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The German Language Today
The German Language Today
describes in detail the main linguistic features of
the language and the wide variety of speech forms and vocabulary existing
within the German-speaking community. This clear and accessible text provides
a complete introduction to basic linguistic terms and descriptions of language
structures and to sociolinguistic and linguistic topics as they relate to the German
language, and illustrates them widely with examples and texts.
The German Language Today
describes the sounds, inflectional processes,
syntactic structures, competing forms and different layers of words in the
language. Topics covered include:
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The distribution of German and its dialects
The linguistic consequences of German reunification
Language change and the adoption of new vocabulary
The application of modern linguistic concepts to German, incorporating the
findings of the latest German linguistic research.
The book has been written with the specific needs of students in mind. It will be
invaluable to students of modern German linguistics or modern German society,
as well as other language courses, and will be a useful reference resource for
postgraduates and teachers of German.
Charles V.J.Russ
is Reader in German and Linguistics at the University of
York. His other books include
Studies in Historical German Phonology
and the
edited collections
The Dialects of Modern German
and
Foreign Influences on
German: Past and Present.
The German language today
A linguistic introduction
Charles V.J.Russ
London and New York
In memory of Adrian Battye (1955–93),
co-author of
The French Language Today,
a trusted friend and colleague, greatly missed.
First published 1994
by Routledge
11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE
This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005.
“To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of
thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk.”
Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada
by Routledge
29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001
© 1994 Charles V.J.Russ
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted
or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic,
mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter
invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any
information storage or retrieval system, without permission
in writing from the publishers.
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the
British Library
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Applied for
ISBN 0-203-42577-4 Master e-book ISBN
ISBN 0-203-73401-7 (Adobe eReader Format)
ISBN 0-415-10438-6 (hbk) 0-415-10439-4 (pbk)

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