Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- ‘TIP’ boxes
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Cases
- 2 Nouns
- 3 Determiners
- 4 Pronouns
- 5 Adjectives
- 6 Adverbs
- 7 Modal particles
- 8 Comparative and superlative of adjectives and adverbs
- 9 Prepositions
- 10 Verbs
- 11 Verbs
- 12 Verbs
- 13 Verbs with prepositional objects or unexpected cases
- 14 The infinitive and participles
- 15 The passive voice
- 16 The imperative mood
- 17 The subjunctive mood
- 18 Word order
- 19 Word formation
- 20 Numbers, spelling and punctuation
- 21 List of strong and irregular verbs
- 22 Guide to tenses
- Glossary
- Further study
- Index
Further study
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- ‘TIP’ boxes
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Cases
- 2 Nouns
- 3 Determiners
- 4 Pronouns
- 5 Adjectives
- 6 Adverbs
- 7 Modal particles
- 8 Comparative and superlative of adjectives and adverbs
- 9 Prepositions
- 10 Verbs
- 11 Verbs
- 12 Verbs
- 13 Verbs with prepositional objects or unexpected cases
- 14 The infinitive and participles
- 15 The passive voice
- 16 The imperative mood
- 17 The subjunctive mood
- 18 Word order
- 19 Word formation
- 20 Numbers, spelling and punctuation
- 21 List of strong and irregular verbs
- 22 Guide to tenses
- Glossary
- Further study
- Index
Summary
This list contains a selection of books and websites which may be found useful for further study.
Grammars
Dodd, Bill Eckhard-Black, Christine Klapper, John and Whittle, Ruth, Modern German Grammar, Routledge, 2003 (particularly for its coverage of language functions)
Dreyer, Hilke and Schmitt, Richard, A Practice Grammar of German, Verlag für Deutsch, 2001 (particularly useful for its grammar exercises; the exercise key has to be purchased separately)
Duden 4, Grammatik der deutschen Gegenwartssprache, Dudenverlag, 2009 (for the most advanced students; comprehensive, and with interesting articles on many aspects of language, not just grammar, but not easily accessible)
Durrell, M., Hammer’s German Grammar and Usage, Hodder Headline, 2011 (exhaustive; for advanced users)
www.ids-mannheim.de/grammis (a useful website, in German, maintained by the Institut für deutsche Sprache)
Usage
Duden, Im Zweifel für den Genitiv, Dudenverlag, 2008 (FAQs on German language usage; in German, but not difficult)
Duden 9, Richtiges und gutes Deutsch, Dudenverlag, 2007 (a handbook of German usage; much more comprehensive than the volume above – and more difficult)
Duden 2, Stilwörterbuch, Dudenverlag, 2010 (brief dictionary definitions followed by numerous examples of how words are used in context)
Durrell, M., Using German, Cambridge University Press, 2nd edn, 2003 (with a focus on contemporary usage, including register, i.e. levels of language)
Sick, B., Der Dativ ist dem Genitiv sein Tod, Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 2006 (four collections of witty and sometimes controversial observations on German grammar and usage, taken from the Babelfisch columns of Der Spiegel online)
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- A Student Grammar of German , pp. 253 - 254Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012