Neue deutsche Literaturgeschichte

[A History of Post-Medieval German Literature]

This »History of Post-Medieval German Literature« covers the period from 1400 to the present. Its 12 chapters reflect the main epochs of the history of German literature and attempt a coherent description of the literary development in its cultural and social contexts. [more ...]

Studienbuch Linguistik

Ergänzt um ein Kapitel »Phonetik/Phonologie« von Urs Willi

[A Study Companion on Linguistics. With a new chapter on phonetics/phonology]

In its 11 chapters, the »Study Companion on Linguistics« supplies detailed guidance on the main sectors of the discipline. In this 5th edition, all the chapters have been substantially extended to take account of the most important theoretical advances of the last few years. [more ...]

Einführung in die Wortbildungslehre des Deutschen

[Introduction to Word-Formation in German]

The workbook mirrors the various paradigmatic shifts linguistics has gone through in the last 50 years, from historical linguistics to classical structuralism (morphology) and from there to generative grammar (syntax and semantics) and paralinguistic, text-related approaches. [more ...]

Kleines Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch

[Concise Middle High German Dictionary]

This Dictionary is designed as an aid for students of medieval German and all scholars requiring swift access to the meaning of Middle High German words. It is based on a corpus of texts ranging from 1070 to 1450 and the vocabulary listed covers all epochs within that period and all genres of interest for academic study. [more ...]

Barockrhetorik

[Baroque Rhetoric. Studies on its historical foundations]

First published in 1970, this book takes a close look at the frequently identified 'rhetorical' features of German Baroque literature in terms of their historical foundations. The perspective is European throughout. [more ...]

Lyrik des Expressionismus

[Expressionist Lyric Poetry]

The lyric poetry of German Expressionism opens a new era in the German literary language. The core topics of the Expressionist epoch from 1910 to 1920 include the fields of the modern city, the premonition and experience of a First World War, the world of industrial labour - but also encompass the search for new directions in politics and religion and for emotional sanctuary through poetry and in it. [more ...]

Wortbildung der deutschen Gegenwartssprache

[Word Formation of Present-Day German]

The work provides a clear overall presentation of models of word formation in present-day German on a synchronic basis; appropriate consideration is also given to historical aspects. The account is illustrated with numerous examples from print media and fiction, and also from science and everyday communication. [more ...]

Einführung in die Dialektologie des Deutschen

[An Introduction to German Dialectology]

This second edition of a study first published in 1999 has been thoroughly revised and enlarged. With reference to the latest research literature it presents a comprehensive survey of the present-day stance on German dialectology while at the same time paying appropriate attention to the historical dimension. [more ...]

Mittelhochdeutsche Grammatik

[Middle High German Grammar]

The 25th edition of Hermann Paul's grammar is the first step toward a study grammar that combines the virtues of greater ease of use, concentration on essentials, and a more reliable description of Middle High German. [more ...]

Einfache Formen

[Simple Forms ]

Even 50 years after the publication of the first edition, the basic concept of this book is still valid – to establish the determining contours of fundamental narrative forms, which the author understands as morphological archetypes – in the Goethean sense. With mainly anonymous authors, they occupy an intermediate position between “popular” and “literary” writing, as evidenced by the fact that they are an object of research for both ethnologists and literary scholars. [more ...]