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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790305903321

Autore

Stocker Paul <1950->

Titolo

A student grammar of German / / Paul Stocker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012

ISBN

1-107-22546-9

1-139-36555-X

1-280-87899-1

9786613720306

1-139-37808-2

1-139-02878-2

1-139-37522-9

1-139-37123-1

1-139-37951-8

1-139-37665-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 262 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

438.2/421

Soggetti

German language - English

German language - Grammar

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; A Student Grammar of German; Title; Copyright; Contents; 'TIP' boxes; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Cases; 1.1 The cases; 1.1.1 The nominative case; 1.1.2 The accusative case; 1.1.3 The genitive case; 1.1.4 Genitive replaced by dative; 1.1.5 The dative case; 1.2 Apposition; 2 Nouns; 2.1 The gender of nouns; 2.1.1 Which gender?; 2.1.2 Masculine nouns; 2.1.3 Feminine nouns; 2.1.4 Neuter nouns; 2.1.5 Other endings and prefixes; 2.1.6 Homonyms: identical nouns with different genders/meanings; 2.1.7 Gender agreement with nouns and pronouns; 2.1.8 Gender issues with nouns and pronouns

2.2 The plural of nouns; 2.2.1 Summary of plural endings; 2.2.2 Masculine nouns; 2.2.3 Feminine nouns; 2.2.4 Neuter nouns; 2.2.5 Plurals ending with -s; 2.2.6 Other plural forms; 2.2.7 Nouns which have two plural forms; 2.2.8 Nouns which are plural in German but



singular in English; 2.2.9 Nouns which are usually plural in English but singular in German; 2.2.10 Nouns which have singular and plural forms in German; 2.2.11 Plural agreement; 2.3 The declension of nouns; 2.3.1 Case endings on nouns; 2.3.2 Weak masculine nouns; 2.3.3 Declension of names and proper nouns; 3 Determiners

3.1 The definite and indefinite articles; 3.1.1 The definite article: der, die, das; 3.1.2 The indefinite article: ein ,eine, ein, andkein, keine, kein, plural keine; 3.2 The use of the article; 3.2.1 Article used in German but omitted in English; 3.2.2 Article omitted in German but used in English; 3.2.3 Other variations; 3.3 Demonstrative determiners; 3.3.1 dieser this, these;  jener that, those; 3.3.2 solcher such (a); 3.3.3 derjenige/diejenige/dasjenige the one who/which; 3.3.4 derselbe/dieselbe/dasselbe the same; 3.4 Possessive determiners; 3.5 Interrogative determiners

3.5.1 welcher/welche/welches which; 3.5.2 was für what kind of; 3.6 Indefinite determiners; 3.6.1 all, alles, alle all, everybody; 3.6.2 ganz all, whole; 3.6.3 beide both; 3.6.4 einige some; 3.6.5 ein bisschen, ein wenig a little, a bit; 3.6.6 ein paar a few; 3.6.7 etwas some, any; 3.6.8 irgendeiner, irgendwelcher some ... or other; 3.6.9 jeder each, every; 3.6.10 manche(r) some, many a; 3.6.11 mehrere several; 3.6.12 sämtliche all; 3.6.13 viel/viele lots/many, wenig/wenige a little/a few; 3.6.14 welcher/welche/welches which; 3.6.15 Indefinite determiners + adjectives + noun

3.7 Determiners and pronouns: a summary; 4 Pronouns; 4.1 Personal pronouns; 4.1.1 The forms of the personal pronouns; 4.1.2 The use of the personal pronouns; 4.1.3 The pronoun es - some special uses; 4.1.4 Pronouns used with prepositions; 4.2 Reflexive pronouns; 4.2.1 Reflexive object pronouns; 4.2.2 selbst/selber myself, yourself, himself; 4.2.3 sich/einander each other, one another (the reciprocal pronoun); 4.3 Demonstrative pronouns; 4.3.1 der, die, das that; 4.3.2 dieser this (one), jener that (one); 4.3.3 solcher such (a); 4.3.4 derjenige/diejenige/dasjenige the one who/which; 4.4 Possessive pronouns

Sommario/riassunto

A Student Grammar of German is an invaluable reference guide for undergraduates and other intermediate and advanced students. Written with the needs of the learner very much in mind, it sets out the grammar of the language in a clear and jargon-free way. Each chapter starts with an overview of the main grammatical terminology and concepts; these terms are also cross-referenced in the glossary at the end of the book. To provide a visual guide through each chapter, the main points in each section are highlighted, and tables summarise important patterns. 'Tip' boxes, which help the student to master particular points, are scattered through the text. Every point has numerous illustrative examples, each with its translation, carefully chosen from a wide range of printed and electronic media - books, newspapers, magazines, film and chat-rooms - to reflect contemporary usage across a range of registers.