Hammer's German Grammar and Usage, 4Ed,9780071396547

Hammer's German Grammar and Usage, 4Ed

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Edition: 4th
ISBN13: 9780071396547
ISBN10: 0071396543
Format: Nonspecific Binding
Pub. Date: 2002-05-31
Publisher(s): Routledge
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Summary

This much-awaited new edition ofHammer's German Grammar and Usage--the pre-eminent, most authoritative German grammar reference in the English language--has been extensively revised with new German spelling changes and new usage examples. Instead of getting bogged down in idealized rules, Professor Durrell focuses on how Germans really speak. Included are clear and concise explanations, many examples from everyday life, and comprehensive cross-referencing and indexing.

Author Biography

Martin Durrell is Professor of German at the University of Manchester.

Table of Contents

List of tables
xi
List of abbreviations and points for the user
xiii
Preface to the second edition xv
Preface to the third edition xix
Preface to the fourth edition xxi
Nouns
1(33)
Gender
1(14)
Gender and meaning
2(5)
Gender and form
7(8)
Noun plurals
15(11)
Noun declension
26(8)
Case
34(15)
The nominative case
34(2)
The accusative case
36(1)
The genitive case
37(2)
Genitive case or von?
39(2)
The dative case
41(4)
Apposition
45(1)
Measurement phrases: genitive, von or apposition?
46(3)
Personal pronouns
49(15)
The forms of the personal pronouns
49(2)
Reflexive and reciprocal pronouns
51(2)
Pronouns of address
53(2)
Third person pronouns
55(1)
Third person pronoun or prepositional adverb?
56(2)
Special uses of the pronoun es
58(6)
The articles
64(18)
The declension of the articles
65(2)
The use of articles with abstract nouns
67(4)
The use of articles in generalisations
71(1)
The use of articles with geographical and other proper names
72(2)
The use of articles in time expressions
74(1)
Definite article or possessive?
75(1)
Miscellaneous uses of the definite article
76(1)
Miscellaneous uses of the zero article
77(2)
Article use with prepositions
79(3)
Other determiners and pronouns
82(43)
Demonstratives
83(6)
Possessives
89(3)
Interrogatives
92(4)
Relative pronouns
96(7)
Indefinites, quantifiers and other determiners and pronouns
103(22)
Adjectives
125(18)
Declension of adjectives
126(1)
The use of the strong and weak declensions
127(5)
Irregularities in the spelling of some adjectives
132(1)
Adjectives used as nouns
133(3)
Cases with adjectives
136(3)
Adjectives with prepositions
139(4)
Adverbs
143(16)
Adverbs of place
144(2)
Adverbs of direction: hin and her
146(4)
Adverbs of manner, viewpoint, attitude and reason
150(6)
Adverbs of degree
156(1)
Interrogative adverbs
157(2)
Comparison of adjectives and adverbs
159(12)
Regular formation of the comparative and superlative
159(1)
Irregularities in the formation of comparatives and superlatives
160(4)
The use of the comparative and other types of comparison
164(3)
Types and uses of the superlative
167(4)
Numerals
171(13)
Cardinal numbers
171(6)
Ordinal numbers
177(2)
Fractions and decimals
179(2)
Other numerical usages
181(2)
Addresses
183(1)
Modal particles
184(29)
aber
185(1)
allerdings
186(1)
also
186(1)
auch
187(2)
bloß
189(1)
denn
189(1)
doch
190(3)
eben
193(1)
eh
194(1)
eigentlich
194(1)
einfach
195(1)
erst
195(2)
etwa
197(1)
freilich
198(1)
gar
198(1)
gleich
199(1)
halt
199(1)
immerhin
199(1)
ja
199(2)
jedenfalls
201(1)
lediglich
201(1)
mal
202(1)
man
202(1)
noch
203(1)
nun
204(1)
nur
204(2)
ohnehin
206(1)
ruhig
206(1)
schließlich
206(1)
schon
207(2)
sowieso
209(1)
uberhaupt
209(1)
ubrigens
210(1)
vielleicht
210(1)
wohl
211(1)
zwar
212(1)
Expressions of time
213(18)
Times of the clock
213(2)
Days of the week, months and public holidays
215(1)
Dates
216(1)
The accusative and genitive cases used in time adverbials
217(2)
Adverbial time phrases with prepositions
219(8)
Adverbs of time
227(4)
Verbs: conjugation
231(30)
Verb conjugation
232(6)
The simple present and past tenses, the non-finite forms and the imperative
238(6)
The compound tenses
244(4)
The passive
248(2)
The subjunctive
250(11)
The infinitive and the participles
261(30)
Forms of the infinitive
261(2)
The use of the infinitive with zu
263(10)
The use of infinitive without zu
273(4)
Infinitives used as nouns
277(3)
The present and past participles
280(4)
Clauses with participles
284(1)
German equivalents of English constructions with the `ing'-form
285(6)
Uses of the tenses
291(16)
The German tenses: general
291(1)
The present tense
292(3)
The past tense and the perfect tense
295(5)
The future tense and the future perfect tense
300(2)
The pluperfect tense
302(2)
German equivalents for the English progressive tenses
304(3)
The passive
307(16)
The werden-passive
308(4)
The sein-passive
312(3)
von, durch and mit with the passive
315(2)
Other passive constructions
317(4)
The use of active and passive in German
321(2)
Mood: the imperative and the subjunctive
323(25)
Indicative, imperative and subjunctive
323(1)
Commands and the imperative
324(3)
The subjunctive mood: general
327(1)
Forms and tenses of the subjunctive
327(3)
Conditional sentences
330(5)
Indirect speech
335(8)
Other uses of the subjunctive
343(5)
The modal auxiliaries
348(17)
The modal auxiliaries: common features of form and syntax
348(4)
durfen
352(1)
konnen
353(3)
mogen
356(2)
mussen
358(2)
sollen
360(3)
wollen
363(2)
Verbs: valency
365(32)
Valency, complements and sentence patterns
365(3)
The subject
368(6)
The accusative object
374(5)
The dative object
379(5)
Genitive objects
384(2)
Prepositional objects
386(8)
Place and direction complements
394(1)
Predicate complements
395(2)
Conjunctions and subordination
397(24)
Coordinating conjunctions
398(4)
Noun clauses
402(4)
Conjunctions of time
406(5)
Causal conjunctions
411(1)
Conjunctions of purpose and result
412(3)
Concessive conjunctions
415(2)
Conjunctions of manner and degree
417(4)
Prepositions
421(47)
Prepositions governing the accusative case
421(7)
Prepositions governing the dative case
428(14)
Prepositions governing the accusative or the dative case
442(16)
Prepositions governing the genitive case
458(6)
German equivalents for English `to'
464(4)
Word order
468(27)
Clause structure and the position of the verb
469(4)
Initial position in main clause statements
473(7)
The order of other elements in the sentence: general principles
480(1)
The position of the pronouns
480(3)
The position of noun subject and objects
483(2)
The place and order of adverbials
485(3)
The position of nicht and other negative elements
488(2)
The position of complements
490(1)
Placing elements after the end of the verbal bracket
491(4)
Word formation
495(26)
Methods of word formation
495(2)
The formation of nouns
497(6)
The formation of adjectives
503(5)
The formation of verbs: inseparable prefixes
508(3)
The formation of verbs: separable prefixes
511(3)
The formation of verbs: variable prefixes
514(5)
Verb formation by means other than prefixes
519(2)
Spelling and punctuation
521(10)
The use of capital letters
521(3)
One word or two
524(2)
ss or ß?
526(1)
Other points of spelling
526(1)
The use of the comma
527(2)
Other punctuation marks
529(2)
List of sources 531(2)
Bibliography and references 533(6)
Glossary 539(10)
Index 549

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