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9780393954647

German A Structural Approach

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    9780393954647

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    0393954641

  • Edition: 4th
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1988-09-17
  • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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The Study Guide has been designed to reinforce the material covered in German: A Structural Approach, Fourth Edition.

Table of Contents

Preface xv
Introduction xvii
The Sounds of German xxi
Personal Pronouns---The Present Tense of Verbs---Basic Structure---Sentence Intonation---Plural of Nouns
2(32)
Culture Note: Where is German spoken?
2(1)
Patterns One
3(2)
Analysis One
Personal Pronouns
The Infinitive and Inflected Verb Forms
Variations in Personal Endings
The Present Tense of sein, to be.
5(3)
Practice One
8(1)
Culture Note: What does studieren mean?
9(1)
Patterns Two
10(2)
Analysis Two
The Structure of Assertions
The Structure of Questions
Questions and Answers
The Structure of Imperatives
12(4)
Practice Two
16(1)
Patterns Three
17(2)
Analysis Three
Word Stress
Syntactical Stress
Syntactical Stress and Sentence Intonation
The Particle denn
Gender
Plural of Nouns
19(4)
Practice Three
23(1)
Culture Note: Hello and good-bye
24(1)
Conversations
25(2)
Review Exercises
27(3)
Vocabulary
30(4)
Irregularities in the Present Tense of Verbs---The Nominative and Accusative Cases
34(34)
Culture Note: The Federal Republic of Germany
34(1)
Patterns One
35(2)
Analysis One
Irregularities in the Present Tense of Verbs
wissen and kennen, to know
auch, also, too.
37(3)
Practice One
40(1)
Patterns Two
41(3)
Analysis Two
The Nominative and Accusative Cases
The Nominative and Accusative of Pronouns
The Nominative and Accusative of the Definite Article
The Nominative and Accusative of the Indefinite Article.
44(5)
Practice Two
49(1)
Culture Note: German and English
50(1)
Patterns Three
51(3)
Analysis Three
Possessive Adjectives
Time Expressions in the Accusative
Special Forms: n-nouns
Professional Status, Nationality, and Group Membership
Cardinal Numbers.
54(3)
Practice Three
57(1)
Conversations
58(1)
Reading: Mitteleuropa
59(1)
Review Exercises
60(4)
Vocabulary
64(4)
The Structure of German Sentences---Verbal Complements---Negation with nicht and kein
68(34)
Culture Note: The German Democratic Republic
68(1)
Patterns One
69(1)
Analysis One
Topic, Comment, and News Items
Verbal Complements
The Position of Verbal Complements
Predicate Adjectives and Adverbs
Sentence Adverbs
Coordinating Conjunctions.
70(9)
Practice One
79(1)
Patterns Two
80(3)
Analysis Two
Negation
Negation with nicht
Negation of Predicate Nouns
Negation of Objects
Second-Prong Objects
Negation of schon and noch
nicht wahr? and nicht?
doch.
83(7)
Practice Two
90(1)
Conversations
91(3)
Reading: Schweinefleisch
94(2)
Culture Note: The ``Old'' and the ``New''
96(2)
Review Exercises
98(1)
Vocabulary
99(3)
Modal Auxiliaries---Contrast Intonation---Prepositions with Accusative
102(26)
Culture Note: The Republic of Austria
102(1)
Patterns One
103(3)
Culture Note: And what would you like to drink?
106(1)
Analysis One
Modal Auxiliaries: Forms and Meanings.
107(2)
Practice One
109(1)
Patterns Two
110(2)
Analysis Two
Infinitives with and without zu
Position of Dependent Infinitives
The Two-Box Second Prong
Contrast Intonation
Prepositions with the Accusative
The Impersonal Pronoun man.
112(4)
Practice Two
116(1)
Conversations
117(3)
Culture Note: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
120(1)
Reading: Wie ißt man als Student?
121(2)
Review Exercises
123(3)
Vocabulary
126(2)
The Dative---Prepositions with the Dative---Word Order within the Inner Field
128(30)
Culture Note: Switzerland and Liechtenstein
128(1)
Patterns One
129(2)
Analysis One
The Forms of the Dative Case
Accusative and Dative Objects
The Identifying das and es
Replacement of er, sie, es, by der, die, das.
131(5)
Practice One
136(2)
Culture Note: Culture: Bits and Pieces
138(1)
Patterns Two
138(2)
Analysis Two
Prepositions with the Dative
Adjectives with the Dative
Word Order within the Inner Field.
140(6)
Practice Two
146(2)
Culture Note: Studying Abroad
148(1)
Conversations
148(3)
Reading: Noch einmal Mitteleuropa
151(3)
Review Exercises
154(1)
Vocabulary
155(3)
The Perfect Tense---The Past of sein, haben, and the Modals---Time Phrases
158(28)
Culture Note: Holidays (Feiertage)
158(1)
Patterns One
159(2)
Analysis One
The Perfect Tense: Events in the Past
The Use of haben and sein as Auxiliaries
The German Perfect: Formation of the Participle
Position of the Participle
The Use of the German Perfect.
161(4)
Practice One
165(2)
Culture Note: What is Hochdeutsch?
167(1)
Patterns Two
168(3)
Analysis Two
The Past Tense of sein, haben, and the Modals
Time and Tense.
171(4)
Practice Two
175(1)
Conversations
176(1)
Culture Note: Street Names
177(2)
Reading: Familiengeschichten
179(1)
Review Exercises
180(3)
Vocabulary
183(3)
The Past---Past Perfect---Cardinal Numbers---Time---Word Formation
186(34)
Culture Note: Shopping
186(1)
Patterns One
187(1)
Analysis One
Formation of the Past Tense
Principal Parts of Strong and Irregular Weak Verbs
The Difference in the Use of the Past and the Perfect.
188(5)
Practice One
193(1)
Patterns Two
194(3)
Culture Note: How much does it cost?
197(1)
Analysis Two
Formation and Use of the Past Perfect
Summary of the Use of Tenses
um ... zu
mit as a Verbal Complement
Cardinal Numbers
Time
Word Formation.
198(6)
Practice Two
204(1)
Conversations
205(5)
Culture Note: To slur or not to slur
210(1)
Readings: Beim Kolner Karneval
210(5)
Maße, Gewichte und das Dezimalsystem
212(1)
Nummernschilder und das deutsche Alphabet
213(2)
Review Exercises
215(2)
Vocabulary
217(3)
Dependent Clauses---The Imperative---Open Conditions---The Future Tense
220(34)
Culture Note: Past and Present
220(1)
Patterns One
221(2)
Analysis One
Dependent Clauses: Definition
Word Order in Unintroduced and in Introduced Dependent Clauses
Subordinating Conjunctions.
223(5)
Practice One
228(1)
Patterns Two
229(3)
Analysis Two
The Imperative: Definition and Forms
The Use of the Imperative
Open Conditions
The Future Tense
einmal, mal
Word Formation: Groups of Derivatives.
232(7)
Culture Note: Housing
239(1)
Practice Two
240(1)
Conversations
241(3)
Reading: Die deutsche Kuche
244(2)
Culture Note: Gastarbeiter
246(1)
Reading: Burgbach, zum Beispiel
247(2)
Review Exercises
249(3)
Vocabulary
252(2)
The Subjunctive
254(32)
Culture Note: Highways and Byways
254(1)
Patterns One
255(2)
Analysis One
The Subjunctive Mood
Forms of the Future and Present Subjunctive
Uses of the Subjunctive
sollte.
257(7)
Practice One
264(3)
Patterns Two
267(2)
Culture Note: The Landscape
269(1)
Analysis Two
Forms and Uses of the Past Subjunctive
wirklich and eigentlich
The Position of nicht again
Word Formation.
270(4)
Practice Two
274(1)
Culture Note: Public Transportation
275(1)
Conversations
276(3)
Reading: Wie ware es, wenn ...
279(2)
Barbara Bayerschmidt
Review Exercises
281(3)
Vocabulary
284(2)
Preposition with Dative or Accusative---The Genitive Case---ein-Words without Nouns
286(32)
Culture Note: Note on the weather: Don't leave your umbrella at home
286(1)
Patterns One
287(3)
Analysis One
Prepositions with the Accusative, Prepositions with the Dative
Prepositions with either Dative or Accusative
Splitting wohin, woher, dahin, and daher
Names of Countries.
290(4)
Practice One
294(1)
Culture Note: Fuball
295(1)
Patterns Two
296(3)
Analysis Two
The Forms of the Genitive
The Uses of the Genitive
Genitive Substitutes
ein-Words Used without Nouns
gar nicht, gar kein, gar nichts
Word Formation.
299(7)
Practice Two
306(2)
Culture Note: Radio and TV
308(1)
Conversations
309(2)
Readings: Burgbach, zum Beispiel (Fortsetzung)
311(2)
Mathias Schreiber: Demokratie
313(1)
Arnfrid Astel: Ostkontakte
Review Exercises
313(3)
Vocabulary
316(2)
Indirect Discourse---als, ob, wann, wenn
318(30)
Culture Note: Architecture
318(1)
Patterns One
319(2)
Analysis One
Direct and Indirect Discourse
Indirect Discourse in German
The Alternate Subjunctive.
321(5)
Practice One
326(1)
Culture Note: Baden-Baden and similar places
327(1)
Patterns Two
328(2)
Analysis Two
Indirect Imperative and Indirect Questions
als, ob, wann, wenn.
330(4)
Practice Two
334(1)
Culture Note: The Arts
335(1)
Conversations
336(3)
Readings: Luzern
339(4)
E. Y. Meyer
Bertolt Brecht: Wenn die Haifische Menschen waren
341(2)
Review Exercises
343(3)
Vocabulary
346(2)
Relative Pronouns---da-Compounds---wo-Compounds---Prepositional Objects
348(34)
Cultural Note: Political Parties
348(1)
Patterns One
349(4)
Analysis One
Relative Clauses
da-Compounds
wo-Compounds.
353(5)
Practice One
358(2)
Patterns Two
360(4)
Analysis Two
Prepositional Objects
The Syntax of Prepositional Objects.
364(3)
Culture Note: Governments
367(1)
Practice Two
368(1)
Conversations
369(5)
Readings: Sachliche Romanze
374(3)
Erich Kastner
Schulen in Deutschland oder Wie real ist die Realschule?
374(3)
Review Exercises
377(3)
Vocabulary
380(2)
Present and Past Infinitives---Objective and Subjective Use of Modals---Negation in the Inner Field---Contrary-to-Fact Conditions without wenn
382(32)
Culture Note: Vacations
382(1)
Patterns One
383(4)
Analysis One
Present and Past Infinitives
Objective and Subjective Uses of Modals
scheinen and werden.
387(5)
Practice One
392(1)
Patterns Two
393(2)
Culture Note: Religion
395(1)
Analysis Two
Negation in the Inner Field
nicht ..., sondern ...
Review of Conjunctions
entweder ... oder; weder ... noch
Conditional Clauses without wenn
sonst
ja
Word Formation.
396(5)
Practice Two
401(2)
Conversations
403(3)
Readings: Heimkehr
406(3)
Franz Kafka
Das Gleichnis vom verlornen Sohn
407(2)
Aus der Bibel
Review Exercises
409(3)
Vocabulary
412(2)
Reflexive Verbs
414(28)
Culture Note: Life behind closed doors
414(1)
Patterns One
415(3)
Analysis One
Reflexive Pronouns
Mandatory Reflexive Verbs
selbst and selber.
418(5)
Practice One
423(1)
Patterns Two
424(3)
Analysis Two
Replacement of Possessive Adjectives by Pronouns plus Article
Action and State
eben and gerade
ruhig.
427(4)
Practice Two
431(1)
Culture Note: Don't forget the flowers
432(1)
Conversations
432(3)
Readings: Das Marchen vom Spiegel
435(2)
Kurt Held
Freundschaftsdienste
436(1)
Bertolt Brecht
Gibs auf!
436(1)
Franz Kafka
Review Exercises
437(3)
Vocabulary
440(2)
Adjectives
442(30)
Culture Note: The Press
442(1)
Patterns One
443(2)
Analysis One
Attributive Adjectives
Adjective Endings: Variants.
445(5)
Practice One
450(1)
Culture Note: Cash or Credit
451(1)
Patterns Two
452(3)
Analysis Two
der-Words
so, solch, solcher
Ordinal Numbers; Dates; Fractions
The Rhetorical nicht
hin and her.
455(4)
Practice Two
459(1)
Culture Note: Women in Central Europe
460(1)
Conversations
461(3)
Reading: Netter Nachmittag
464(2)
Angelika Mechtel
Review Exercises
466(4)
Vocabulary
470(2)
Dependent Infinitives---Comparison of Adjectives
472(32)
Culture Note: Air Travel
472(1)
Patterns One
473(4)
Analysis One
Dependent Infinitives
Second-Prong Infinitives
End-Field Infinitives
um ... zu, ohne ... zu, statt ... zu.
477(6)
Practice One
483(2)
Patterns Two
485(2)
Culture Note: The European Community (EC)
487(1)
Analysis Two
Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs
Word Formation: Nouns Derived from Adjectives.
488(5)
Culture Note: How to get around
493(1)
Practice Two
493(1)
Conversations
494(3)
Readings: Zugauskunft
497(3)
Peter Handke
Das Eisenbahngleichnis
499(1)
Erich Kastner
Review Exercises
500(2)
Vocabulary
502(2)
Adjectives (continued)
504(28)
Culture Note: Berlin
504(1)
Patterns One
505(2)
Analysis One
Adjectives Used as Nouns
Participles Used as Adjectives and Nouns
-d Adjectives.
507(2)
Practice One
509(1)
Patterns Two
510(3)
Analysis Two
derselbe
was fur
all, ganz
viel, wenig
ander-
mehrere, einige, ein paar
Word Formation: Nouns Derived from Weak Verbs
Word Formation: Nouns Derived from Strong Verbs.
513(7)
Practice Two
520(1)
Conversations
521(4)
Culture Note: The Economy
525(1)
Reading: Der Mauerspringer
526(2)
Peter Schneider
Review Exercises
528(2)
Vocabulary
530(2)
The Passive---es in the Front Field---Pre-Noun Inserts
532
Culture Note: German Cars
532(1)
Patterns One
533(2)
Analysis One
The Passive Voice
Dative Objects and the Passive
Subjectless (Impersonal) Passives
The Use of von, durch, and mit in Passive Sentences.
535(6)
Practice One
541(1)
Patterns Two
542(4)
Analysis Two
The Impersonal es in the Front Field
Action and State; The Statal Passive
Other German Equivalents of the English Passive
Pre-Noun Inserts
jetzt and nun.
546(7)
Culture Note: Lippizaner, Lederhosen, and the Lorelei
553(1)
Practice Two
553(1)
Conversations
554(1)
Culture Note: Ach ja, der deutsche Wald
555(1)
Readings: Der Wolf und die sieben Geiblein
556(3)
Die Prufung
558(1)
Franz Kafka
Review Exercises
559(3)
Vocabulary
562
Appendix A-1(1)
Principal Parts: Strong Verbs and Irregular Weak Verbs
A-1(1)
Vocabulary: German-English
A-5(1)
Vocabulary: English-German
A-30(1)
Index A-35

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