Modern German grammar A practical guide
Book - 2003
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London ; New York :
Routledge
2003.
- Language
- English
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- Edition
- 2nd ed
- Physical Description
- 454 p.
- Bibliography
- Includes index.
- ISBN
- 9780415273008
- Introduction
- How to use this book Glossary
- Part A.
- I. Structures and sounds
- 1. Vowels
- 2. Dipthongs
- 3. Consonants
- 4. Stress
- II. Word order
- 5. Simple sentences and main clauses
- 6. Two main clauses
- 7. Direct questions and commands
- 8. Subordinate clauses
- 9. Indirect questions
- 10. Relative clauses
- 11. Order of adverbials
- 12. Noun and pronoun objects
- 13. Position of nicht
- 14. Position of reflexive pronouns
- 15. Flexible word order and emphasis
- III. The case system
- 16. The cases
- 17. The nominative
- 18. The accusative
- 19. The dative
- 20. The genitive
- 21. Apposition
- IV. Nouns
- 22. The article
- 23. Use of the articles
- 24. Determiners
- 25. Gender
- 26. Compound nouns and acronyms
- 27. Gender variations
- 28. Noun declensions
- 29. Plurals V Pronouns
- 30. Pronoun reference and forms
- 31. Other forms used as pronouns
- 32. Pronouns used after prepositions
- VI. Verbs
- 33. Verb forms
- 34. Use of tenses
- 35. Modal verbs
- 36. Separable and inseparable verbs
- 37. Reflexive verbs
- 38. Prepositional verbs
- 39. The subjunctive
- 40. The passive
- 41. Imperatives
- 42. Verbs and their completion: the basic sentence patterns
- VII. Adjectives and adverbs
- 43. Predicative and attributive adjectives
- 44. Der declension
- 45. Ein declension
- 46. Zero declension
- 47. Other adjective types
- 48. Comparison of adjectives
- 49. Extended adjectival phrases
- 50. Adverbs
- 51. Comparison of adverbs
- VIII. Word structure and word formation
- 52. Principles of word formation
- 53. Forming verbs
- 54. Forming nouns
- 55. Forming adjectives
- 56. Forming adverbs
- 57. The meaning of verbal prefixes
- IX. Style and orthography
- 58. Formal and informal style
- 59. Spelling and punctuation
- Part B. Functions
- X. Social contract
- 60. Greeting
- 61. Making introductions
- 62. Taking leave
- 63. Eating and drinking
- 64. Giving and receiving complements
- 65. Expressing commiseration
- 66. Expressing good wishes
- 67. Giving and receiving thanks, expressing appreciation
- 68. Expressing apologies and regret
- XI. Giving and seeking factual information
- 69. Talking and enquiring about existence
- 70. Talking and enquiring about absence and non-existence
- 71. Expressing and enquiring about availability
- 72. Talking about non-availability
- 73. Identifying and seeking idenfication
- 74. Describing people
- 75. Describing objects
- 76. Describing actions and processes
- 77. Avoiding describing the agent of processes and actions
- 78. Describing origins and provenance
- XII. Putting events into a wider context
- 79. Giving reasons and purpose
- 80. Providing spatial context
- 81. Providing temporal context
- 82. Talking about cause and effect
- 83. Drawing conclusions with reference to sources
- 84. Referring to sources of information
- 85. Reporting other people''s words and claims
- 86. Expressing necessity
- 87. Expressing ability to do something
- 88. Conveying doubt and certainty
- 89. Expressing assumptions, discussing possibility, probablity and conditions
- XIII. Transactions: getting things done
- 90. Attracting attention
- 91. Helping and advising
- 92. Asking for something to be done
- 93. Expressing needs, wishes and desires
- 94. Expressing objections and complaints
- 95. Giving and seeking promises and assurances
- 96. Issuing, accepting and declining invitations and offers
- 97. Seeking, granting and denying permission
- 98. Making, accepting and declining suggestions
- 99. Issuing and responding to warnings
- XIV. Conveying attitudes and mental states
- 100. Asserting and denying the truth of something
- 101. Expressing knowledge
- 102. Remembering and forgetting
- 103. Expressing future intentions
- 104. Expressing likes and dislikes: people, things and situations
- 105. Indicating preferences
- 106. Expressing indifference
- 107. Voicing opinion
- 108. Expressing firm convictions
- 109. Expressing agreement and disagreement
- 110. Talking about physical well being
- 111. Expressing happiness, fear and sadness
- 112. Expressing satisfaction and dissatisfaction
- 113. Expressing hopes, wishes and disappointment
- 114. Expressing surprise
- 115. Expressing enjoyment and pleasure
- XV. Communication startegies
- 116. Using fillers
- 117. Keeping the channel ope