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Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext "The German Langauge Today" presents the linguistic variety of the German speaking community as well as describing the main systematic features of the language. The volume covers most of the factors which produce competing forms in German as well as describing the sounds, inflectional processes, syntactic structures and different layers of words in the language. Using illustrative texts and examples, Charles Russ combines the recognition of the great breadth of variety throughout the German speech community with an introduction to the use of basic linguistic terms and the description of language structures. In addition, he also gives recognition to the fact that languages are constantly changing, always accumulating new words and meanings. The book provides the first analysis of the implications of German unification upon the German language and its speaking community--East and West alike--proving to be important reading for linguists and German speakers. Zusammenfassung Covers the linguistic variety within German speech community and the main systematic linguistic features of the language. Detailed in its use of illustrative texts and examples, and the application of modern linguistic concepts. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Introduction 2 Variation in German 3 German in Austria 4 The German language in Switzerland 5 German in East Germany 6 Phonetics and phonology 7 German spelling and its reform 8 German grammar 9 Word formation 10 Vocabulary
