Kategoria BISAC: Foreign Language Study >> German

This intensive foundation course in German is designed for students with no previous knowledge of the language. Offering an original and distinctive approach to language learning, the course presents German within its cultural context and encourages both practical language skills and enhanced communicative strategies.

An answer key is supplied for all relevant exercises, and features of the course include:

• reading and listening texts as well as texts for closer analysis
• language focus sections on grammar, test your knowledge exercises and issues of style and social...

These CD's are to be used in conjunction with the Routledge Intensive German course. Recorded by native speakers, they include dialogues, exercises and a variety of texts to help students using the course to improve their listening comprehension and pronunciation skills.

German: An Essential Grammar is a practical reference guide to the core structures and features of modern German. Presenting a fresh and accessible description of the language, this engaging grammar uses clear, jargon-free explanations and sets out the complexities of German in short, readable sections.

Suitable for either independent study or for students in schools, colleges, universities and adult education classes, key features include:

• focus on the morphology and syntax of the language
• clear explanations of grammatical terms
• full use...

English self-forms and related words from other Germanic languages (e.g. Dutch zelf, Swedish sjalv, etc.) are used in two different functions: as 'intensifiers' (e.g. The president himself made the decision) and as markers of reflexivity (John criticized himself). On the basis of a comparative syntactic and semantic analysis, this book addresses the question of why two such apparently different functions can be expressed by the same word. This question is answered by showing that both intensifying and reflexive self-forms can be...

Professor Spalding's Historical Dictionary of German Figurative Usage has been appearing in separate fascicles since 1952. The work presents information about German figurative speech and its history in dictionary form. It covers phrases, proverbs and quotations found in German literature from 1750 onwards.

"On the criterion of pleasurable and profitable readability, Professor Spalding's work belongs to the masterpieces."
Times Higher Education Supplement

"This useful dictionary should be in the hands of every teacher of German and be available in...

- Basics of German grammar
- Modern German vocabulary
- German pronunciation guide
- German reading exercises
- German economic information
- Common German expressions
- Review exercises
- Complete answer key
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