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Modern German Grammar: A Practical Guide (Modern Grammars)
Modern German Grammar A Practical Guide - Modern Grammars Author:John Klapper, Ruth Whittle, Katharina Glöckel, Bill Dodd, Christine Eckhard-Black Modern German Grammar: A Practical Guide is an innovative reference grammar combining a traditional and function-based approach in one book. Part A covers traditional grammar categories such as word order, nouns, verbs and adjectives, and Part B is organised around language functions and notions such as:
The book addresses the learners? practical needs and presents grammar in both a traditional and communicative setting. New to this edition, and building on feedback from the previous edition is:
the new spelling reform, the ongoing controversy of the ?ess-zett?, or ß and the new rules, (or rejection of the most recent reform, Die Reform der Reform)
European ML/US MLA reference framework to set the level of this book
up-to-date examples and a more pluricentric approach (the German of Switzerland and Austria)
section on, and examples elsewhere of English loan-words