide, Second Edition

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Modern GERMAN Grammar Second Edition ...

Routledge Modern Grammars Series concept and development – Sarah Butler Other books in the series: Modern French Grammar Modern ...

Modern GERMAN Grammar A practical guide Second Edition Bill Dodd, Christine Eckhard-Black, John Klapper, Ruth Whittle ...

First published in 1996 by Routledge Second edition first published in 2003 by Routledge 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE Sim ...

Contents Introduction ix How to use this book xi Glossary xiii ...

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viii I Letters and sounds PART A Structures 1 Vowels 2 Diphthongs 3 Consonants 4 Stress II Word order 5 Simple sentences and ...

Introduction Modern German Grammar. A Practical Guide is an innovative reference grammar designed to be used with modern approac ...

A key factor in a book of this kind is the description of register. The term register denotes the relationship between a speaker ...

How to use this book xi ...

xii HOW TO USE THIS BOOK ...

Glossary NOTE * indicates cross-reference to another entry in the Glossary accusative object also known as the direct object, de ...

usually introduced by a conjunction*: Er weiß doch schon, dass ich krank bin ‘He already knows that I’m ill’. Here the section i ...

declension following der, etc. also sometimes called the ‘weak declension’: the pattern of adjective endings before a noun when ...

indefinites words used to indicate how many of the noun there are without giving the exact number: Einige Kollegen ‘a few collea ...

object (of the verb) the person or thing affected by the action of the verb*, as distinct from the person or thing responsible f ...

for this: e.g. an original sentence such as Ich bin krank ‘I am ill’ can be reported as Er sagte, er sei krank ‘He said he was i ...

Part A Structures ...