Language Study, German

Exploring the German Language

Name: Exploring the German Language
Author: Sally Johnson
ISBN: 9780340663295

by Sally Johnson, Rada Radojicic

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Synopsis

Gives students a systematic introduction to the German language, including its dialects, history and the uses of the language today.

About the Author, Sally Johnson

Sally Johnson is Professor of Linguistics in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures at the University of Leeds, and is a Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Her recent publications include Gender, Group Identity and Variation in the Berlin Urban Vernacular (1995), Spelling Trouble: Language, Ideology and the Reform of German Orthography (2005) and a special issue of German Life and Letters on the German spelling reform, co-edited with Oliver Stenschke (2005).

Natalie Braber is a lecturer in the Department of Linguistics at Nottingham Trent University. She has published on a range of linguistic topics, including speech disorders, language and intercultural communication, and emotional language in post-unification Germany.