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Die semantischen Merkmale der Mitspieler in der kontrastiven Analyse von Verben (The Semantic Characteristics of Co-Occurrence in the Contrastive Analysis of Verbs).
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Iluk, Jan – Zielsprache Deutsch, 1978
Defends the valence theory as being useful in the constrastive aspect of foreign language teaching. Numerous examples are given illustrating how the semantic characteristics of the subject limit the possible choices of verbs that can occur with it. (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Contrastive Linguistics, German, Grammar
Zum "zeitlosen" Gebrauch der deutschen Tempusformen (On the "Timeless" Use of German Tense Forms)
Zerebkov, V. A. – Deutsch als Fremdsprache, 1975
Discusses two kinds of "temporal indifference" in German tense forms: "timelessness" (Function I) and "all-time-ness" (Function II). Function I occurs in generally true statements, proverbs, definitions, etc. Function II denotes a time period which "empirically appears unbounded on both sides." (Text is in…
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, German, Language Usage, Linguistic Theory
Zur Kategorie der Modalitaet im Deutschen und Tschechischen aus konfrontativer Sicht (On the Category of Modality in German and Czech, Viewed in Comparison and Contrast)
Grepl, Miroslav; Masarik, Zdenek – Deutsch als Fremdsprache, 1974
Rejects a too-general classification of modality; would omit emotionality, affirmations and negations. Particles should not be indiscriminately classed as modals. Modality is divided into three aspects, which are then explained, with numerous comparative examples in Czech and German. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Czech, Descriptive Linguistics, Form Classes (Languages)
Der Konjunktiv als Mittel zum Ausdruck der Modalitaet im Deutschen und Russischen (The Subjunctive as a Means of Expressing Modality in German and Russian)
Muehlner, W.; Sommerfeldt, K. E. – Deutsch als Fremdsprache, 1974
Distinguishes between "mode" as a verb-form and "modality," a category of meaning expressed mainly by lexical and syntactical means. Describes the subjunctive in Russian and German; a schematic summary shows both languages using the subjunctive for hypothesis and wish, but only German for indirect discourse. (Text is in…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics, German, Grammar
Das deutsche Adverbialsystem (The German Adverbial System)
Droescher, W. O. – Deutsch als Fremdsprache, 1974
Describes the surface structure of German adverbs proceeding from the standpoint of dependence-valence grammar. On the basis of their meaning, adverbs are classified as modal, temporal and locational. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: Adverbs, Descriptive Linguistics, German, Grammar
Zur Besetzung der Leerstellen von Valenztragern (The Occupation of the Empty Spaces of Valence Bearers)
Sommerfeldt, Karl-Ernst – Deutsch als Fremdsprache, 1973
Study of the linguistic means related to the occupation and non-occupation of Leerstellen'' (empty spaces) initiated by semantic and syntactic valence, as in the elliptical usage: Die Henne legt wieder. (Eier)'' (The hen is laying again. YeggsI). (RS)
Descriptors: Diagrams, German, Kernel Sentences, Linguistic Theory
Zur theoretischen Konzeption der Satzstrukturbeschreibung in einer Schulgrammatik (Towards a Theoretical Conception of Sentence Analysis in a Pedagogical Grammar)
Flamig, Walter – Deutsch als Fremdsprache, 1972
Revised version of paper presented at the Internationale Hochschulferienkurse, Leipzig, East Germany, 1970. (WB)
Descriptors: Conceptual Schemes, Information Theory, Instructional Improvement, Language Instruction