Boase-Beier / Lodge The German Language

A Linguistic Introduction
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-77527-1
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten, E-Book

The German Language introduces students of German to alinguistic way of looking at the language. Written from a Chomksyanperspective, this volume covers the basic structural components ofthe German language: syntax, morphology, phonetics, phonology, andthe lexicon.
* * Explores the linguistic structure of German from currenttheoretical perspectives.
* Written from a Chomksyan perspective, this volume covers thebasic structural components of the German language: syntax,morphology, phonetics, phonology, and the lexicon.
* Serves as a valuable resource for students of German languageand literature and for linguists with little or no background inthe language.
* Includes exercises, definitions of key terms, and suggestionsfor further reading.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Boase-Beier, Jean

Lodge, Ken R.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.
Abbreviations.
1. Introduction:.
1.1. What Is The German Language?.
1.2. A Linguistic Description.
1.3. The Grammar And Grammatical Knowledge.
1.4. Other Linguistic Knowledge.
1.5. Further Reading.
2. Syntax:.
2.1. The Concept Of Syntax.
2.2. Phrase Structures Of German.
2.3. Case In German.
2.4. The Position Of The German Verb.
2.5. Syntactic Processes.
2.6. Further Reading.
Exercises.
3. Morphology:.
3.1. Morphemes And Morphology.
3.2. Morphology And Word-Formation.
3.2.1. Inflection.
3.2.2. Derivation.
3.2.3. Compounding.
3.2.4. Conversion.
3.2.5. Other Morphological Processes.
3.3. The Relationship Between Morphology And Phonology.
3.4. Productivity.
3.5. Borrowings From Other Languages.
3.6. The Relationship Between Morphology And Syntax.
3.7. Further Reading.
Exercises.
4. Phonetics:.
4.1. Introduction.
4.2. Air-Stream Type.
4.3. State Of The Glottis.
4.4. State Of The Velum.
4.5. Oral Articulators.
4.6. Manner.
4.7. Lip Position.
4.8. Vocoid Articulations.
4.9. Place Of Articulation.
4.10. Resonance.
4.11. Voice Onset Time.
4.12. The Transcription Of German And English.
4.13. Further Reading.
Exercises.
5. Phonology:.
5.1. Preliminaries.
5.2. Syllable Structure.
5.3. The Obstruents.
5.4. Affricates.
5.5. Nasals.
5.6. Other Consonants.
5.7. Vowels.
5.8. Connected Speech.
5.8.1. Assimilation.
5.8.2. Lenition.
5.8.3. Shortening.
5.8.4. Deletion.
5.9. Further Reading.
Exercises.
6. Lexis:.
6.1. The Lexicon And The Nature Of Lexical Entries.
6.2. Thematic Structure.
6.3. Categories Of Lexical Items.
6.4. The Meaning Of Lexical Items.
6.5. The Nature Of Lexical Items.
6.6. Relations Among Lexical Items.
6.7. Sense Relations.
6.8. Further Reading.
Exercises.
7. Stylistics:.
7.1. Stylistics And The Style Of Text.
7.2. Style And Deviation.
7.3. Stylistic Principles.
7.4. Metaphor.
7.5. Repetition.
7.6. Iconicity.
7.7. Compression.
7.8. Ambiguity.
7.9. Cohesion.
7.10. Style And Choice.
7.11. Further Reading.
Exercises.
8. Historical Background:.
8.1. Preliminaries.
8.2. Phonology.
8.3. Umlaut.
8.4. Morphology.
8.5. Syntactic Changes.
8.6. Lexical And Semantic Changes.
8.7. External Influences.
8.8. Further Reading.
Exercises.
9. Contemporary Variation:.
9.1. Preliminaries.
9.2. Variation By Use.
9.3. Variation By User.
9.3.1. Regional Accents.
9.3.2. Morphological And Syntactic Variation.
9.3.3. Lexical Variation.
9.4. Further Reading.
Exercises.
References.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Jean Boase-Beier is Senior Lecturer in German, Linguisticsand Translation Studies in the School of Language, Linguistics andTranslation Studies of the University of East Anglia, where sheruns the MA course in literary translation. She is author ofPoetic Compounds: The Principles of Poetic Language in ModernEnglish Poetry (1987) as well as many articles on morphologyand translation. She is also editor of The Practices of LiteraryTranslation (with M. Holman, 1999).
Ken Lodge is Senior Lecturer in Linguistics andPhonetics at the School of Language, Linguistics and TranslationStudies of the University of East Anglia. He is author ofStudies in the Phonology of Colloquial English (1984), aswell as numerous articles on phonology.