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Date: 23-May-2011
From: Ulrich Lueders [lincom.europa at t-online.de]
Subject: A German Language Course on Historical and Linguistic Principles
(2nd ed.): Bluhme, Milinski
 

	
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Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 17:45:30
From: Ulrich Lueders [lincom.europa at t-online.de]
Subject: A German Language Course on Historical and Linguistic Principles (2nd ed.): Bluhme, Milinski

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Title: A German Language Course on Historical and Linguistic Principles
(2nd ed.) 
Series Title: LINCOM Coursebooks in Linguistics 17  

Publication Year: 2011 
Publisher: Lincom GmbH
	   http://www.lincom.eu
	

Book URL: http://www.lincom-shop.eu 


Author: Hermann Bluhme
Author: Dmitri Milinski

Paperback: ISBN:  9783862880423 Pages: 410 Price: Europe EURO 51.30


Abstract:

The people of England and Germany share a common origin from the times 
of their settlement in Europe and they derive their culture and civilisation from 
the same sources in the antique and medieval world of Graeco-Roman 
learning. This course in basic German is built on these foundations; it is 
designed for speakers of English and others with a good grasp of the English 
language and draws particular attention to the vocabulary shared by both 
English and German. Word pairs of similar meaning and form are presented in 
groups according to the sound laws which determine their relationship, for 
instance English t corresponds to German z (pronounce /ts/) in tame - zahm, 
tongue - Zunge, tin - Zinn, twelve - zwölf and other words. Learners can take 
advantage of this similarity, which occurs with vowels as well as consonants, 
to help them learn vocabulary more quickly as well as to guess the meaning 
of an unknown word. Another chapter has been devoted to the common 
European cultural heritage of Greek, Latin, French, Italian and Spanish 
vocabulary which is shared by English, German, Dutch and many other 
languages. 

The words chosen may not always be of so-called "practical use" that are 
most frequently taught in conventional language courses. Instead, we advise 
the learner to read German literature carefully, to listen to speech produced 
for real communication and to learn suitable phrases and texts, songs or 
verses by heart as soon as he feels ready. There are longer pieces covering 
a variety of text types at the end of the course as examples of suitable study 
material for the learner. The grammar, too, has been selected carefully for 
this course. It should show how these closely related languages have many 
points of general agreement and fine disagreement in phonetics, phonology, 
semantics and syntax. The authors have incorporated the results of linguistic 
research into the material, covering phonetics and many points of grammar in 
order to achieve two aims of language teaching. These are to provide insight 
into another culture and to afford a glimpse of another way to look at ideas, 
the world and oneself; this course offers learners a new perspective from 
which to approach these goals. 

When necessary for pedagogical reasons, the authors have neglected purely 
historical principles of linguistics, such as in the presentation of the strong 
verb, word order, tenses and particles; instead, these points of grammar have 
been enriched by modern discoveries in linguistics. The course is not 
structured for gradual progress, from easy to difficult; therefore you can cover 
the units in almost any order you prefer. The reader is advised to learn the 
smallest chapters as whole units including the numerous examples in order to 
reinforce the pattern of sound shifts between both languages, and it is left up 
to the learner where he wants to start after the chapter Basics. For the 
English translation of vocabulary frequent reference to the word lists at the 
end is recommended, but the use of a dictionary will prove to be helpful. 

The second edition makes the structure more easily accessible for the 
reader. A few notes on the relation between both Germanic peoples have 
been added. Texts and examples have been revised. A short chapter on how 
to "read" a text has been added. 

Student discount available. Please ask! 



Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                     Historical Linguistics
                     Morphology
                     Phonetics
                     Phonology
                     Semantics
                     Syntax

Subject Language(s): Dutch (nld)
                     English (eng)
                     French (fra)
                     German, Standard (deu)
                     Greek (ell)
                     Italian (ita)
                     Latin (lat)
                     Spanish (spa)


Written In: English  (eng)
	
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