Hammer's German Grammar and Usage (Routledge Reference Grammars) - Softcover

Durrell, Martin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1138853712 ISBN 13: 9781138853713

Publisher: Routledge, 2016

Synopsis

Long trusted as the most comprehensive, up-to-date and user-friendly grammar available, Hammer’s German Grammar provides you with a complete guide to German as it is written and spoken today.

In a new layout to enable better referencing, this new edition includes:

• concise descriptions of the main grammatical phenomena of German and their use
• examples of grammar taken from contemporary German, helping you to understand the underlying grammatical principles more quickly
• invaluable guidance on pronunciation and the German accent
• discussion of new words from English roots, helping you to communicate in German as Germans do today
• clarification on the spelling reform and current spellings of German, thus increasing your confidence while writing and reading in German.

Praised for its lucid explanations, this new edition distinguishes the most common forms of usage, both formal and informal. Hammer’s German Grammar also offers you a combination of reference grammar and manual of current usage that you will find invaluable, whether a student or a teacher, at intermediate or advanced level.

About this title

About the Author

Martin Durrell is Emeritus Professor of German at the University of Manchester, UK.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138853712
• ISBN 13: 9781138853713
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 632