Overview

""The German Language Today"" sets out to show the linguistic variety that exists within the German speech community as well as describing the main systematic linguistic features of the language. In it, Charles Russ covers most of the factors which produce competing forms in German, and describes the sounds, inflectional processes, syntactic structures and different layers of words in language. He seeks to give recognition to the fact that languages are changing. ""The German Language Today"" is detailed in its coverage of both sociolinguistic and linguistic topics, use of illustrative texts and examples, and the application of modern linguistic concepts to German coverage.

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`All in all, a concise and valuable source of information and reference!' - Language Intl '...presents a simple, clear and didactically well-arranged book.' - Gerhard Nickel, University of Stuttgart (reviewed in IRAL) 'The German Language Today is a clear and accessible introduction to the study of the German language. It is also a useful refernce for graduate students and teachers of German.' - Studies in Language

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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.

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