Kategoria BISAC: Foreign Language Study >> German

This book explores the semantic properties of verbs expressing human locomotion and investigates their sense relations in German and English diachronically. For this purpose a model was developed which is related to revised versions of Lutzeier (1981) by linking it with a context-dependent analysis, hence combining a paradigmatic with a syntagmatic approach. Within this approach the influence of contexts on verbs is investigated, and it is illustrated to what extent syntagmatic constraints play a part in establishing features in verbs. Semantic changes holding between members of this lexical...

In novels written at the end of the long nineteenth century, women in Germany and Austria engaged with some of the most pressing social questions of the modern age. Charlotte Woodford analyses a wide range of such works, many of them largely forgotten, in the context of the contemporary cultural discourses that informed their creation, such as writings on pacifism and socialism, prostitution, birth control and sexually transmitted diseases. Women's experience of contemporary medicine as patients and doctors is a fascinating theme, treated here by several authors. Through a close reading of...

Die zweite Auflage des Handbuchs Sprachgeschichte bezieht die seit Mitte der achtziger Jahre erschienene Literatur zur Sprachgeschichte des Deutschen sowie zur Theorie und Methode der Sprachgeschichtsschreibung ein. Die Konzeption des Handbuchs wurde z. T. neu gewichtet; beispielhaft seien genannt die neu hinzugekommenen Kapitel Aspekte einer europaischen Sprachgeschichte und Regionalgeschichte. Ausgeweitet wurde das Kapitel Die genealogische und typologische Einordnung des Deutschen.

TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks as well as studies that provide new insights by building bridges to neighbouring fields such as neuroscience and cognitive science.

TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as...

Want an easy way to get started with German? Have difficulty on memorizing German grammar structure? Want an quick tool for doing revisions before the German exam? Here you are This book is exactly for you Whether you are children or adults, this book is simply suitable for you

Join Bosley on this bilingual journey as he struggles to understand what the other animals are saying. "Why don't the other animals understand me when I talk?" he asks.

Bosley learns patience as he diligently learns how to speak other languages, one word at a time, and he discovers a wide world of new friends waiting to be made. This book is sure to impress upon any child the importance of language learning in a way that they can relate to.

Self-guided learning methods in this book don't discourage children from learning

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The reviews discussed in this volume about Paul Celan, arguably the most important German-language poet of the last fifty years, reflect the wide spectrum of opinion he encountered at the hands of the critics. The contributions were selected in so far as they make apparent the nature of Celan's development as a poet as well as the history and maturation of his reception and influence.

Herman Heijermans (1864-1924) was convinced that he lived in an "overgangs 1 tijdperk," a transitional period. As a young man in the eighteen nineties, he rejected those values and life styles which he felt belonged to the past period dominated by the bourgeoisie, and sought out situations and a profession which would attune him to the future when, he hoped, the proletariat would 2 be in power. He left the conservative business milieu of Rotterdam in 1892 and went to Amsterdam- then teeming with radical ideas. At first, Heijermans was attracted to a group of poets, de tachtigers, who were...

This book is written primarily for foreign students and teachers of English. That purpose governs the whole presentment and organization of the material and the type of explanation offered. To my own fellow- countrymen it may, at the highest reckoning, offer a means of bringing to the surface hidden memories of curious and amusing words. Probably it brings them little that is new, but it may stimulate them to seek out and regroup their own linguistic experiences. In fifty years' time the work might even claim the atten- tion of the English philologist, whom it will provide with a certain...

Using authentic conversations between native speakers as a basis, this course will help you to improve and build upon the language you already have so that you develop your skills to a level where you can enjoy talking and understand what is said. You will be introduced to more colloquial German so you will sound more natural when speaking and gain confidence.
If you already know some German and want to take it further, this is the course for you. It is a great refresher course, as well as being an easy way to build upon and improve your existing German. Taking you from a good...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2009 im Fachbereich Deutsch - Literatur, Werke, Note: 1,3, Universitat Koblenz-Landau, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: 1.Einleitung "Manner mogen von auen noch als das erfolgreiche Geschlecht bezeichnet werden; ein gluckliches Geschlecht sind sie ganz sicher nicht." (Hollstein 1999, 44) Kaum eine andere Frage, als die nach den Geschlechterrollen dominiert seit Jahren so sehr die Literaturwissenschaft, insbesondere wenn es um Pop-Literatur geht, das Genre, das von vielen auf Grund seiner scheinbaren Oberflachlichkeit und Konsumorientierung so oft verschmaht wird....

DEUTSCH HEUTE successfully develops the skills of introductory German students by maintaining a focus on listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Manageable for two-semester courses, the 10th Edition covers grammar in a logical sequence. Each chapter contains many function-based activities that focus on specific emotional expressions. Students are introduced to contemporary life and culture in German-speaking countries through a cast of recurring characters who appear in the -Bausteine fur Gesprache- (dialogues) and in some readings and exercises.

This intermediate, modular approach to German grammar serves as both a reference handbook and a practice manual. There are a total of 30 chapters. The 24 regular chapters provide a presentation of new information, followed by material for oral and written practice: Grammatik (grammar), Wortschatz (vocabulary), Ubungen (exercises, self-, and small-group practice), Anwendung (application, in-class group activities), Schriftliche Themen (writing topics), and Zusammenfassung (summary). The six remaining reference chapters consist of grammar presentations through explanations, models, and charts;...

In today s knowledge-based society, exploring the dynamics of communicating specialised contents to the lay public is an undoubtedly topical issue. However, popularization still remains a rather unexplored territory and recent contributions to the field seem to lack a consistent methodological orientation, with hesitations in terms of shared and codified definitions. The contributions to this volume constitute a step forward in the field of popularization studies. New scenarios have been explored with a view to providing shared theoretical and descriptive models from a linguistic perspective...

Bringing German to Life provides an innovative and refreshing cross-curricular approach to teaching languages in primary schools, combining art, design and foreign languages with various aspects of the National Primary Curriculum such as Literacy, Numeracy and PE.

This unique practical resource comprises an engaging storyline about a day in the life of two German children and gives an opportunity for learners to re-enact their day, using finger puppets, handmade crafts and exciting games to practise new language. Each of the 14 sections begins with a short accessible...