Hammer's German Grammar and Usage

by Durrell, Martin

• ISBN13: 9780340742297
• ISBN10: 0340742291
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-07-25
• Publisher: Hodder Education Publishers

Summary

Hammer's German Grammar and Usage has long occupied a pre-eminent position in the field of German studies. Unrestricted to the formal written language, it is firmly based on current usage, covering all the main grammatical phenomena of German and embracing regional variations of the modernstandard language. The combination of reference grammar and manual of current usage has proved invaluable for students and teachers of German at intermediate and advanced level.

Author Biography

Martin Durrell is Professor of German at the University of Manchester.

Table of Contents

List of tables
List of abbreviations and points for the user
Preface to the second edition
Preface to the third edition
Preface to the fourth edition
Nouns	p. 1
Case	p. 34
Personal pronouns	p. 49
The articles	p. 64
Other determiners and pronouns	p. 82
Adjectives	p. 125
Adverbs	p. 143
Comparison of adjectives and adverbs	p. 159
Numerals	p. 171
Modal particles	p. 184
Expressions of time	p. 213
Verbs: conjugation	p. 231
The infinitive and the participles	p. 261
Uses of the tenses	p. 291
The passive	p. 307
Mood: the imperative and the subjunctive	p. 323
The modal auxiliaries	p. 348
Verbs: valency	p. 365
Conjunctions and subordination	p. 397
Prepositions	p. 421
Word order	p. 468
Word formation	p. 495
Spelling and punctuation	p. 521
List of sources	p. 531
Bibliography and references	p. 533
Glossary	p. 539
Index	p. 549
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