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

Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
List of tables
Abbreviations and points for the user
Preface to the sixth edition
Acknowledgements
The phonetic alphabet
1 Nouns
	1.1 Noun gender
	1.2 Noun plurals
	1.3 The declension of nouns to show case
2 Case
	2.1 The nominative case
	2.2 The accusative case
	2.3 The genitive case
	2.4 Genitive case or von?
	2.5 The dative case
	2.6 Apposition
	2.7 Measurement phrases: genitive, von or apposition?
3 Personal pronouns
	3.1 The forms of the personal pronouns
	3.2 Reflexive and reciprocal pronouns
	3.3 Pronouns of address
	3.4 Third person pronouns
	3.5 The prepositional adverb
	3.6 The pronoun es
4 The articles
	4.1 The declension of the articles
	4.2 The definite article with abstract and similar nouns
	4.3 The use of articles in generalizations
	4.4 Articles with geographical and other proper names
	4.5 The use of articles in time expressions
	4.6 Definite article or possessive?
	4.7 Other uses of the definite article
	4.8 The ‘zero article’
	4.9 Article use with phrasal verbs
	4.10 Article use with prepositions
5 Other determiners and pronouns
	5.1 Demonstratives
	5.2 Possessives
	5.3 Interrogatives
	5.4 Relative pronouns
	5.5 Indefinites, quantifiers and other determiners and pronouns
6 Adjectives
	6.1 Declension and use of adjectives
	6.2 Adjectives used as nouns
	6.3 Cases with adjectives
	6.4 Adjectives with prepositions
	6.5 Comparison of adjectives
7 Adverbs
	7.1 Adverbs of place
	7.2 Adverbs of direction: hin and her
	7.3 Adverbs of time
	7.4 Adverbs of manner, viewpoint, attitude and reason
	7.5 Adverbs of degree
	7.6 Interrogative adverbs
	7.7 Comparison of adverbs
8 Numerals
	8.1 Cardinal numbers
	8.2 Ordinal numbers
	8.3 Fractions and decimals
	8.4 Other numerical usages
	8.5 Times and dates
	8.6 Addresses
9 Modal particles
	9.1 German modal particles
10 Verbs: conjugation
	10.1 Verb conjugation
	10.2 The simple tenses, the non-finite forms and the imperative
	10.3 The compound tenses
	10.4 The werden-passive and the sein-passive
	10.5 The subjunctive
	10.6 Forms of strong and irregular verbs
11 The infinitive and the participles
	11.1 Forms of the infinitive
	11.2 The infinitive with zu
	11.3 The infinitive without zu
	11.4 Infinitives used as nouns
	11.5 The present and past participles
	11.6 English constructions with the ‘-ing’ form
12 The tenses
	12.1 The present tense
	12.2 The past and perfect tenses
	12.3 The future and future perfect tenses
	12.4 The pluperfect tense
	12.5 German equivalents for the English progressive tenses
13 The passive
	13.1 The werden-passive
	13.2 The sein-passive
	13.3 von, durch and mit with the passive
	13.4 Other passive constructions
14 Mood: the imperative and the subjunctive
	14.1 Commands and the imperative
	14.2 The subjunctive: forms and uses
	14.3 Conditional sentences
	14.4 Indirect speech
	14.5 Other uses of the subjunctive
15 The modal auxiliaries
	15.1 The modal auxiliaries: form and syntax
	15.2 dürfen
	15.3 können
	15.4 mögen
	15.5 müssen
	15.6 sollen
	15.7 wollen
16 Verbs: valency
	16.1 Valency, complements and sentence patterns
	16.2 The subject
	16.3 The accusative object
	16.4 The dative object
	16.5 Prepositional objects
	16.6 Predicate complements
	16.7 Genitive objects
	16.8 Locative complements
17 Conjunctions and subordination
	17.1 Coordinating conjunctions
	17.2 Noun clauses
	17.3 Conjunctions of time
	17.4 Causal conjunctions
	17.5 Conjunctions of purpose and result
	17.6 Concessive conjunctions
	17.7 Conjunctions of manner and degree
18 Prepositions
	18.1 Prepositions governing the accusative case
	18.2 Prepositions governing the dative case
	18.3 Prepositions governing the accusative or the dative case
	18.4 Prepositions governing the genitive case
	18.5 German equivalents for English ‘to’
19 Word order
	19.1 Clause structure and the position of the verb
	19.2 Initial position in main clause statements
	19.3 The order of other elements in the sentence
	19.4 The order of noun and pronoun subject and objects
	19.5 The place and order of adverbials
	19.6 The position of nicht
	19.7 The position of verb complements
	19.8 Elements following the final verbal bracket: the Nachfeld
20 Word formation
	20.1 Methods of word formation
	20.2 The formation of nouns
	20.3 The formation of adjectives
	20.4 Verb formation: general
	20.5 Inseparable verb prefixes
	20.6 Separable verb prefixes
	20.7 Variable verb prefixes
	20.8 Verb formation by means other than prefixes
21 Spelling, pronunciation and punctuation
	21.1 Spelling and pronunciation
	21.2 Capital letters
	21.3 One word or two?
	21.4 Other points of spelling
	21.5 Commas
	21.6 Other punctuation marks
List of sources
Bibliography and references
Glossary
Index