German

This edition includes cultural notes, providing interesting and helpful information on life in the German-speaking world. In addition, there are boxed notes offering help with language usage and construction, and a revised and updated centre section on correspondence. This includes sample letters, CVs, and emails, and new sections on text messaging and using the telephone, and has been reorganized to make the information more accessible.

Find here concise descriptions of the main grammatical phenomena of German and their use, along with examples of grammar taken from contemporary German. Hammer's provides guidance on pronuciation and the German accent, discussion of new words from English roots such as 'zertweeten' ('to tweet'), and clarification on the spelling reform and current spellings of German.

Not only lots of verbs but contextual examples that show you how the verbs are actually used.

Essay-like entries cover three main categories: authors, works (novels, books of poetry, and essays), and topics, the last encompassing everything from literary terms and movements, artistic forums, cities, and historical eras to the key legacy of the Frankfurt School and its members. Rather lengthy lists for further reading are provided with each essay.

This is a source of information on the whole sweep of literature from German-speaking countries from the eighth century onwards, the Companion now comes right up to the mid-1990s, including recent works such as Gunter Grass's controversial novel about the unification of East and West Germany, Ein weites Feld (1995).

The most important and comprehensive international bibliography of published works on German language, literature, and cultural studies. Each annual volume contains about 15,000 entries, and lists books, journal articles, and reviews. This source is an index only. You will need to use the WSU online catalog and interlibrary loan to obtain the full-text of the materials listed.

This work encompasses the cultures of East, West and post-unification Germany, as well as Austria and Switzerland.

Suitable for beginners, yet comprehensive enough for more advanced learners, this is a practical and accessible compendium of the most useful German vocabulary. More than 10,000 words and phrases are clearly organized into 56 alphabetical sections, covering a broad range of topics - including food, holidays, shops and shopping, transport and more. Full grammatical information is given about each word, making this an easy-to-use reference book.