The German Language Today

by Russ,Charles

• ISBN13: 9780415104388
• ISBN10: 0415104386
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1994-12-06
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The German Langauge Todaypresents the linguistic variety of the German speaking community as well as describing the main systematic features of the language. The volume covers most of the factors which produce competing forms in German as well as describing the sounds, inflectional processes, syntactic structures and different layers of words in the language. Using illustrative texts and examples, Charles Russ combines the recognition of the great breadth of variety throughout the German speech community with an introduction to the use of basic linguistic terms and the description of language structures. In addition, he also gives recognition to the fact that languages are constantly changing, always accumulating new words and meanings. The book provides the first analysis of the implications of German unification upon the German language and its speaking community--East and West alike--proving to be important reading for linguists and German speakers.

Author Biography

Charles V. J. Russ is Reader in German and Linguistics at the University of York.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. viii
Abbreviations	p. x
Introduction	p. 1
Variation in German	p. 27
Select Bibliography and Further Reading	p. 52
German in Austria	p. 55
The German Language in Switzerland	p. 76
German in East Germany	p. 100
Select Bibliography and Further Reading	p. 119
Phonetics and Phonology	p. 121
German Spelling and Its Reform	p. 154
Select Bibliography and Further Reading	p. 173
German Grammar	p. 174
Select Bibliography and Further Reading	p. 214
Word Formation	p. 217
Select Bibliography and Further Reading	p. 240
Vocabulary	p. 242
Select Bibliography and Further Reading	p. 270
Index	p. 274
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